LlB's finansieringsaktivitet uden for Den Europæiske Union som et led i Unionens politik for udviklingssamarbejde med tredjelande beløb sig til 2 246 mio ECU, nemlig 1 978,5 mio af egne midler og 267 mio af budgetmidler fra enten medlemsstaterne (Den Europæiske Udviklingsfond) eller Unionen.
In East Africa, ECU 90 million, including 75 million from budgetary resources, was used to fund the follo wing projects: in Djibouti, Ethiopia as well as Eritrea, upgrading of the telecommunications networks, their interconnection and linking up with the international network; in Kenya, rehabilitation of an oil pipeline from Mombasa to Nairobi as well as global loan finance for small and mediumscale ventures in a wide range of sectors; in the Seychelles, global loan finance for smallscale ventures in agroindustry, fisheries and transport; in Tanzania, construc tion of a hydroelectric plant on the Kihansi river.