EIB Group Haiti hurricane Matthew donation

EIB Group Haiti hurricane Matthew donation

News

In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade, hit Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries and often severely affected by major natural catastrophes. It killed hundreds of people and destroyed thousands of homes. In an effort...
Inequality and inequity

Inequality and inequity

Events, Midday Goes Social, News

“Fighting inequality requires adressing both inequality of outcomes and inequality of opportunity,” said François Bourguignon, Professor at the Paris School of Economics, at a seminar organised jointly by the EIB Institute, Luxembourg Income Study,...
Supporting access to clean water in Rajasthan

Supporting access to clean water in Rajasthan

News, Success stories

Some 70% of households living in rural areas or urban slums in India do not have access to toilets; roughly 60% of the country’s 1.2 billion people still defecate in the open. An EIB grant of EUR 3 800 is supporting a project by PADEM, a Luxemburgish NGO, to make...