WBG Vendor Forum for Women-Owned and Minority-Owned Businesses in North America and Europe
September 14, 2021 | 8:00 am EDT (12:00 pm GMT) | Zoom 
The World Bank Group (WBG) Corporate Procurement unit will be holding an engaging virtual presentation to help women- and minority-owned businesses in North America and Europe learn how to do business with the WBG, what we purchase, and what we are doing to include women-owned and minority-owned businesses in our own supply chain. Speaker and registration link below.
WBG Vendor Forum for Women-Owned and Minority-Owned Businesses in North America and Europe
Scaling up water reuse: Why recycling our wastewater makes sense
In Durban, South Africa’s third largest city, an amount of wastewater equivalent to 13
Olympic-sized swimming pools has been treated and reused for industrial use by a paper mill and a local refinery every day since 2001.
Why Kinshasa Could Be in the Vanguard of Megacities’ Climate Resilience
STORY HIGHLIGHTS 
- Africa’s largest city, Kinshasa, is making resilience to climate change a top priority.
- The $500 million Kin Elenda project will improve access to infrastructure and services and socio-economic opportunities for people in Kinshasa.
- The project will directly benefit 2 million people in four Kinshasa neighborhoods by providing household water connections, reducing exposure to flooding, and developing green urban spaces.
Going With The Flow: Water’s Role in Global Migration
Water has always influenced where we live. Today, as climate change accelerates the global
water crisis, the relentless increase in the movement of people around the world requires a considered response to turn crisis into opportunity.
water crisis, the relentless increase in the movement of people around the world requires a considered response to turn crisis into opportunity.What makes us move
There are more than 1 billion migrants in the world today – and water deficits are linked to 10% of the rise in global migration. The World Bank’s just-released flagship publication on water shows that it is a lack of water, rather than too much, that has a greater impact on migration.
Three Paths to Accelerating Digital Access in West and Central Africa
Just before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck, just over half of the world’s
population approximately (51%) had access to the internet compared with just 30% in Western and Central Africa. With the strict lockdown implemented during the pandemic, many services were only available to people across the region through the internet.
What is driving COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa?
As African countries accelerate the deployment of COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccines, the issue of vaccine hesitancy looms. Globally, there has been a rise in general vaccine hesitancy but especially towards COVID-19 vaccines. In Africa, hesitancy must be viewed in the context of significant vaccine shortage; hesitancy does not explain fully the low vaccination rates in Africa. The slow vaccine rollout on the continent is due to supply constraints, structural issues, and logistical barriers.
Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the Summit of the Heads of State of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community
Your Excellencies, Presidents, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am pleased to participate in today’s Summit, which is taking place at a critical juncture for the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC). I join with you in expressing my condolences on the death of President Deby to his son and the Chadian people.
Poor digital access is holding Latin America and the Caribbean back. Here’s how to change it
The COVID-19 crisis has hit the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region harder than any
other region in the world and has brought the need for a resilient and inclusive recovery into sharp focus. Greater digital access—in support of distance learning, digital cash transfers, telemedicine, and online public services—is the cornerstone of this agenda and requires both an ambitious policy and regulatory agenda as well as increased infrastructure investments. This is particularly important as the region gears up for 5G auctions and continues its 4G expansion.
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