Monthly Archives: August 2016

Lessons from Environmental Policy Lending

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Sustainable development, including environmental sustainability, is at the core of the World Bank Group’s strategy.  Policy lending has been a major part of the World Bank’s lending operations for decades, but recently the number of policy lending operations with environmental goals has increased, supporting policy actions across a broad range of subsectors.

This Learning Product seeks to offer lessons from experience to help inform stakeholders on how to design and implement this instrument, outlining some of the tensions and tradeoffs that must be grappled with in design. The main audience is Bank operational teams helping governments to prepare and implement DPF with environmental goals.

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eC2: Analysis of the Current Use of the Lands of the State Forest Fund, Legal Framework and Economic Viability of Different Plantation/Tenure Models

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Deadline: 06-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)land-administration-page

This assignment is to analyze:
1) Current land use of the forest fund to identify areas suitable for plantation establishment in collaboration with the private sector and local communities;
2) The legal, regulatory, institutional and fiscal framework for the establishment of forest plantations in collaboration with the private sector and local communities to identify, and make recommendations to address, the bottlenecks and constraints;
3) Economic viability of different feasible plantation/tenure model

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eC2: Local Food Safety Consultant

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Deadline: 09-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)food_waste_garbage

The local Consultant will conduct on-site assessments and consultations at production facilities of SME companies (up to 10 companies) in Russia based on the list and using the materials and methodology provided by IFC.

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World Bank, USTDA Formalize Procurement Partnership

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Common procurement goals have brought the World Bank and USTDA together to produce meaningful results. The partnership is also expected to facilitate opportunities for the World Bank to share GPI’s technical resources in countries where mutual interests exist, with an aim of increasing the impact of the Bank’s new Procurement Framework.

 

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U.S. Executive Director to the World Bank, Matt McGuire (center) joined representatives from both the World Bank Group and USTDA teams.

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eC2:Landscape Approach at the Watershed Level

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Deadline: 11-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)water

The objective of this assessment is to develop a robust alternative analysis to determine whether developing a hydropower plant at the current site in the Sounda Gorge is the most environmentally and socially sound alternative to meet the RoCs electricity needs or there are potential alternatives of smaller cascading schemes located at different sites in the same watershed. The IFC, in coordination with the Government, will consider this information to support hydropower planning decisions.

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STHE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN MIS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL & AGRARIAN INSURANCE BOAR

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Deadline: 15-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

indexObjective of the proposed assignment is to work as a Project Manager to drive the IT
improvements and MIS/IT system implementation at the AAIB. The IT improvements and MIS/IT system implementation are part of a larger project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the AAIB to improve the national agriculture insurance scheme in Sri Lanka.

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Madagascar: Preparation of standard documents for facilitating the development of small hydro IPPs

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Deadline: 10-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

This activity concerns the selection of Consultant to support the Government of Madagascar to prepare standard documents: PPAs, Concession contract,… to facilitate the development with private sector of small hydro sites which are being identified under the ESMAP-funded TA: “Small hydro resource mapping”.
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National Multi-Tier framework Energy Access Household Energy Survey

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Deadline:  22-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The short-listing criteria will be based on:Survey
1. Experience in household surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa, and specific experience in Liberia
2. Experience in the energy and other infrastructure sectors (e.g. water and sanitation).
3. In-depth understanding of the energy access sector and its socio-economic dimensions;
4. Strong technical skills in qualitative/quantitative research and data analysis;
5. Proven skill in using CAPI-tablet based data collection
6. Cultural awareness in dealing with local communities, and interacting with government and local authorities;
7. Excellent writing and analytical and presentation skills in Englis

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eC2: Comparison and Evaluation of Regulatory Systems for Mini-Grids

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Deadline:  15-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The IEA estimates that about 40% of the worlds unelectrified population can best be solar-energysupplied with electricity through the creation of mini-grids. The projects objective is to develop and disseminate practical and timely information targeted for government officials, developers, investors and donors who wish to promote mini-grids, powered largely from renewable or hybrid generation sources, to scale-up electrification. The projects underlying goal is to provide information that will help to create connected or isolated mini-grids that are commercially sustainable.
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