(written version of a talk given to the Workshop “Change in Economy and Arts” at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, February 13-15, 2013)
20 months after former President Mitterand had launched the idea in 1989, EBRD was already up and running, having been founded by an array of Western (EU, USA, Japan, AUS, CDN, Egypt, Mexico, etc.) and transforming countries. The aim was to engage the international community to bring the ex-Socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe on a “sustainable path towards market economics and democracy”. Continue reading