Deadline: 20-Sep-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The consultant will be an individual
Armenia Investment Climate Reform Project assists the Government in improving the investment climate and attracting investments into sectors of economy. The Project expects to contribute to the promotion exports from Armenia and diversification of export markets, through raising the awareness and knowledge among private business entities about such markets.
Deadline: 20-Sep-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The consultant will be an individual.
Armenia IC Reform Project helps the Government of Armenia in improving the investment climate and attracting investments into sectors of economy. The Project expects to increase the investment attractiveness of aquaculture by contributing to the promotion of advanced production technologies of processed fish products, through raising the awareness and knowledge among private business entities.
Deadline: September 22, 2015
The World Bank is providing technical support 
to eThekwini regarding how to advance the cit’s urban regeneration goals. This solicitation for site-specific financial and real estate development advisory services is one component of that effort. The municipality requires support to: Identify business models and transaction structures that are market-viable, cost-efficient, and that facilitates the Citys policy goals; and support the municipality in commencing implementation of the selected business model — including support for negotiating a formal agreement (about provision of bulk infrastructure) among the municipality, the existing land owner/developer, and other major stakeholders. Continue reading
This piece is an abstract. Article originally published in the Huffington Post. on September 8. Full article can be viewed on its website.
Independent evaluations at multilateral 
development banks (MDBs) have called for a reform of the system of safeguards that they use to deflect potential damages to communities and the environment associated with the investments they finance. Without such mitigation, roads can harm habitats, dams displace communities and slum rebuilding hurt livelihoods. The purpose of reform, the reviews stressed, should be to improve environmental and social outcomes of safeguards, while reducing inefficiencies in their implementation. Continue reading
Deadline: September 20, 2015
IFC Seeks to hire up to five (5) Short Term Consultants (STCs) to help originate and execute Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects across the Asia pacific Region. These consultants will work as core team members in IFC Business Develop Initiatives and PPP Project Execution related activities. The consultants will be based across Asia-Pacific region with the following tentative locations, which are subject to change: Continue reading
Article published by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) magazine Supply Management on September 8, 2015.
Will Green looks at how the World Bank’s radical overhaul of its procurement processes will affect the organisation and its clients.
Construction works for the Panama Canal expansion project – one of the infrastructure projects financed by the World Bank. © Gerardo Pesantex/World Bank
How many organisations spend $44 billion each year in 178 countries, including the most war-torn nations, finance enormous infrastructure projects such as the Panama Canal expansion scheme and support social development in the poorest countries?
Then ask, how would you go about developing a procurement strategy for such an organisation? This is the challenge the World Bank faced as it set about reforming a procurement system unchanged since the 1970s.
Article originally published in Het Financieele Dagblad on September 7, 2015 by Gerben van der Marel. This is an abstract, full article available through the FD website.
The World Bank will offer more help to relatively wealthy countries going through a crisis, like Greece. Talks are underway with the Greek private sector regarding a ‘substantial’ package of investments, according to Frank Heemskerk, Executive Director at the development bank in Washington.
Behind the scenes, the World Bank has been active in Greece for some time, says Heemskerk. ‘Many institutions don’t work. The country is corrupt. We have allowed that to happen in Europe. We have all looked the other way.’ The Greek crisis has a large impact in the region, he says. Countries like Bulgaria, where the World Bank has been a player for a long time, feel the pain.
Remainder in Dutch.
Original announcement for symposium on VVM website. World Bank speaker participating.
Only 100 spots available, so don’t wait!
In the Netherlands we pay on average 
€1 per cubic meter of tapwater coming from groundwater. If surface water or infiltrated groundwater comes out of the tap, a few dimes or half a Euro is added. A bottle of water is up to a thousand times more expensive.
Date: September 23, 2015
Location: Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
Remainder in Dutch. Continue reading
The Government of the Republic of Liberia has 
received financing from the World Bank toward the costof the Ebola Emergency Response Project (EERP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services (Technical Assistance to Department of Health Services) for the Ministry of Health.
Deadline: 18 September, 2015
Recrutement d’un Consultant (Firme) pour 
réaliser les études d’APS, APD et DAO des travaux de construction d’une station pilote de traitement des boues de vidange dans la ville de Kinshasa.
Le Gouvernement de la République Démocratique du Congo a obtenu un don de la Banque mondiale en diverses monnaies pour financer le Projet d’Alimentation en Eau Potable en Milieu Urbain (PEMU) et a l’ intention d’utiliser une partie Continue reading
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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