Deadline: 12-Nov-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
IFC is seeking to conduct a comprehensive retail, supply and value chain analysis of the market for offgrid lighting products in Ethiopia.
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Financing for Development Course
To sign-up for this free online course visit:
https://www.coursera.org/course/fin4devmooc
What exactly is financing for development? How can the new global development agenda be financed? Learn more by signing up for this free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Financing for Development which launches on November 16. A certificate of accomplishment — issued by the World Bank Group in partnership with Coursera — will be received by those who successfully complete the course requirements.
eConsultant2: Consultancy Service for Flood Risk Modeling
Deadline: 16-Nov-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
This consultancy envisages to find sustainable flood risk management solutions for the basin through a robust flood modeling exercise to identify the risk mitigation interventions and to carry out pre-feasibility studies for such interventions identified.
Carry out pre-feasibility studies for the proposed structural interventions;
Prepare preliminary cost estimates for the proposed interventions; and
Design of a flood management model including the real time monitoring and system operating mechanism and guidelines/ SoPs
Doing Business Report Analysis
Press release October 27th, 2015
Doing Business Report Finds More than 60% of World’s Economies Improved Their Business Rules in Past Year
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2015 – Developing economies quickened the pace of their business reforms during the last 12 months to make it easier for local businesses to start and operate, says the World Bank Group’s annual ease of doing business measurement.
PPP WB Blog Post: Recommended PPP contractual provisions
How to accelerate the process and reduce costs for public-private partnerships? Recommended PPP contractual provisions
The blog post focuses on the frequently expressed concern over the time and expense involved in creating the legal agreements that are at the center of every
PPP project.
Everyone recognizes the importance of PPP contracts, since they are the documents that set out how the partnership will work – but there are constant calls for making the contractual drafting process quicker and less expensive.
WB Doing Business Report 2016
Who is it for ? National governments
What is it ? Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency, a World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 13th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time.
When was it published? Tuesday October 27th, 2015
How ? Data in Doing Business 2016 are current as of June 1, 2015. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where and why. This year’s Doing Business report continues a two-year process of introducing improvements in 8 of 10 Doing Business indicator sets—to complement the emphasis on the efficiency of regulation with a greater focus on its quality.
Where can I find it? Click here to access the report
Sustainable Agricultural Development
Technology Drives Sustainable Agricultural Development in China
Below an interesting and enlightening story about farmers in China who are able to raise their income through sustainable farming. The sustainable farming has been made possible by a World Bank project which is geared towards subsidizing certain purchases made by farmers.
Webinar: World Bank PPP learning event
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks in PPPs: Europe and Central Asia
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 ( Tomorrow )
Time: 10:00AM EST – 3PM GMT
Themes:Public-Private Partnerships
Speakers:
Name: Lorik Fejzullahu – Head, Central PPP Department Ministry of Finance, Kosovo
Name: Filip Drapak – Consultant, East and Central Asia PPP Transaction Advisory, International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group
Name: Shyamala Shukla -Senior Consultant, PPP Cross-Cutting Solution Area, The World Bank Group
World Statistics Day (and Why We Need to Invest in Them)
Below a very interesting blog post focusing on Statistics.
Better data leads to better lives.
World Statistics Day celebrates the role of statistics, the institutions and individuals that produce them, and the impact they have in designing and monitoring the policies and services that can improve people’s wellbeing.
So without further ado, my colleages around the Bank have put together 17 statistics that stand out for them – some you may know, some you may not, all of them related to the Sustainable Development Goals: Click here
PPIAF’s new call for proposals
PPIAF aims to fund more innovative ideas like this one, and its new call for proposals!
Welcomes applications for knowledge initiatives focused on addressing infrastructure challenges through increased private sector participation in infrastructure. The Fall 2015 Call for Proposals is open to submissions from World Bank Group staff and eligible external organizations such as multilateral development banks, NGOs, and other similar institutions.
Deadline: November 6, 2015
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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