| October 6-7, Nordic Edge Expo 2016, Stavanger, Norway
This event is intended for professionals engaged in technological solutions that will make cities, communities, companies and homes smarter. Meet decision makers from cities and municipalities, smart technology providers, forward thinking universities and dynamic organizations. Find more here. |
| October 20-21, Internet of Things Tech Expo North America, Santa Clara, California
The Expo will bring together key industries from across America for two days of discussion on the Internet of Things and related technological advancements. Industries will include manufacturing, transport, health, logistics, government, energy and automotive. Find more here. |
| October 25-27, Meeting of the Minds 2016, Richmond, California
The Meeting of the Minds annual summit brings together more than 400 policy makers, opinion shapers, thinkers and innovators to scale up practical urban solutions, shape new policies, deploy new technologies, embed new innovations into mainstream institutions and help partnerships flourish. In the 10th anniversary event, participants will be able to work directly with like-minded leaders focused on the same issue areas. Find more here. |
| November 14-18, Asia Smart City Conference Yokohama, Japan.
Starting from 2012, City Yokohama invites mayors from emerging Asian countries and international organizations to the Asia Smart City Conference. As part of the conference this year, the Tokyo Development Learning Center and the Smart Cities KSB will organize a Smart City Technical Deep Dive and one-day World Bank Smart City Summit. Piloting projects are under planning and the Bank will send roughly 20 project clients and 10 Bank staff to attend the conference. Find more here. |
Category Archives: WBG News & Reports
IFC Annual Report 2016
“Experience Matters”
IFC’S GLOBAL IMPACT – Looking Back … To see Ahead
Across the world, our investment and advice helped the private sector create jobs, strengthen infrastructure, and address the most urgent development challenges in emerging markets.
Report highlights
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She Works – IFC Report
This report marks the end of the IFC-led SheWorks global private sector partnership to advance employment opportunities and improve working conditions for more than 300,000 women by 2016. It consolidates the knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned during the two-year SheWorks partnership so that other companies committed to investing in women’s employment can benefit as well. The report also captures, on an aggregate level, the progress made by SheWorks member companies towards realizing their commitments.
Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives
Air pollution has emerged as the fourth-leading risk factor for deaths worldwide. While pollution-related deaths mainly strike young children and the elderly, these deaths also result in lost labor income for working-age men and women. The loss of life is tragic. The cost to the economy is substantial. The infographic below is mainly based on findings from The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the economic case for action, a joint study of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
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World Bank Group, New Development Bank Lay Groundwork for Cooperation
Close cooperation between the two institutions will support sustainable infrastr
ucture development
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2016— World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and New Development Bank (NDB) President K.V. Kamath today signed a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions, to strengthen cooperation in addressing the world’s enormous infrastructure needs.
A Greener Path to Competitiveness: Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products
A Greener Path to Competitiveness: Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products
Key Findings:
- Industries play a considerable role in tackling climate change.
- Although the benefits of decarbonizing industry are well understood, the business case is not always clear.
- With the right strategies and policies in place, businesses can remain competitive while implementing climate-friendly production methods.
When It Comes To Disaster Preparedness, Communities Know Best
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- In disaster-prone central Vietnam, community-based disaster risk management puts local villages and communities at the center of preparedness efforts.
- The Government of Vietnam is spending $18.5 million on community preparedness training, drills and physical infrastructure construction chosen by communities across 100 communes in 10 provinces.
- The training, infrastructure and public awareness raising efforts are increasing the resilience of local communities to disaster events such as floods, droughts and typhoons.
Reconstructed Village Canal Boosts Crop Output in Rural Community
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Farmers in a rural community in Kandahar Province are seeing an increase in landproductivity since the rehabilitation of the village’s
water canal.
- The project to improve and extend the village water canal was supported by the National Solidarity Programme of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development the Government of Afghanistan’s flagship program for rural development. Around 3,877 mall-scale development projects in Kandahar Province have been carried out in areas such as water and sanitation, irrigation, electricity, transportation, education, livelihoods and rural development.
- NSP is supported by the International Development Association, the World Bank Group’s fund for the poorest countries, Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, and Japan Social Development Fund
Newsletter: Best Practices, Tool and Events NL for World Bank – September, 2016
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WWW 2016: 5 Most Populair Blogs
August 28 to September 2, 2016 , world leaders, development professionals and water experts gathered in Stockholm for the world’s leading annual event on water and development- World Water Week 2016. A recap of the 5 most viewed blogs written by the World Bank Group.
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