There are regional public financial institutions in every part of the world. Europe has two such banks: the european Investment Bank and the european Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

A soldier stands by a bulk liquid carrier at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Puerto Gaitan, Meta department, eastern Colombia, on October 8, 2011. Colombia, 2011 © AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich” title=”A soldier stands by a bulk liquid carrier at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Puerto Gaitan, Meta department, eastern Colombia, on October 8, 2011. Colombia, 2011 © AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich
A soldier stands by a bulk liquid carrier at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Puerto Gaitan, Meta department, eastern Colombia, on October 8, 2011. Colombia, 2011. © AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich