There is now a wealth of evidence that ensuring a well-educated, healthy, and well-
nourished population can pay bigger dividends to the economy than investing in roads and bridges alone. The World Bank Group’s Human Capital Project, launched in 2018, aims to accelerate more and better investments in people as a key way to unlock greater equity and inclusive growth.
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eC2: Technical Consultant – Scaling Wind PPP
Deadline: 19-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
IFC Advisory is looking to appoint an international firm as a technical consultant to replicate the Scaling Solar model through a new Scaling Wind product which further simplifies the technical requirements while still ensuring the highest quality of the resulting windfarms. IFC Advisory is seeking a Consultant (or consortium of Consultants) to adapt the technical requirements of the Scaling Solar documentation for wind. A parallel assignment is underway to modify the legal documents and it is expected that the present technical work will intersect with that effort.
Coronavirus Live Series: Supporting Companies and Preserving Jobs through the Pandemic
May 06, 2020 – Virtual – Online
The economic impact of #COVID19 will hit developing countries hard. What can be done to support companies and preserve jobs? Join IFC’s Chief Operating Officer, Stephanie von Friedeburg, for discussion on the topic.
eC2: Consultant for a Review of Operations of a Donor Funded PPP Program in ECA
Deadline: 25-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
IFCs Transaction Advisory Services in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is a donor-funded program, which provides technical assistance and advisory services to public-sector clients in countries in the ECA region, aiming to:
contribute to poverty alleviation, economic growth, and environmental improvement through PPP;
Updates from the WBG
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Upcoming Live Events: People, Peace and Prosperity |
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Broad, fast action to save lives and help countries rebuild
The COVID-19 pandemic is uncharted territory for every country in the world. It has unleashed both a global health emergency and an unprecedented economic crisis of historic magnitude. That is substantially bigger than South Asia’s entire regional economy (which is about $3.5 trillion), and as if we somehow wiped both Germany and Belgium off the economic map. Worse still, the fall from where we expected to be in 2021 if COVID-19 hadn’t hit is closer to $7.5 trillion dollars—equivalent to 40% of the entire U.S. economy, as well as larger than the combined GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean plus the Middle East and North Africa.
COVID-19: We’re tracking digital responses worldwide. Here’s what we see
Digital technologies are vital tools for helping people cope with stay-at-home orders and 
social distancing requirements during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Digital technologies are instrumental in supporting health care systems, not only though telemedicine and COVID screening apps, but also through Big Data and artificial intelligence analytics for mobility patterns, epidemiological models, and contact tracing. And in many other sectors, digital is also the new normal for individuals, governments, and businesses around the world.
Upcoming Live Event
Coronavirus Live Series: A Shock Like No Other: The Impact of the 
Pandemic on Commodities
May 08, 2020 | 11:00 to 11:30 ET, 15:00 to 15:30 GMT
Why and how are developing countries particularly vulnerable to volatility in commodity prices?
COVID-19 IADB ConnectAmericas Platform
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through ConnectAmericas, launches an 
interactive map whose objective is to centralize the supply of goods and services globally that are relevant to serve the COVID-19 emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
We invite companies that offer goods or services that could contribute to mitigate the emergency in the region, to register by providing their data and the nature of products or solutions they offer using this form.
eC2: IFC Upstream Regional Workshops: Idea Development Sessions for the Ukraine
Deadline: 12-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
IFC is searching for a consultant that will support its Ukraine Country Leadership team in the design, preparation and facilitation of an idea development workshop to help accelerate its Upstream pipeline development efforts creating, refining and planning new opportunities in the Ukraine.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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