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eC2:IFC Upstream Regional Workshops: Idea Development Sessions for Angola

Deadline: 12-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)index

IFC is searching for a consultant that will support its Angola 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 Angola.

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Cities, crowding, and the coronavirus: Predicting contagion risk hotspots

Across the globe, well-functioning cities do one thing really well – they bring people sketchtogether. Social and economic interactions are the hallmark of city life, making people more productive and often creating a vibrant market for innovations by entrepreneurs and investors. No country can achieve significant economic growth without vibrant cities.

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eC2: IFC Upstream Regional Workshops: Idea Development Sessions: Vietnam

Deadline: 12-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)index

IFC is searching for a consultant that will support its Vietnam 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 Vietnam.

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eC2: Legal COVID-19 PPP Rapid Assessment – Asia, Latin America and Caribbean

Deadline: 07-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) CoronaVirusHeader-Final-3-1536x647

To inform the Bank in the dialogue and support to governments with critical strategic short-term advice on the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, IPG and PPIAF are establishing this Rapid Response Program. The Program will help provide international best practice insights in the Banks dialogue with client countries regarding options for planning for the medium to long-term impacts on PPP portfolios and ensuring they have access to the latest information and advice on relevant topics.

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eC2: Legal COVID-19 PPP Rapid Assessment – Africa, Europe, Middle East

Deadline: 07-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) CoronaVirusHeader-Final-3-1536x647

To inform the Bank in the dialogue and support to governments with critical strategic short-term advice on the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, IPG and PPIAF are establishing this Rapid Response Program. The Program will help provide international best practice insights in the Banks dialogue with client countries regarding options for planning for the medium to long-term impacts on PPP portfolios and ensuring they have access to the latest information and advice on relevant topics.

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eC2: Advisory Services and Analytics on Forest Smart Mining

Deadline: 14-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)index

Advisory Services on Forest Smart Mining: Identifying innovative instruments that support the participation of the mining community in Nature Based Climate Solutions. The objective of this study is to identify, analyze case studies that will examine the role specific innovative net emissions mitigation mechanisms could play in incentivizing more robust participation by the large-scale mining community in forest smart mining practices.

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World Bank Predicts Sharpest Decline of Remittances in Recent History

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2020 — Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. The projected fall, which would be the sharpest decline in recent history, is largely due to a fall in the wages and employment of migrant workers, who tend to be more vulnerable to loss of employment and wages during an economic crisis in a host country. Remittances to low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are projected to fall by 19.7 percent to $445 billion, representing a loss of a crucial financing lifeline for many vulnerable households.

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eC2: Digitizing and building exposure data sets suitable for risk modelling in the Areas of Potential Significant Flood Risk

Deadline: 11-May-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Bangladeshi villagers repair a vital flood-protecting embankment

Digitizing and building exposure datasets suitable for risk modelling, to be uploaded into OpenStreetMap (OSM) and other public web data portals for the Areas of Potential Significant Flood Risk (APSFR) in Romania. Assess the data availability on OSM and any other available data sources in the country for each relevant feature for risk modelling. Develop an action plan for the data collection, to successfully develop a complete datsets on exposure suitable for accurate flood risk modelling covering the APSFR.

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A Shock Like No Other: Coronavirus Rattles Commodity Markets

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Commodity-Markets-Outlook-April-2020

  • The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted both demand for and supply of commodities: direct effects from shutdowns and disruptions to supply chains, indirect effects as economic growth stalls. Effects have already been dramatic, particularly for commodities related to transportation.
  • Oil prices have plunged and demand is expected to fall by an unprecedented amount in 2020.
  • While most food markets are well supplied, concerns about food security have risen as countries announce trade restrictions and engage in excess buying.

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