Category Archives: Events

Empowering Women in the World

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Empowering Women in the World | Voices  : Submitted by Kristalina Georgieva (CEO World Bank )

When women do well, everyone benefits. Giving women access to better jobs and financial security are keys to ending poverty. Gender gaps harm the entire economy. We know that when women control the finances, they tend to spend money on the things that matter most – essential food and water, school fees and health care for the family. It’s amazing what small changes can do – a mobile money account opens up the ability to get small loans, buy insurance, and make payments. The World Bank is working to empower women around the world, supporting women entrepreneurs in Pakistan and supporting women and their families with cash cards in Lebanon.

To find out more tune in to my conversation with Ajay Banga, CEO of MasterCard at 11:25 on April 7. Our conversation is part of the Women in the World Summit.

Spring Meetings: Live ONLINE Calendar

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Cant attend the Spring Meetings in person ? ……… Welcome to the Spring Meetings LIVE Online! We will be streaming 25 events in multiple languages, including French, Spanish and Arabic. Engage live, join the conversation, and pose your questions to experts. Please come join us for the week of April 18 – April 22 and don’t forget to add our events to your calendar!

Click here to pick and choose the event you will be following live online next week! 

Jim Kim Live: Rethinking Development Finance

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Watch the live stream or follow the event on Twitter with #LSEWorldBank

Date: Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm (London) /17:30 – 19:00 GMT/ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET
Location: London School of Economics, London

In a speech ahead of the World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will address the need for a new approach to development finance to meet the aspirations of the world’s 7 billion people and make this generation the first in history to end extreme poverty.

Event:Launch of Progress Toward Sustainable Energy: Global Tracking Framework 2017

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April 3-5, 2017 ; Online and New York Citygtf-2

Now in its third edition, the Global Tracking Framework (GTF) is well-established as a global dashboard documenting progress towards the three Sustainable Energy for All objectives for 2030: universal access to energy, doubling both the rate of progress on energy efficiency, and the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

The previous version of the report concluded that we need to accelerate our efforts on each one of those fronts. How has the world fared since then?

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New seminar on Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs)

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As part of the implementation of the World Bank’s new Procurement Framework, the i-love-procurement2Bank is hosting a series of seminars for the private sector. These focus on the practical implementation of the Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, the new procurement documents, and enhanced procurement processes. A schedule of the seminars will be posted on the World Bank website soon.

Topic: Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs)
By popular demand, the Bank is repeating the first seminar (delivered in December 2016). This focuses on the new Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs). This seminar is being offered on two separate dates.

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