The 27th annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Jordan underlines the evolution of the bank – and where its future lies.
From a development institution focused on rebuilding post-communist countries – especially in central and eastern Europe and the former Commonwealth of Independent States – 2018’s EBRD has a broadened scope. This includes Turkey and the 'southern and eastern Mediterranean' – others might call it parts of the Middle East and north Africa – comprising Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, as well as the West Bank and Gaza.
