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IFC and agribusiness in a changing environment

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IFC event on GAFSP and climate smart agriculture RVO, Prinses Beatrixlaan 2, The photoHague – 28 October 2016

Executive summary

RVO and IUCN NL organized together with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on 28 October a one-day event in The Hague in the framework of the World Bank Group-Netherlands strategic partnership ‘Food for All’. The event convened more than 80 professionals in the private sector, knowledge institutions, NGOs and policy makers engaged in agribusiness in developing countries.

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eC2:Geodata and data Wrangling Workshops and Assessment

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Deadline: 16-Jan-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) index

The objective of this consultancy is to design and conduct a workshops in both mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar that will improve fluency with geospatial data across government in order to support and improve geospatial capacity in Tanzania and in particular understanding of open geospatial data. This will provide skills development for data collection and management, help participants improve the content and quality of geospatial datasets and strengthen the knowledge of open geospatial principles and standards.

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Event Nov8 :Policies for SME Growth: What Works, What Doesn’t?

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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) employ about half of the workforce in developing countries. SME growth may thus raise incomes for many low-income households. But SMEs often face significant constraints to growth relative to large firms ranging from excessive red tape to limited access to finance.

In this talk, Miriam Bruhn will discuss empirical evidence on commonly used policies for SME growth. Miriam will cover policies that work and policies that don’t in the areas of regulation, access to finance, and business practices. Encouragingly, evidence from Mexico, Georgia, Peru, and elsewhere shows that there are a number of programs that governments can implement to support SME growth. She will also highlight implementation challenges and caveats for some of these policies.

How to join! 12:30 – 2:00 PM, November 8, 2016

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Building Urban Resilience by Empowering Communities

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  • In a rapidly urbanizing world, cities are increasingly prone to natural hazards and climate shocks.
  • The Habitat III conference is an opportunity for national and city leaders to discuss ways to make cities and communities more resilient to these hazards and shocks.
  • One way that the World Bank has helped is through community-driven development (CDD), an approach that gives control over planning decisions and investment resources to community groups and local governments.

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Ahead of the next Habitat conference, the urban world we want

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There is no better way to mark this year’s World Cities Day than reflecting on the adoption of the New Urban Agenda at the recent Habitat III conference in Quito. The agenda reaffirms the political commitment to sustainable urbanization and provides a framework to guide global urban development over the next 20 years, based on a shared vision of cities that are inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

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OUT NOW! Flagship Report: Doing Business

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Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, db17-reporta World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 14th 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 190 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time.

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Published by RVO “In the Loop” Newsletter

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Today an article was published about the NL-4-WorldBank website in theuntitled Netherlands Enterprise Agency newsletter, which is geared towards dutch embassies World Wide.

Below an excerpt of the article, to read the rest click here.click here.

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Are you working with the World Bank? Do you want more information on tenders, developments or the procurement framework? The website NL4Worldbank can be useful to you!