TY - BOOK ID - 65571531 TI - After the Berlin Wall : A History of the EBRD, Volume 1 AU - Kilpatrick, Andrew AU - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development PY - 2020 SN - 9633863848 9633863856 PB - New York : Central European University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 KW - Collective memory KW - Economics. KW - National characteristics, German. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking. KW - Historiography. KW - Eastern Europe, Economic development, Late 20th century, Privatization, Transition economies. KW - German national characteristics KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Social sciences KW - Economic man KW - Berlin wall (1961- ) KW - Berliner Mauer, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 KW - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development KW - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. KW - History. KW - Since 1945 KW - Europe KW - Europe. KW - Economic conditions KW - Politics and government KW - Banco Europeo de Reconstruccion y Desarrollo KW - Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement KW - EBRD KW - Europäische Bank für Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung KW - Evropeĭskiĭ bank rekonstrukt͡sii i razvitii͡ KW - I͡Evropeĭsʹkyĭ bank rekonstrukt͡siï i rozvytku KW - Ōshū Fukkō Kaihatsu Gink KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65571531 AB - "After the Berlin Wall tells the inside story of an international financial institution, the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBRD), created in the aftermath of communism to help the countries of central and eastern Europe transition towards open market-oriented democratic economies. The first volume of a history in two parts, after the Berlin Wall 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 (as of April 2020) operates in almost 40 countries across three continents. This volume describes the multilateral negotiations that created this cosmopolitan institution with a 'European character' and the emergence of the EBRD's unique business model : a focus on the private sector and a mission to deliver development impact with sustainable financial returns. The author 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"-- ER -