We are delighted to announce the publication of the first volume of a history of the EBRD, After the Berlin Wall. This volume charts the EBRD’s life from a fledgling high-risk, start-up investing in former socialist countries from 1991 to become an established member of the international financial community, which today operates in almost 40 countries across three continents.
The book describes the multilateral negotiations that created the EBRD, recounts the challenges that ‘transition’ countries faced in moving from a defunct to a better economic system and maps the EBRD’s response to critical events, from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, to the safe confinement of the Chernobyl disaster site, the debt default in Russia and the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008.
It is published by CEU Press and is available to download from http://ceupress.com/book/after-berlin-wall
The special virtual launch event on 2 July – Suma Chakrabarti’s last day as EBRD President – will feature a discussion between Suma Chakrabarti, Andrew Kilpatrick, Frances Pinter, and past and present staff of the Bank.
Join the event online: https://vimeo.com/434637570/39fa5516b2