Deadline: 03-Dec-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of this assignment is to provide a new geodetic survey on cross-sections and related engineering infrastructure (bridges, dikes, dam walls, weirs, culverts, polders, etc.) in selected Areas of Potential Significant Flood Risk (APSFR) defined in the 2nd cycle of Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment in Romania, with necessary accuracy for hydraulic modeling (5cm HRMSE and VRMSE).
In early December, TechEmerge will launch an open call for innovators worldwide to bring their sustainable solutions in temperature-controlled logistics (TCL) to Nigeria. The program is being conducted in collaboration with Kobo 360—an e-logistics platform operating across Africa that connects truckers to customers. It offers market access to Africa’s largest economy, and a pool of up to $1 million in funding to top innovators matched with leading Nigerian companies to jointly pilot affordable, sustainable solutions that reduce losses in cold chains, strengthen access to TCL-dependent products and markets, and build commercial partnerships. Find out more here.
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2020 presents interactive storytelling and data 
visualizations about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some SDGs are measured. Where data is available, it also highlights the emerging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the SDGs.
The Atlas draws from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators database, as well as from a wide variety of relevant data sources from scientists and other researchers worldwide.
We hope readers will find this third edition in the Atlas series engaging and informative, and will be inspired to discover, understand and visualize progress towards achieving the SDGs.
Tell us what you think on Twitter or at data@worldbank.org.
Flooding is one of the most common and severe hazards disrupting people’s lives and 
livelihoods around the world. Floods often cause unmitigated damage and suffering, especially in lower income countries where infrastructure systems – including drainage and flood protection – tend to be less developed. While countries at all levels of development face flood risk, the vast majority of the world’s flood exposed people – 89% – live in low- and middle- income countries. Critically, it is not only major, more infrequent floods, but also smaller, frequent events that can reverse years of progress in poverty reduction and development.
Firms and workers in every part of the world have been affected by the COVID-19 shock. The 
ILO estimates global labor income has declined nearly 11% or US$3.5 trillion in the first three quarters of 2020. As a result of income losses, our colleagues in the World Bank estimate that as many as 150 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2021. Without timely assistance and swift policy action, otherwise healthy firms will be shuttered permanently, and people will suffer longer.
Deadline: 07-Dec-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of this project is to pilot the 3 business cases that are part of the climate-smart dairy hub model and provide evidence of the economic and environmental viability with participation of the private sector, including a strategy for further acceleration and scaling.
I would like to briefly highlight some of my writing and engagements from last week:
Op-Ed: To Cope With Covid, the World’s Poor Need Debt Relief
In last week’s Wall Street Journal, I published an op-ed urging greater transparency and timely and meaningful debt relief for the people of the world’s poorest countries. These are immediate, critical needs as countries work to recover from the global pandemic, and we can no longer afford to kick the debt can down the road – developing countries need relief now.
Instead of a sharp decline in 2020 followed by an increase in 2021 that we predicted in April, 
we are now looking at a much more gradual fall extending into 2021. By the end of 2021, we expect remittances to fall by about 14% compared to the pre-Covid-19 record levels of 2019.
post-conflict country, in a village with only one primary school and a single water tap, not enough to serve all the residents. There is no electricity and the roads are unpaved.She dreams of furthering her education, moving to the city, and someday working in a bank, so that she can help her family, her village, and her country. But her parents, who are farm workers, sometimes don’t have the money to pay her school fees without taking out a loan.
How can countries grow their economies and keep air pollution in check at the same time? A 
new World Bank report explores that tricky question, looking at the kinds of policies and actions three leading cities have taken to tackle poor local air quality, providing lessons for other cities. As we mark World Cities Day on October 31, this research seems more timely than ever.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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