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Pakistan Sindh Barrages Improvement Project

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The World Bank Board of Directors will discuss the Sindh Barrages Improvement Project in Pakistan on Friday, June 19. Upon approval, this project will receive a total of $188 million from the World Bank for a grand total of $208 million.

The Project Development Outcome is to improve the reliability and safety of the Guddu barrage and strengthen the Sindh Irrigation Department’s capacity to operate and manage the barrage. The project consists of three different components:

  • Rehabilitation of the Guddu Barrage
  • Improved Barrage Operation
  • Project Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation

Renewed support for infrastructure in developing countries

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The Netherlands has renewed its system of financial support for major infrastructure projects in developing countries. “The building and construction of, for example, ports, irrigation systems and coastal protection are crucial to economic development and improve the lives of the population. The new DRIVE program plays an important and innovative way in this,” says Minister Ploumen for Foreign Trade and Development.

It is expected that over the coming years investments in infrastructure will increase enormously in Africa. Reports speak of a ‘boom’ more than $ 100 billion in investments annually over a long period. DRIVE stands for Development and Related Infrastructure Investment Vehicle, and is the successor of the Program for Development-related Infrastructure in Developing Countries (ORIO).

Continue reading the press release (in Dutch).

More information in English at the RVO Website.

World Bank wants to stop anonymous firms winning contracts

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Original article posted by Reuters.

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The World Bank wants all corporate bidders on bank-funded projects to publicly reveal their true owners as a way of tackling fraud and cronyism in government contracts, a senior official said.

The proposal is part of sweeping reforms to modernize contracting at World Bank for the first time in roughly 50 years, which are due for board consideration next month, Chris Browne, chief procurement officer at the bank, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview on Monday.

“We are very committed to transparency and integrity. We are very keen to take this to the next level,” Browne said.

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World Bank App – A to Z

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The World Bank Group A to Z app allows users to easily swipe through entries, and search for essential information about the mission, policies, procedures, products, and services of the new World Bank Group.

We believe that this app is especially interesting because it provides information about events taking place at the World Bank

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-bank-group-a-to-z/id984658551?ls=1&mt=8

4th NL4WorldBank newsletter posted

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The Fourth NL4WorldBank newsletter was published and distributed on Monday, June 1st . The newsletter features the exciting announcement of the signing of an MoU on agriculture as well as an informative post on ” missions to the World Bank ” . The most popular blogposts of the last three months, the latest updates on the eConsultant platform and a number of interesting eConsultant2 tenders are also published.

To sign up for the next quarterly newsletter, to come out around September 1st, please fill out our online form.

Click here to see the newsletter

Go on a mission to the World Bank ; The future

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missionMissions are an integral part to working with the World Bank and understanding how it functions. They give companies the opportunity to meet decision makers, ask questions and attend seminars such as a “procurement” seminar which could provide you with the information to help to win future World Bank Projects.

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Carbon Pricing Is Expanding: Initiatives Now Valued at Nearly $50 Billion

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World Bank News item published May 26th, 2015.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • The new Carbon Pricing Watch compiles the latest data on formal carbon pricing initiatives around the world. Several carbon taxes and one of the world’s largest emissions trading systems started in the past year and a half, and more are planned in the coming years.
  • The new and existing systems are also evolving. California and Quebec linked their markets. China has been learning from its seven local carbon markets as it plans for a national emissions trading system.

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RVO Event

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The event will be held in the Netherlands and has been advertised in Dutch, sorry for the inconvience.

Op 10 juni a.s. vindt er in Den Haag een evenement plaats ter voorbereiding van de World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, georganiseerd door RVO.nl in samenwerking met de Verenigde Naties (o.a. OCHA) en het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Doel van deze bijeenkomst is Nederlandse private partijen de kans te bieden om (innovatieve) ideeën, initiatieven en lopende activiteiten ten aanzien van rampen en crises te bespreken en mogelijke partners voor samenwerking te vinden.

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