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WBG News: Vietnam’s Climate Change and Green Growth Agenda Receives $90 million Boost

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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2016 – The World Bank will help Vietnam strengthen its _DSC8598climate change and green growth agenda with a US$90 million credit for policy reforms aligned with the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan.

The Climate Change and Green Growth Development Policy Financing, approved today, along with the recently approved Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Project, marks a new phase in World Bank support as Vietnam continues to focus on inclusive green growth while addressing key climate change vulnerabilities.

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World Bank: Climate Change Poses Urgent Threat to Poor of Coastal Bangladesh

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World Bank News – Washington, June 24, 2016.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Nearly 12 million people live in poverty in the coastal region of Bangladesh.
  • Poor households in coastal Bangladesh will confront increasingly severe challenges from climate change through heightened cyclonic inundation, rising river salinity, and increased soil salinity.
  • The World Bank is working with the Government of Bangladesh to enable poor households to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Nearly 12 million people live in poverty in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. The climate already poses a challenge to the lives and livelihoods of these households, seen vividly in the damage caused by Cyclone Roanu a few weeks ago. New projections published by the World Bank suggest climate change will pose an even more severe challenge over the next three decades.

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New Procurement Framework effective today!

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The World Bank’s new Procurement Framework is effective today, July 1, 2016. Aimed logo-wb-header-enat helping countries make the best use of their public spending, the new Framework will enhance the strategic role of procurement in development effectiveness.

“The new Procurement Framework reflects the views, knowledge, and expertise of a wide range of stakeholders from across the globe. The Bank can now offer a more modern and nimble procurement system to help promote sustainable development,” said Hart Schafer, World Bank Vice President for Operations Policy and Country Services.

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News: World Bank Increases Support for Health Sector in Bangladesh

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WASHINGTON, June 24, 2016—The World Bank today approved $150 million in additional financing to help strengthen Bangladesh’s health systems and improve health services, particularly for the poor.

This additional financing to the Health Sector Development Program will continue support to implement the government’s Health Sector-wide Program. The support will help the government address health sector challenges including: sustaining and improving immunization coverage; improving deliveries for pregnant women at public health facilities; and tackling multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The financing will also help Bangladesh improve public financial management to get more value from its public spending on health. Further, the financing will support developing a robust health information system, including a web-based complaint -handling mechanism – the first in Bangladesh.

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Independent Power Projects Essential to Electrify Sub-Saharan Africa

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New World Bank Report!

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2016 – A new World Bank report draws from experiences in fivepowering-africa-inside-banner African countries to explain why independent power projects (IPPs) are crucial to help deliver electricity to the 600 million people without it in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report highlights the challenges policymakers face and factors that can lead to scaled-up and sustainable power sector investment.

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WBG Case Study: Rwanda – Food Security

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Published June 16th on Projects & Operations page WBG webstieindex

A Tale of Two Tables:

How Snow Peas Help Rwandan Families

Challenge

Rwanda has made remarkable progress since the civil war and genocide that started in October 1990 and ended in July 1994. GDP per capita increased from US$228 in 1995 to US$718 in 2014.  The poverty headcount ratio using the national poverty line fell from 78% in 1995 to 45% in 2010/11.

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How can ICT initiatives be designed to improve rural water supply?

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Policy briefing
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Around the world today, more and more people have access to water supplies. But making sure that these supplies are sustainable is still a problem. To try and solve this, some new initiatives are using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to try and improve the way that water supplies are monitored and maintained.

 

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Success in a nutshell-NL4WorldBank Newsletter June 2016

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This morning the second edition of 2016 NL4WorldBank was published. In this edition the focus is on a Dutch company success story as well as the new develoScreen Shot 2016-06-09 at 8.24.08 AMpments in procurement and App’s.

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World Bank Group Finances Mobile App

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The World Bank Group Finances free mobile application allows users to quickly access its portfolio of projects, finances, and procurement data.

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Transparency and accountability are essential to the development process at the World Bank Group and central to achieving the bank’s mission to alleviate poverty. The mobile app complements the World Bank Group Finances website.
With this app, you can:

  • Access the World Bank Group’s development activities in one of nine languages (Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish) from any place in the world.
  • Locate and follow the projects in your country of interest financed by the Bank, including the major awarded contracts.app
  • Check the disbursements data, updated monthly, and the contributions to Trust Funds.
  • Get updates on pending projects in the pipeline, as well as latest approved projects.
  • Receive procurement/tender notices and follow business opportunities in more than 100 countries.
  • Engage with the Bank by sharing, following its projects and investments, or reporting back.