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    IFIS PLEDGE CONTINUED DRIVE TO SUPPORT CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

    Aysor.am
    Thursday, October 08

    The European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBRD), the
    European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, and the World Bank Group spread
    Monday a press release in which warned against complacency in the face
    of significant challenges that stand in the way of economic recovery
    in Central and Eastern Europe.

    Meeting in Istanbul at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
    Annual Meetings, EBRD President Thomas Mirow, EIB President Philippe
    Maystadt and World Bank Vice President Philippe Le Houérou said that
    unprecedented coordinated international action had helped stave off
    a systemic crisis in the region.

    This year's February 27 the three international financial institutions
    (IFIs) launched Plan in support of banking systems and lending to the
    real economy in regoin aimed to: A - support banking sector stability
    and lending to the real economy in crisis-hit Central and Eastern
    Europe with a financing plan of up to â~B¬24.5 billion for 2009-2010;
    B - commit to make joint assessments of large bank groups' financing
    needs; and C - rapidly deploy assistance in a coordinated manner,
    according to each institution's geographical and product remit.

    At their meeting in Istanbul, the three signatories of the Joint IFI
    Action Plan presented their first Joint Progress Report, discussed
    new challenges ahead, and future areas of cooperation. Their report
    noted that policy dialogue cooperation between the three IFIs, in
    close collaboration with the IMF and the European Commission, had
    facilitated the management of the crisis on a private-public sector
    platform under the European Bank Coordination (Vienna) Initiative.

    However, despite signs that the grip of the economic crisis is easing,
    and despite country variations, significant challenges remain ahead
    before the region can get firmly on the road to recovery and growth.

    The Institutions believe that economic recovery will depend critically
    on private-sector growth, w

    Looking forward the three institutions pledge to persevere in their
    efforts under the Joint IFI Action Plan to support lending to the real
    economy and in the region, while addressing the challenges ahead in
    close collaboration with other international and European institutions
    and governments.
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