- Title: High Interest: Capitalism Goes East
- Date: 17th January 1993
- Summary: THE PROGRAMME TAKES A LOOK AT THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPME NT AND ITS AIM TO CHANNEL WESTERN INVESTMENT IN THE ECONOMIES OF EASTERN EUROPE AND SO AID THEIR TRANSITION FROM COMMUNISM TO CAPITALISM. THE PROGRAMME FOCUSES ON THREE PARTICULAR PROJECTS IN WHICH THE BANK IS INVOLVED: - A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CZECH COMPANY CZ AND AN ITALIAN COMPANY CAGIVA TO DESI GN AND MANUFACTURE MOTORCYCLES - AN EMERGENCY LOAN TO AVERT AND ENERGY CRISIS IN RIGA LATVIA - A PROJECT AT KIROVSKY ZAVOD IN ST PETERSBURG TO CONVERT THEIR MILITARY PRODUCT ION LINES TO CIVILIAN USE.
- Description:LOOKS AT THE WORK OF THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CASE STUDIES OF THREE EASTERN EUROPEAN PROJECTS BEING EXAMINED
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Diverse Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:17/01/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s