Tag Archives: IFC

Coming out of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Doing business with the International Financial Institutions (IFI’s) / Multilateral Development Banks (MDB’s)

After a bit of a break we are excited to share this latest Newsletter with you and reintroduce image8326522ourselves!

We hope all of you got through the COVID-19 pandemic safely and well. Although, life is getting back to (the new) normal, travel is still somewhat difficult and many offices are not fully open yet.

The World Bank Group Headquarters is currently at 50% capacity and slowly opening up to visitors again, the recent Spring Meetings were still held in a hybrid format. Nonetheless, business must go on albeit via email/Zoom/Teams etc.

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Staying the course for women’s economic empowerment in MENA

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Our oceans are experiencing a range of problems caused by climate change and human20140128_indonesia_pamsimas_fishermen activity: rising temperatures, acidification, sea-level rise, habitat destruction, overfishing, marine pollution, and the introduction of invasive species.  These impacts are damaging ocean health and threatening the livelihoods of billions of people. They also point to a critical lack of governance globally of this precious resource.

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eC2: Agricultural specialist / Agriculture Economist (Consultant)

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Deadline: 23-May-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

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The International Finance Corporation: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries.
We apply our financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to help our partners overcome financial, operational, and other challenges. In addition to its investment work, IFC provides advisory services to a number of its clients to support them in meeting specific development goals. IFCs advisory support to the financial sector is implemented via its Financial Institutions Group and is organized around the following main themes:
Innovation/Base of Pyramid: including Microfinance, Mobile Financial Services, Housing Finance, Rural Finance.
Banking Services: SME Finance, Sustainable Energy Finance, Insurance, Agri finance, Leasing, Trade Finance, Gender, Risk Management and Corporate Governance.
Financial Infrastructure: Credit Reporting, Collateral Registries and Secured Transactions, Securities

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Tools for Success

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The handbook, “Zakendoen met de Wereldbank Groep” created by The Netherlands World Bank building Embassy in Washington, D.C. provides interested Dutch companies and organizations with a basic introduction to the World Bank Group. Besides the handbook we also created fact sheets which include information on project cycles as well as bank jargon which will be good to know when working with the World Bank Group.

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Staying the course for women’s economic empowerment in MENA

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The war in Ukraine could not have come at a worse time, eroding global economicshutterstock_bbstudiophoto_-_women_engineer prospects as much of the world struggles to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the immediate impacts of the war has been the surge in commodity prices, raising concerns over food and energy security. Wheat prices have gone up by around 30%, hurting people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region who live in countries that rely on imports from Ukraine or Russia. 

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eC2: Study on climate smart agriculture technologies and investment opportunities

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Deadline:21-Apr-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) water-tajikistan780x439

The objective of this assignment is to provide a toolkit for women regarding nature based solutions that the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development’s (DCED) Green Growth Working Group. The toolkit should support the development and growing market demand for affordable, gender-responsive, nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity in developing countries, and that women as entrepreneurs, business owners, workers and supply-chain actors – are particularly well positioned to help address this need.

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eC2: Study on climate smart agriculture technologies and investment opportunities

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Deadline: 19-Apr-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) south_africa

The Government of South Africa has identified agriculture as one of the key sectors that could contribute to greening the economy due to its backward and forward linkages with job generation, food security, foreign export earnings and raw material production, making the sector an important engine for the growth of the rest of the economy. At the same time, this potential is significantly threatened by climate change . With more than 70 percent of its croplands relying primarily on rainfall for farming, existing cropping and livestock systems will be directly affected by expected climate induced changes in precipitation and temperature patterns. The agricultural sector is therefore one of the focal sectors of South Africas National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) that was promulgated in 2020 and of the countrys updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement . The adoption of climate smart agriculture technologies provides opportunities for sustainable intensification consistent with food security and development goals, and climate change adaptation and mitigation needs.

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How to Work with IFC

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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focusedlogo_ifc exclusively on the private sector in developing countries.

 

We utilize and leverage our products and services—as well as products and services of other institutions in the World Bank Group—to provide development solutions customized to meet clients’ needs. We apply our financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to help our partners overcome financial, operational, and political challenges. Working in more than 100 countries, IFC committed a record $31.5 billion in own-account investments and mobilization from third parties to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries in fiscal year 2021 (FY21).

 

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eC2: Scaling Wind Country Profiles

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Deadline: 07-Apr-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

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IFC is seeking a Consultant to develop country-specific reports that identify potential areas for wind development using satellite mesoscale data and high-level E&S constraints mapping (Country Profiles). The Consultant will create 10-15 Country Profiles, which will facilitate IFCs business development efforts across the world.

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IDA20 Replenishment: Public invited to review draft Deputies’ Report

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Ahead of the IDA20 Replenishment pledging meeting in Tokyo next month, the proposedd4e8b7bff7323bd5d2c9410c3cee7fb144e16f4cf726b09016227c1cc1051301 replenishment package is now at an advanced stage. At this meeting, the IDA20 Deputies’ Report will be tabled for endorsement by IDA Deputies and Borrower Representatives. Before this happens, the public is invited to review the draft IDA20 Deputies’ Report and provide comments before November 26. 

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