eC2:Qualitative Assessment of characteristics, constraints and potential interventions to household enterprises in Tanzania

Deadline: 26-Dec-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Survey

The assignment to be conducted by the Firm will include the following activities:
i) Identifying the final sample of participants.
ii) Piloting and Implementing the Qualitative Tool (QT).
iii) Monitoring implementation and quality control.
iv) Preparation of supporting documentation and databases.
v) Conducting data analysis and compilation of a final report

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Can a Nation Build its Future if it Cannot Feed its Children? Five Policy Actions to Transform Crop and Livestock Farming in Mali

Article published on http://www.worldbank.org on December 9, 2016ml-can-a-nation-build-its-future-if-it-cannot-feed-its-children-five-policy-actions-to-transform-crop-and-livestock-farming-in-mali-780x439.jpg
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Mali has one of the highest rates of acute malnutrition in West Africa.
  • With 40 million hectares of arable land, the largest irrigation capacity in the Sahelian region (560,000 hectares), and 300 days of sunshine a year, Mali should leverage the agricultural sector to roll back malnutrition and poverty.
  • New agricultural development policies would prepare the country for the foreseeable impacts of climate change on livestock and crop productivity.

 

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Article: Reviving Flood-Ravaged Livelihoods in Malawi

Article published on http://www.worldbank.org on November 29, 2016

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • In 2015, about half of Malawi’s 29 districts were hit by floods, destroying agriculturalImage

    livelihoods, leaving more than 1,150,000 people affected and 336,000 displaced

  • With $80 million in support through IDA, the World Bank has helped to restore livelihoods through providing agricultural inputs, rebuilding irrigation schemes, and stocking the national grain reserve
  • With community grain banks, families are now able to take care of themselves and are feeling less vulnerable to future disasters.

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eC2: Consultancy for Hydraulic Modeling to Enhance Resilience of Mekong Delta Region

Deadline: 26-Dec-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Development of hydraulic models for water simulation in 7 cities supporting risk saigon_-_mekong_delta_2042765375screening of infrastructural intervention proposals.

Scope of Work:

Task 1: Preparation with an inventory of flood hazards and available models and data:
Provide a comprehensive assessment of the threats caused by flood hazards in the seven cities;

Task 2: Adapt the existing hydrological and hydraulic models for the seven cities;

Task 3: Flood hazard mapping and additional recommendations for the seven cities;

Task 4: Training assigned staffs of the seven cities.

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eC2: PPP Viability Studies for Municipal Projects in Tanzania

Deadline: 22-Dec-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The World Bank is assisting Local Government Authorities in Tanzania to implement a PPPsnumber of investments through PPP, in particular those projects that would not require any public funding (aside from land contributions) and might generate new sources of revenues for the LGAs.

As part of the project preparation, the Word Bank is seeking a firm to undertake studies that will assess the viability of the projects in light of the economic, legal, financial, market, socio/environmental, affordability and value for money factors. The studies will allow the LGAs to determine the projects viability, whether they should pursue a PPP solution for the selected facilities, and what form of PPP should be developed. The Local Government Authorities will be the Contracting Authority (CA) for the PPP projects.

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eC2: CGAP Financial Inclusion Data Infrastructure

Deadline: 28-Dec-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) is an independent policy and research center world money smalldedicated to advancing financial inclusion for the world’s poor. It is supported by over 30 development agencies and private foundations who share a common mission to alleviate poverty. Housed at the World Bank, CGAP provides market intelligence, promotes standards, develops innovative solutions and offers advisory services to governments, microfinance providers, donors, and investors.

The high level objectives of this project are:
Improve publically-available data to serve the financial inclusion industry
Empower decision makers (financial service providers, funders/investors, and government officials) to build an inclusive financial services ecosystem through data, analytics, and insight.

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eC2: Impact Evaluation WASH and Cash Transfer in Niger

Deadline: 04-Jan-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The World Bank is seeking a firm to prepare and undertake baseline data collection for awater long-term impact evaluation survey in Niger. The survey is a large-scale and complex survey. The sample will include approximately 3,500 households. The instruments will include a household survey that will be provided by the World Bank team and will include anthropometrics measurement of children under 5 years of age and water quality testing.
Baseline data is expected to be collected in approximately 150 villages in Dosso, Maradi, Zinder, Tillaberi and Tahoua. The data collection is expected to take place in late February/ early March 2017.

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Newsletter December 2016: Gearing towards Dutch Success

Yesterday the fourth edition of the 2016 newsletter of NL4WorldBank was published.newsletter-dec-2016
In this edition the focus is on the success of SCOPEinsight, a long term partner of IFC. You can also find new presentations of the World Bank on the New Procurement Framework, GAFSP and IFCs vision on Climate Smart Agriculture, as well as the MoU signed by the government of Curacao, the new Doing Business report and a report on Carbon Pricing, and a couple of important upcoming events! 
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KENYA’S TEA FARMERS TASTE THE BENEFITS OF HYDROPOWER

Kenya’s tropical climate and volcanic red soil make it an ideal place to cultivate tea. That’s why, for over a century, tea has been a major cash crop and the leading foreign exchange earner for the country.impact_6dcdsexp_logo1

Investments in new technology can’t make Kenyan tea any tastier, but they can help boost production and farmers’ earnings—and these are the goals of a recent IFC investment to finance small hydropower plants along rivers close to growing areas.

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eC2: Capacity Need Assessment for Improving Statistics for Sustainable Agriculture in Kenya and Uganda

Deadline: 13-Dec-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)mozambique_cad-productions_-j_capela_resizednew
The objective of the assignment is to assess the capacity and infrastructure needs for improving the production quality and dissemination of agricultural statistics to inform policy makers and the private sector for agricultural transformation in Kenya.

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