Countries’ attempts to tackle climate change will depend on their circumstances and 
capabilities. Among the most challenging, will be how fossil fuel–dependent countries (FFDCs) do so, given their economies are the most dependent on fossil-fuel income and carbon-intensive industries. These countries represent almost one-third of the world’s population. They are themselves responsible for roughly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but are home to over 80 percent of emissions embodied in known fossil fuel reserves. Many also have foundational systems built on the back of (expected) fossil fuels and related value chains and are, therefore, at risk as the global low-carbon transition gets fully underway.
eC2: Quantifying the social and economic benefits of road safety interventions and guiding fragile cities on road safety interventions
Deadline: 17-Aug-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
This activity aims to show the benefits and costs of improvements in road safety in specific interventions in especially unsafe locations in Greater Freetown, dis-aggregated by sex, locations, type of mode, age, user-type, at minimum. The activities to be delivered by the firm is divided in the following tasks:
eC2: DigiLab Finance program: knowledge management and one-on-one opportunities
Deadline: 03-Aug-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
IFC DigiLab Finance is an accelerator program for digital transformation of financial institution and was launched in March 2018 in Latin America. To date, 11 organizations have participated across 3 cohorts, these institutions are now part of the DigiLab alumni network. As part of one of the DigiLab Alumni benefits, institutions can access to one-on-one advisory projects where IFC will support them on the implementation of their digital transformation roadmaps.
IFC may select up to three vendors for signing a framework agreement to support us to deliver, in Latin America and East and Central Asia, both workstreams: i) IFC DigiLab Finance knowledge management (KM) program and ii) one-on-one (OO) advisory projects for an accurate implementation of the DigiLab programs outputs (digital strategy and roadmaps).
eC2: Advisory services and Analytics on Development of Agricultural Restructuring Plan for 2021-2025 period, with orientations to 2030, adaptable to Climate change impacts
Deadline: 23-Jul-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The assignment will provide analytical and advisory services to inform the World Banks policy dialogues and technical advices to support Vietnam through the MARD to develop its Agricultural Restructuring Plan (ARP) for 2021-2025 that responds well to the climate change (CC) adaptation and mitigation and contributes to the achievement of Vietnam NDC.
What will it take to achieve COVID-19 containment and economic revival?
As countries grapple with the impact of COVID-19, policy makers are seeking effective,
balanced solutions to address both public health and economic recovery challenges. To understand which approaches have been successful and how these might help other countries and regions, policy makers from Colombia, Ghana, South Africa, Vietnam, and Italy’s Veneto region shared with us their stories of response and recovery.
New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2020-2021
Updated country income classifications are available here.
The World Bank assigns the world’s economies to four income groups—low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries. The classifications are updated each year on July 1 and are based on GNI per capita in current USD (using the Atlas method exchange rates) of the previous year (i.e. 2019 in this case).
World Bank ranked among top positions in the International Aid Transparency Index (IATI)
Today, we at the World Bank are honored to be in one of the top positions in 
the International Aid Transparency Index (IATI), an independent measurement of aid transparency. This ranking demonstrates our strong commitment to transparency, timely and effective information disclosure, and Open Data.
The transparency of development finance data is even more important now, as we enhance our support to countries addressing the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. High quality and timeliness of development data allows for better coordination of such a response, more efficient resource use and a better-informed decision-making process.
Fiscal Year-End Update to Governors of the World Bank Group
Dear Governors,
I hope this finds you well, safe, and healthy during these very difficult times. I have enormously appreciated your support over the past year, and our warm and constructive interactions. Face-to- face meetings have become harder over recent months, so at our fiscal year-end, I wanted to provide an update on World Bank Group (WBG) deliveries, as well as other efforts over the past year. I would like to focus in particular on the COVID-19 emergency response, the Debt Service Suspension Initiative for the world’s poorest countries, and progress made on debt transparency since the Development Committee on April 17. I would also like to update you on a few organizational, leadership, and governance matters.
Outsource2LAC Virtual Week 2020
Name of the event: Outsource2LAC Virtual Week 20202 (O2LAC Virtual 2020)
Format: Web seminars (webinars) and one-on-one business matchmaking meetings
Place: Online, hosted in a virtual platform
Editions: 7 in-person editions of the Outsource2LAC series
Latest edition: Made in the Americas Global Digital Services Summit (MITA GDS) powered by Outsource2LAC in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 2019 (in-person)
Organizer: The Inter-American Development Bank through its Integration and Trade
Sector and ConnectAmericas.com1
eC2: Support Hydrological Modeling of the Vrbas and Drina River Basins
Deadline: 20-Jul-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of this assignment is to support the World Bank in providing technical assistance on hydrological modeling, based on global standards and good practices, to Western Balkan countries that have committed several of their own staff (from the National Hydrometeorological Agencies) and engaged external experts to pursue development of the South-East European Multi-Hazard Early Warning Advisory System (SEE-MHEWS-A).
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