Headline: Public investment bank seeks its niche Source: Euromoney Date: April 2001
Euromoney asked Lemierre about the role of the EBRD now. It is still struggling to define its place in the 26-country region in which is the largest single investor. With the brightest stars headed for the EU, the EBRD must concentrate its efforts in the poorer countries to the east. They certainly need help, but financeable private-sector projects are hard to find. Meanwhile it has become a tub-thumper for good corporate governance. How did the scandals surrounding your first president affect the bank? They were problem for a few months; but you cannot tell the story of an institution just through one man’s actions. |