A focus on impact
EIB Global’s central goal is to increase its impact, in alignment with EU priorities. We finance sound projects developed to high standards, using our technical and financial expertise to promote inclusive and sustainable investment in partner countries.
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Global solutions
Challenge: Low-income countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including extreme weather, drought and flooding. Among the areas most at-risk are Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and small island-nations in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Solution: In 2023, our climate action and environmental sustainability financing accounted for 53% of our total spending in these regions, surpassing our 2025 target of 50% ahead of schedule.
Challenge: Small and medium businesses form the backbone of economies worldwide. Yet for many, it is difficult to access finance. Only 20% have access to a line of credit or a loan with a formal financial institution.
Solution: Supporting small and medium businesses is key to tackling gaps in access to finance and financial services. In 2023, we helped sustain an estimated 5.4 million jobs worldwide through loans to small businesses by microfinance institutions.
Challenge: Women still earn around 25% less than men. Nearly a billion women also do not have a bank account, making up 55% of unbanked adults worldwide, according to the International Monetary Fund. This limits their ability to secure loans, contributing to their economic disenfranchisement.
Solution: Advancing women’s equality in banking and the workplace could add as much as $28 trillion to the global economy by 2025. That’s why we launched SheInvest in 2019 to boost investments that help women get loans and run businesses across Africa. Since the beginning of the initiative, we have mobilised more than €2 billion in gender-lens investing.
Challenge: Today, nearly a quarter of the world’s population live in fragile or conflict-affected contexts or areas, driven by crises including armed conflict, forced displacement, food insecurity and climate change.
Solution: We have a long record of supporting human rights and investing in fragile and conflict-affected areas worldwide. In Colombia, we signed a €136 million loan with the bank Bancóldex to finance private-sector projects that support the country’s peace process through inclusive growth, job creation and poverty reduction in areas severely affected by fighting.
In focus
Financing across the globe
Our key investments around the world help create stability, sustainable growth and fight climate change everywhere. In 2023, we invested €8.44 billion beyond the European Union.
The current crises require that these billions turn into trillions this decade by working with new partners, global financial institutions and the private sector.
Global stories
Individual stories speak far louder than figures and charts. Learn how our work improves lives worldwide.
Our publications
Understanding the global landscape is key to taking action. Explore our latest research, economic studies, surveys and other resources.
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Finance in Africa
The ninth annual Finance in Africa report shows that financial conditions are improving in Africa but access to finance remains a severe constraint to economic development.
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Constructing Education: Building for impact
A new framework seeks to connect new investments in schools with the pedagogical goals of educators.
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Climate financing in Latin America and the Caribbean
Public development banks are key to climate financing in Latin America and the Caribbean Here’s how they’re supporting the region’s climate transition.
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Trust funds in action
Resources for development finance are limited. Find out how EIB Global works with 12 trust funds to increase amounts available, support a wide variety of projects and make a positive impact.
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The City Climate Finance Gap Fund: EIB Annual Report 2023
This report describes the progress and activities of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund in 2023. Three years into operations, we moved from testing the fund’s business model towards accelerated implementation of its technical assistance to cities and local authorities.
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EIB Group 2024-2027 Strategic Roadmap
The 2024-2027 Strategic Roadmap outlines the eight key interrelated priorities and new programmes to contribute to closing Europe’s investment gap, within an ambitious annual financing scenario.
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EIB Global Impact Report 2023/2024
Covering EIB Global’s activities in 2023, this annual report shows how these activities are aligned with EU priorities and initiatives in different regions.
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EIB Global Strategic Roadmap
The “EIB Global Strategic Roadmap: EU Finance for a Sustainable Future" provides an overall narrative that explains EIB Global’s direction of travel in the coming years to improve its impact beyond the European Union and the need for a new approach.
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EIB Global’s approach to a just transition and just resilience
This document presents the overarching approach through which EIB Global, together with partners, can support countries, clients and organisations in pursuing a just transition and a just resilience.
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