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                                                                      EIB Investment Report 2020/2021: Building a smart and green Europe in the COVID-19 era

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                                                                        21 Jan 2021

                                                                        420 Pages (PDF/EN)

                                                                        ISBN: 978-92-861-4811-8 (PDF/EN)

                                                                        DOI: 10.2867/904099

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                                                                      Description

                                                                      The European Union's massive efforts to rebuild after the coronavirus pandemic present a unique opportunity to transform its economy, making it more green and digital – and ultimately more competitive. The Investment Report 2020-2021 looks at the toll the pandemic took on European firms’ investment and future plans, as well as their efforts to meet the demands of climate change and the digital revolution. The report’s analysis is based on a unique set of databases and data from a survey of 12 500 firms conducted in the summer of 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. While providing a snapshot of the heavy toll the pandemic took on some forms of investment, the report also offers hope by pointing out the economic areas in which Europe remains strong, such as technologies that combine green and digital innovation.

                                                                      The report’s Key Findings are available here.

                                                                      Table of contents

                                                                      • Executive summary
                                                                      • Introduction
                                                                      • Part I - Investment and investment finance
                                                                        • Chapter 1 - The macroeconomic environment
                                                                        • Chapter 2 - Gross fixed capital formation
                                                                        • Chapter 3 - Financing corporate investment
                                                                      • Part II - Investing in the transition to a green and smart economy
                                                                        • Chapter 4 - Tackling climate change: Investment trends and policy challenges
                                                                        • Chapter 5 - Climate change risks: Firms’ perceptions and responses
                                                                        • Chapter 6 - Leveraging the financial system to green the European economy
                                                                        • Chapter 7 - Intangible investment, innovation and digitalisation
                                                                        • Chapter 8 - Innovating for climate change: The green and digital twin transition
                                                                        • Chapter 9 - Infrastructure investment in the face of digital, climate and cohesion challenges
                                                                        • Chapter 10 - The impact of digitalisation and climate change policies on social cohesion
                                                                      • Data annex
                                                                      • Glossary of terms and acronyms

                                                                      All editions of this publication

                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2019/2020: accelerating Europe's transformation
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2019/2020 - Key Findings : accelerating Europe's transformation
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2018/2019 - Key Findings
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2018/2019
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2017/2018 - Key Findings
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2017/2018

                                                                      All publications in this series

                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2021/2022
                                                                      • Investment Report 2021/2022 — Key Findings
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2020/2021 - Key findings: Building a smart and green Europe in the COVID-19 era
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2019/2020: accelerating Europe's transformation
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2019/2020 - Key Findings : accelerating Europe's transformation
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2018/2019
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2018/2019 - Key Findings
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2017/2018
                                                                      • EIB Investment Report 2017/2018 - Key Findings
                                                                      • Investment and Investment Finance in Europe 2016
                                                                      • Investing in competitiveness
                                                                      • Investment and Investment Finance in Europe 2015
                                                                      • Investment and Investment Finance in Europe
                                                                      • Investment and growth in the time of climate change
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 16. n°2/2011
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 16. n°1/2011
                                                                      • Financing infrastructure - A review of the 2010 EIB Conference in Economics and Finance
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 15. n°1/2010
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 15. n°2/2010
                                                                      • The knowledge economy in Europe, A review of the 2009 EIB Conference in Economics and Finance
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 14. n°1/2009
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 14. n°2/2009
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 13. n°2/2008
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 13. n°1/2008
                                                                      • 2008 Annual Economic Report on Partner Countries
                                                                      • 2007 Annual Economic Report on Partner Countries
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 12. n°1/2007
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 12. n°2/2007
                                                                      • 2006 Annual Economic Report on Partner Countries
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 11. n°1/2006
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 11. n°2/2006
                                                                      • 2005 Annual Economic Report on Partner Countries
                                                                      • 2005 Annual Economic Report on Partner Countries
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 10. n°1/2005
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 10. n°2/2005
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 09. n°1/2004
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 09. n°2/2004
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 08. n°1/2003
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 08. n°2/2003
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 07. n°1/2002
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 07. n°2/2002
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 06. n°2/2001
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 06. n°1/2001
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 05. n°1/2000
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 05. n°2/2000
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 04. n°2/1999
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 04. n°1/1999
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 03. n°2/1998
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 03. n°1/1998
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 02. n°2/1997
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 02. n°1/1997
                                                                      • EIB Papers Volume 01. n°1/1996

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