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Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic of Inequality to Build a Green, Inclusive, & Resilient Recovery

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‘We have to help countries improve their readiness for future pandemics.’
 

World Bank Group President David Malpass called on the world to move urgently toward opportunities and solutions that achieve a green, resilient, and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in a speech today that advances the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings.

“Our collective responses to poverty, climate change, and inequality will be the defining choices of our age.”

Mr. Malpass delivered the speech virtually at the London School of Economics; it was followed by a discussion with students, moderated by Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics.

 
 
 
 

From crisis to resilience: World Bank Group Spring Meetings to focus on helping countries build a green and resilient recovery

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The lingering pandemic has dealt the global economy an unprecedented shock, and the recovery is likely to be slow and uneven. The current crisis is exacerbating inequalities throughout the world and, without access to vaccines, the gap will widen further.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 has made clear the need to establish a better way to handle the debt-financing needs of developing economies. And for a sustainable future, solutions are most urgently needed in developing countries, where the investment gap is deepest, and people are most disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. So, what will it take to shape a resilient recovery that works for people and the planet?

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Spring Meetings 2021: Featured Speakers at the World Bank Group Events

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The 2021 World Bank Group/IMF Spring Meetings bring together the world’s top policymakers, academics, civil society leaders, business and youth to discuss issues of global concern.

This year’s Spring Meetings events will be held in a virtual format on April 5-11. All events and programs will stream daily on live.worldbank.org. Replays of sessions will also be available the day they air. Here’s everything you need to learn how to follow our activities.

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Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic of Inequality to Build a Green, Inclusive, & Resilient Recovery

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Join World Bank Group President David Malpass, ahead of the Spring Meetings, at the LondonScreenshot_2021-03-25 Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic of Inequality to Build a Green, Inclusive, Resilient Recovery School of Economics as he discusses what is needed to build a green, inclusive, and resilient recovery from the pandemic. The crisis has worsened inequality and disproportionately impacted the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children.  

In his conversation with Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, President Malpass will share his thoughts on accelerating a recovery that tackles growing inequalities and improves livelihoods.

Join us for the live conversation on March 29.
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See the list of Speakers

 
 
 

 

eC2: Implementation of Food Safety Checklist Toolkit (FSCT) system

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Deadline:   22-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

International Finance Corporation invites Proposals from Offerors interested in creating of a cloud-based ICT solution, including the implementation and customization of a Food Safety Checklist Toolkit that meets its requirements.

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eC2: Promoting In-depth Cleaner Production in the Washing/Dyeing/Finishing Sector in Bangladesh

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Deadline:     01-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)bangladesh

The objective of this assignment is to conduct In-depth Cleaner Production assessments at 23 textile wet-processing units in Bangladesh.The overall goal is of this assignment is to enhance the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the textile wet processing sector in Bangladesh. The program will focus on water as the primary driver for change but will also address energy and chemical use (water-energy chemical nexus) for an integrated approach to resource efficiency.The proposed assignment shall be conducted by a consortium of 1 local firm, and 1 international firm, or by 1 international firm having a very strong local presence (with strong technical local team).

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eC2: Baseline Survey of Impact Evaluation of Interventions to Support Women-Owned Firms in three cities in Mozambique

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Deadline:   31-Mar-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) Senegal-Woman-at-Well-800

PURPOSE
These Terms of Reference (ToR) are for a Consultant (Firm) to implement a baseline quantitative data collection for a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Mozambique.
The primary goal of this consultancy is to collect data on the entrepreneurial behavior, business success, and the personal and household attitudes and behavior of 1,700 women business owners that form part of this study, and on 850 spouses/partners/significant others of 850 of the 1,700 women business owners, for a total of 2,550 surveys.
This data collection will be conducted in the context of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) Bottom-up vs. top-down interventions to foster female entrepreneurship in Mozambique. The evaluation will be led by the World Banks Africa Gender Innovation Lab; the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice; the University of Warwick and Leuphana University of Lueneburg (henceforth the World Bank research team). The analysis of the data collected will be conducted by the World Bank research team, not the Consultant.

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Assessing Country Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccines – First Insights from the Assessment Rollout

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The global COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be the largest in history. The delivery of

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 03rd Mar, 2021. A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during the first phase of the country nationwide vaccination drive at the Hospital UiTM in Sungai Buloh, outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Credit: SO

COVID-19 vaccines presents challenges unprecedented in scale, speed and specificities, especially in low- and middleincome countries. In November 2020, anticipating the availability of safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19, the World  Bank together with WHO, UNICEF, the Global Fund, and Gavi rolled out readiness assessments in more than 100 low and middle-income countries.

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Unlocking Private Investment in Climate Adaptation and Resilience

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • A new joint report by the World Bank and IFC offers a blueprint for action for climate-adaptation-and-private-sector-report-covergovernments to catalyze private investment in climate adaptation and resilience.
  • The blueprint for action lays out a systematic approach to incentivize adaptation financing from the private sector and meet countries’ fast-growing financing needs to achieve climate resilience.
  • The approach will be tested in several pilot countries as part of the World Bank Group’s support towards enabling private investment in adaptation.

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eC2: Vietnam Horticulture Value Chain Competitiveness

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Deadline:    25-Mar-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) Horn-Oeun

The purpose of the Upstream Seed study is to evaluate the value chain with a commercial focus and identify a pipeline of 3-5 projects with company sponsors. The study intends to assess Vietnam horticulture sectors supply-side and demand-side factors from an investment angle. As the existing market players in the horticulture sector are relatively small and immature, IFC can play an important role in building capacity and enabling these companies to accelerate growth, scale their businesses and become more investment-ready.

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