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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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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Finance in Africa
The eighth annual Investment in Africa report underscores the need for international support and sustainable finance to advance economic development and climate change in the continent.
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Climate risks for Latin America and the Caribbean
The study of climate risks in Latin America and the Caribbean is expanded to analyse the region’s banking sector exposure to climate change
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The EIB in Asia and the Pacific
The EIB has been actively supporting long-term investment projects in Asia and the Pacific for over 30 years in support of EU priorities notably related to climate action, the efforts taken to combat climate change and its impacts.
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The Global Gateway in Latin America and the Caribbean
This publication gives an overview of the Global Gateway, its mission, activities and investments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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EIB Global Report 2022/2023 — The impact
Looking back on EIB Global’s first year, this report details the impact of EIB Global operations, accompanied by an analysis of the development challenges in different regions, and in light of the main EU priorities.
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EIB Global Report 2022/2023 - The story
EIB Global plants the seeds for growth in climate action, sustainability and green energy. The challenges we face know no borders. EIB Global is our commitment to better societies everywhere.
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The European Investment Bank’s approach to human rights — information note
The EIB is committed to respecting and promoting human rights in its lending operations. This document details our policies, procedures and practices to avoid and address human rights risks and impacts.
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