Tag Archives: IFC

Index-Insurance: Protecting Women Farmers Against Weather Risk

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World Bank press release 10/03/2015

World Bank: Protecting Women Farmers Against Weather Risk

Insuring crops against unforeseen weather events is a standard practice among farmers in rich countries. But traditional agriculture insurance and disaster insurance are either unavailable or very expensive in many developing countries, leaving small farmers particularly vulnerable to vagaries of nature.
Without insurance, a severe drought, a devastating earthquake or another extreme weather disaster can wipe out small farmers. Such uncertainties make them more risk averse and less likely to invest in inputs to grow and expand their farms.

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Inland Water Terminals – Technical Consultant, India

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As a part of its overall objective of developing the inland water transport sector in India, IWAI intends to develop terminals located across all the waterways of the country. IWAI has also adopted a policy of developing these terminals, to the extent possible, on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. In this regard, IFC is seeking to hire a Technical Consultant for screening the terminals and help in understanding the business case for each of these terminals. This would entail a broad assessment of the cargo potential, type of cargo and identification of potential cargo owners for each terminal. The consultant will be expected to take into consideration the work of an ongoing World Bank funded study which is similar.

See full tender here: Inland Water Terminals – Technical Consultant, India

Expression of Interest Deadline: 09 March 2015

Climate Risk Management: Ports and Water Transport

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IFCs Climate Business Department would like to invite interested Consultant firms to indicate their interest to carry out an assignment that will produce methodological approaches and quantitative tools for assessment of financial, environmental and social risks and opportunities resulting from the impacts of climate change (climate risks) that may affect private sector investments and companies in sectors defined below, and to evaluate appropriate adaptation responses.

This assignment will consider the following sectors: Ports and harbors, and water transport.

See full tender here: Climate Risk Management; Ports and Water Transport.

Expression of Interest Deadline: 19 March 2015

Strengthening smallholder supply chains for soy and poultry in Zimbabwe

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Over the medium term, IFC may seek investment opportunities in the animal protein sector in Zimbabwe.

This program will lay the groundwork for investment by strengthening soy and poultry supply chains in three ways: 1) increasing productivity through training; 2) increasing access to inputs and 3) farmer aggregation.

Cost effective training methodologies utilizing ICTs are encouraged. Access to inputs could be increased through outgrower programs linked to private sector companies or linkages to financial services (the program cannot purchase inputs, beyond those required for demonstration).

See full tender here: smallholder supply chains soy and poultry – zimbabwe

Espression of Interest Deadline: 09 March 2015

Dairy Supply Chain Development – Pakistan

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International Finance Corporation (IFC) has allocated funding to carry out the consulting assignment to support IFCs project in Punjab Province, Pakistan with the following objectives: Provide support to a selected group of medium size dairy farmers in improving their technical skills, and increase milk productivity levels in terms of quantity per milking animal, and quality of milk produced.

IFC is interested in hiring an international consulting firm, with global expertise in the dairy sector. More specifically, the selected firm should enjoy long standing experience in the area of developing technical content, financial models for dairy farming, and also in conducting farmers support, and training activities in developing countries. This will include group training event, and one-on-one specific engagements, and advice.

See full tender here: Dairy Supply Chain Development – Pakistan

Expression of Interest Deadline: 21 February 2015

Boosting Solar Energy Capacity in Africa

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Press release published on the World Bank website. 

The IFC prides its self on funding innovation, this makes for  interesting opportunities for Dutch companies developing innovative products who are looking for a strong partner.

“We take innovative approaches to our investments, supporting large, potentially transformative projects. We also help developing countries expand the use of cutting-edge technologies, such as concentrated solar power”-

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Sub-Saharan Africa is rich in energy resources but its potential remains mostly untapped. Despite the abundance of sunlight, solar projects have been developed slowly and often inefficiently.

Weak competition and high transaction costs are some of the obstacles that hamper the progress of the technology.

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IFC Global Private Health Conference 2015

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“In its sixth year, the IFC Global Private Health Conference will provide a unique environment for leaders in the health industry from developed and emerging markets to exchange ideas, knowledge and best practices. The conference is a great opportunity to build new relationships and strengthen existing ones.”

More information can be found here.

AGENDA

When
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:00 AM – Wednesday, May 13, 2015 3:00 PM
Central Europe Time

Where
Marriott Prague
V Celnici 8, Praha 1 110 00 Czech Republic

Registration Deadline
Friday, May 8, 2015

IFC publishes Good Practice Note on Improving Animal Welfare

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On December 31, 2014, the IFC published its latest Good Practice Note on Animal Welfare, a revision of the 2006 Good Practice Note on Animal Welfare. Input was provided by, amongst others, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Atradius Dutch State Business – Export Credit Agency, and the Office of the Netherlands Executive Director.animal welfare note

This Good Practice Note contributes to IFC’s continued commitment to supporting clients in a responsible and forward-looking approach to traditional livestock production (dairy, beef, broiler chickens, layer chickens, pigs, and ducks) and to aquaculture in intensive and extensive systems to, among other things, help producers access and maintain entry to high quality and value market segments. Continue reading →

The IFC

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The World Bank Group, other than providing IDA & IBRD financing to borInternational_Finance_Corporation_Logorowing governments, also has three other pillars. These are the IFC, MIGA and the ICSID. The activities by the MIGA were explained in an earlier post, in this article we are focusing on the International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), the private sector pillar of the WBG. For the first time in the history of the World Bank Group the IFC was the pillar with the biggest budget, financing for more than $22 billion in fiscal year 2014.

The IFC provides financial support through loans and equity financing to its clients and additionally provide advice to unlock private sector investment. For a project to be eligible for IFC support a number of criteria must be met. The project must be located in a developing country that is a member of the IFC, active in the private sector, be technically sound, have good prospects of being profitable, benefit the local economy and satisfy environmental and social standards.

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