Man kan foretage en sammenligning med Verdensbanken, der er genstand for en omfattende revision og debat, eller med Den Europæiske Bank for Genopbygning og Udvikling, der også er blevet undersøgt meget grundigere end Den Europæiske Investeringsbank.
This situation may be compared with that in relation to the World Bank, which has been exposed to extensive examination and debate, or with that regarding the European Development Bank which has also been examined in a different way to the European Investment Bank.