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WB keeping track of its targets

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Since President Kim took the reigns at the World Bank in 2014, the organization has set itself very clear goals. The main goal of the World Bank is to rid the world of poverty, and to boost shared prosperity. Now they have found a transparent way to communicate the progress. The tool that has been developed is the Presidents Delivery Unit, or ‘PDU’. “The PDU is dedicated to helping the World Bank Group institutions define, monitor, and communicate progress on corporate priorities.”

See the tool here.

Want to know how the tool works? Click here.

 

 

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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Registration open: Annual Energy Sector Mission (4-7 May)

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AnnouncementThe Private Sector Liaison Officers (PSLO) Network invites you to
mark your calendars for May 4 – 7, 2015 for a joint mission focusing on the
energy sector opportunities at the International Financial Institutions
specifically designed to provide an opportunity for the privatesector to:

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Further developing the Netherlands-World Bank Group relationship

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The World Bank is a global entity known for its proactive development efforts. In order to reach its goal of ‘ending poverty’ worldwide, the World Bank needs all the help it can get. The World Bank, primarily a financial institution and secondarily a knowledge institution, therefore relies on local government, civil society, companies and donors to provide the   means, experience, knowledge and capacity to end poverty.

Since the inception of the World BankWB, the Netherlands has been a contributor to the Bank’s cause. The Netherlands was one of the first recipients of a World Bank loan, aimed to modernize and expand the fleet of the Royal Dutch Airlines, and has been a staunch supporter ever since. Today, we are ranked 7th among the development partners in terms of contributions to the WBG Trust Funds between 2009-2014, and are one of the largest contributors to IDA.

Given fiscal restraints in recent years, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sought to ensure an even bigger development bang for each buck. Over the last few years we have refocused our development coordination strategy to several core fields. In early February, policy meetings were held between the Netherlands and the World Bank in which this renewed focus was agreed upon: “[The World Bank Group and the Netherlands] agreed on strengthening their partnership in strategic priorities, finding new ways of working together, and exploring the implications of our partnership in light of the recent organizational changes within the World Bank Group”. The shining example of these partnerships is our cooperation in the field of water.

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Guinea PPP support tender

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The Government of Guinea (GoG) has expressed interest that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) support the development of an enabling environment for PPPs and to assist in strengthening GoGs capacity to identify and implement PPPs. Initial efforts in this area would be geared to, with assistance of the IFC PPP Advisory services, in: 1) identifying and assessing a pipeline of infrastructure projects to determine which projects can potentially be developed into PPPs, 2) supporting the Direction Nationale du Patrimoine de l’Etat et des Investissements (DNPEIP) before a new PPP Unit is in place and the new PPP law passed, 3) advising and supporting the new PPP Unit to carry out its mandate, and 4) organising a Stakeholder consultation workshop to present the findings from the Study.

For the purposes of this assignment, IFC will be requiring the services of a qualified Consultant (technical, financial, legal expertise) and invites consultancy firms to indicate their interest.

See full tender here: Guinea PPP support

Expression of Interest Deadline: 09 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

World Bank Group Furthers Strategic Engagement with the Netherlands

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February 17, 2015 — IFC and the World Bank held a series of policy meetings last week with the Dutch where they agreed on strengthening their partnership by wbengaging in strategic priorities, finding new ways of working together, and exploring the implications of our partnership in light of the recent organizational changes within the World Bank Group.
The meetings, which followed high-level strategic consultations held in September 2013, explored further engagement in four key mutual strategic priorities: agriculture and food security; fragility, conflict and violence; water; and sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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PPP Consultant – Senegal

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The Government of Senegal (GoS) has an ambitious program for infrastructure development through public private partnership (PPP) and has established the necessary legal and regulatory framework. In that perspective, the GoS created a Ministry of investment promotion and partnership (the Ministry), adopted a PPP law, established a national PPP committee and PPP unit. These entities are working together alongside with the line Ministries to develop and implement PPP projects.

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Economic Cost of Natural Gas – Myanmar

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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received a grant from the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) administered by the World Bank toward the cost of the Electric Power Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (the Services) include the following scope:

1. Review Myanmars natural gas supply and demand balance for the next 10 years or longer;
2. Develop appropriate methodologies for determining economic costs for supplying natural gas into the domestic Myanmar market;
3. Quantify the economic cost of supplying natural gas at certain offtake points from the gas network; and
4. Conduct consultative meetings/workshops/training events to obtain information and share findings and results.

See full tender here: Economic Cost of Natural Gas – Myanmar

Expression of Interest Deadline: 11 March 2015