Deadline: 27-Sep-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The consultant is expected to 
assess the financial situation of 15 planned ports in Indonesia and advise the Bank team on whether or not to provide financing for them. This will also require that the consultant has a look at the financial situation of the other ports in the program, which potentially could cross-subsidize the operation in financially less strong ports and of Pelindo II.
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Deadline: 01-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The World Bank is managing a trust fund for medicines regulatory harmonization (MRH) and is currently working with three Africa sub-regions (EAC, ECOWAS, SADC) on regional harmonization projects with a focus on generic drugs in partnership with WHO and NEPAD. This consultancy will focus on adding vaccines to this work program, specifically their inclusion in the regional road map for regulatory harmonization.
Deadline: 05-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
IFC is looking to hire a consultancy firm to support its client in the automotive sector in Mexico to identify cost-effective solutions to improve electric and thermal energy efficiency. The in-depth assessment will involve a detailed analyses of energy uses and related costs, measured estimation of energy loses, identification of technical solutions, estimation of associated investment costs and an action plan prioritized by payback.
Deadline: 01-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The first step in setting up this experiment is to conduct a listing of up to 12,00
0 households in business areas of Accra Metropolitan Area and surrounding localities, in order to constitute a sample frame. We will then identify within this frame a sample of 3,000 households that include at least one woman running a small business and implement the baseline survey among these households.
Deadline: 20-Sep-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The consultant will be an individual
Armenia Investment Climate Reform Project assists the Government in improving the investment climate and attracting investments into sectors of economy. The Project expects to contribute to the promotion exports from Armenia and diversification of export markets, through raising the awareness and knowledge among private business entities about such markets.
Deadline: 20-Sep-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The consultant will be an individual.
Armenia IC Reform Project helps the Government of Armenia in improving the investment climate and attracting investments into sectors of economy. The Project expects to increase the investment attractiveness of aquaculture by contributing to the promotion of advanced production technologies of processed fish products, through raising the awareness and knowledge among private business entities.
Deadline: September 22, 2015
The World Bank is providing technical support 
to eThekwini regarding how to advance the cit’s urban regeneration goals. This solicitation for site-specific financial and real estate development advisory services is one component of that effort. The municipality requires support to: Identify business models and transaction structures that are market-viable, cost-efficient, and that facilitates the Citys policy goals; and support the municipality in commencing implementation of the selected business model — including support for negotiating a formal agreement (about provision of bulk infrastructure) among the municipality, the existing land owner/developer, and other major stakeholders. Continue reading
This piece is an abstract. Article originally published in the Huffington Post. on September 8. Full article can be viewed on its website.
Independent evaluations at multilateral 
development banks (MDBs) have called for a reform of the system of safeguards that they use to deflect potential damages to communities and the environment associated with the investments they finance. Without such mitigation, roads can harm habitats, dams displace communities and slum rebuilding hurt livelihoods. The purpose of reform, the reviews stressed, should be to improve environmental and social outcomes of safeguards, while reducing inefficiencies in their implementation. Continue reading
Deadline: September 20, 2015
IFC Seeks to hire up to five (5) Short Term Consultants (STCs) to help originate and execute Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects across the Asia pacific Region. These consultants will work as core team members in IFC Business Develop Initiatives and PPP Project Execution related activities. The consultants will be based across Asia-Pacific region with the following tentative locations, which are subject to change: Continue reading
Article published by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) magazine Supply Management on September 8, 2015.
Will Green looks at how the World Bank’s radical overhaul of its procurement processes will affect the organisation and its clients.
Construction works for the Panama Canal expansion project – one of the infrastructure projects financed by the World Bank. © Gerardo Pesantex/World Bank
How many organisations spend $44 billion each year in 178 countries, including the most war-torn nations, finance enormous infrastructure projects such as the Panama Canal expansion scheme and support social development in the poorest countries?
Then ask, how would you go about developing a procurement strategy for such an organisation? This is the challenge the World Bank faced as it set about reforming a procurement system unchanged since the 1970s.
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