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WBG/IMF APP

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The Spring Meetings AMWeb App is your single source of information while you’re in D.C.

– View the latest schedule and speaker details
– Create a personal agenda
– Provide feedback on events
– Use interactive maps

Each Spring, the joint World Bank Group-IMF Development Committee and the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee and hold meetings to discuss the work of the institutions.

The Meetings are attended by approximately 2,800 delegates from our member countries, 350 observer organization representatives and 800 members of the press. Approximately 550 accredited civil society members also participate in the Meetings.

Plenary sessions of the World Bank Group/IMF Boards of Governors are only scheduled during the Annual Meetings in the autumn.

 

Solid Waste Management

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Around the world, waste generation rates are rising.

In 2012, the worlds’ cities Bangladesh-Dominic-Chavez-WB-780x439generated  1.3 billion tonnes of solid waste per year, amounting to a footprint of 1.2 kilograms per person per day. With rapid population growth and urbanization, municipal waste generation is expected to rise to 2.2 billion tonnes by 2025.

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Empowering Women in the World

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Empowering Women in the World | Voices  : Submitted by Kristalina Georgieva (CEO World Bank )

When women do well, everyone benefits. Giving women access to better jobs and financial security are keys to ending poverty. Gender gaps harm the entire economy. We know that when women control the finances, they tend to spend money on the things that matter most – essential food and water, school fees and health care for the family. It’s amazing what small changes can do – a mobile money account opens up the ability to get small loans, buy insurance, and make payments. The World Bank is working to empower women around the world, supporting women entrepreneurs in Pakistan and supporting women and their families with cash cards in Lebanon.

To find out more tune in to my conversation with Ajay Banga, CEO of MasterCard at 11:25 on April 7. Our conversation is part of the Women in the World Summit.

Spring Meetings: Live ONLINE Calendar

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Cant attend the Spring Meetings in person ? ……… Welcome to the Spring Meetings LIVE Online! We will be streaming 25 events in multiple languages, including French, Spanish and Arabic. Engage live, join the conversation, and pose your questions to experts. Please come join us for the week of April 18 – April 22 and don’t forget to add our events to your calendar!

Click here to pick and choose the event you will be following live online next week! 

Wanted: Entrepreneurs to help end poverty

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In many developing countries, governments struggle to reach people living in extreme poverty and bring them into the formal economy. But even in the toughest places, a special kind of entrepreneur is doing what governments often can’t.

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Jim Kim Live: Rethinking Development Finance

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Watch the live stream or follow the event on Twitter with #LSEWorldBank

Date: Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm (London) /17:30 – 19:00 GMT/ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET
Location: London School of Economics, London

In a speech ahead of the World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will address the need for a new approach to development finance to meet the aspirations of the world’s 7 billion people and make this generation the first in history to end extreme poverty.

eC2:Water Preparation, Use, and Waste Water Treatment Practices in Food Processing Development of a Tool

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Deadline: 27-Apr-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

International Finance Corporation (IFC), through its Advisory Services in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) implements the ECA Energy and Water Solutions for Corporates program. The Program aims to catalyze uptake and increase investments in climate friendly energy and water efficient solutions, so that companies and municipalities in ECA become more productive and competitive. The Program delivers IFC services in energy and resource efficiency area via two components: (1) firm level advisory engagements and (2) market/sector-level activities with groups of firms.
The Program plans to develop a standardized advisory service to assess water efficiency, including water preparation and wastewater treatment, for its food processing clients in the region (the tool).
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