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Newsletter September 2018: A World Free of Poverty

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September 2018 edition of the NL4WorldBank newsletter is out! untitledA World Free of Poverty which was published on the 11th of September.

In this edition we feature a story about Wijnand van Ijssel, the secondant for the Food 4 All Partnership between the Netherlands and the World Bank Group. The Partnership aims to find synergies and collaboration between Dutch knowledge programs and expertise in agriculture and food/nutrition and connect this with knowledge development and investment program needs of the World Bank Group.

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IDA17 Retrospective: Maximizing Development Impact

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Leveraging IDA to meet global ambitions and evolving client needsIDA

This report examines what the International Development Association (IDA) achieved during the IDA17 period (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017), and takes a close look at how IDA continues to maximize development impact to deliver these results in a fluid and challenging global environment. This report covers three areas essential to understanding both IDA’s efforts and the environment in which it works: (1) The rapidly-evolving global economic and development landscapes; (2) The results achieved through IDA’s work with client countries and other partners; and (3) The unfinished agenda, which demands an ongoing, broad-based commitment to achieving results through IDA as the world’s global alliance for the poor.

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Meet the Dutch at the World Bank: Wijnand van IJssel

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Tell us something about yourself.Wijnand FSE 2 05282018
Well, I was born and raised in Rotterdam. I received my Master’s degree in tropical forestry at Wageningen University a long time ago. After that, I spent 20 years in Mauretania, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Kenya, Vietnam, and Mozambique, with FAO, SNV, DHV Consultants, and eventually the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. I love working in global development, particularly in the domains of rural development, sustainable land use, and environmental management. It has been great to be able to live in all these countries with different cultures and to meet different people – together with my family (my wife and three children, now all 20+). After 10 years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, I opted for this secondment at the World Bank Group.

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eC2: Climate Smart Beef Production in the Oronoquia

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Deadline: 20-Sep-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)untitled

Assignment Description: IFC is seeking a firm to support landowners in the rehabilitation of degraded cattle pastures, develop a financial mechanism to finance farm level investments, and identify strategic partnerships between value chain actors to drive long-term professionalization and efficiency. The assignment will include three work streams as follows:
1. Development of innovative business models for climate smart ranching
2. Piloting climate smart beef production systems
3. Development of financial mechanisms for farm level investment

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The Global Findex Database

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The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults 780x439_GlobalFindex_Coversave, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. Launched with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the database has been published every three years since 2011. The data are collected in partnership with Gallup, Inc., through nationally representative surveys of more than 150,000 adults in over 140 economies. The 2017 edition includes updated indicators on access to and use of formal and informal financial services. And it adds new data on the use of financial technology (fintech), including the use of mobile phones and the internet to conduct financial transactions.

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eC2: Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Plans in selected Rwandan cities

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Deadline: 24-Sep-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)untitled

Assignment Description: The scope of work involves the following: (i) assessing the current sanitation service provision in the cities, considering technical, financial, institutional, legal/regulatory and social aspects; (ii) assessing strategic options for improving sanitation (on-site and sewered) services in the cities; (iii) developing a master plan, with strategic action plan, including appropriate institutional framework, financial and business arrangements, regulatory framework, customer-oriented programs, and infrastructure solutions covering on-site and sewered sanitation, including wastewater/fecal sludge collection, treatment and disposal; and (iv) providing support for consensus building around the strategy, institutional framework and action plan. An additional scope of this work is to develop an action plan to enhance the engagement of the private sector in this field.

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eC2: END-OF-PROGRAM EVALUATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR INNOVATION IN THE CARIBBEAN (EPIC)

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Deadline: 17-Sep-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

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Assignment Description: infoDev is conducting an end-of-program evaluation of EPIC to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and sustainability of the program, as well as to extract lessons that can recommend effective operational approaches for the future implementation of entrepreneurship development programs in the region. The main objective of the assignment is to carry out an independent end-of-program evaluation of the EPIC program, in compliance with Trust Fund agreement.

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eC2: INVESTMENT POTENTIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE INDIA E-WASTE PROJECT, INDIA

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Deadline: 17-Sep-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)mw-investing-in-waste-management-to-create-job-opportunities-for-malawis-youth-780x439

Assignment Description: This selection is being created to hire the services of consultants and agencies to conduct an in-depth Investment Potential Analysis to inform and guide prospective investors; and an awareness agency to carry out strategic and tactical communications.

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eC2:Agricultural demand modeling for geospatial electrification planning in SSA

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Deadline: 11-Sep-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Agrabusiness-Story-Banner

Assignment Description:

As outlined in ESMAPs Business Plan 2017-2020, Achieving universal access by 2030 will require a step change in the rate of new connections and in levels of investment, particularly in low access countries. Sector-wide programs in the electricity sector are showing better results than what can be achieved using a project-by-project approach. These programs are based on national electricity access roll out plans using geospatial planning and least-cost combinations of coordinated grid and off-grid electrification. The geospatially determined plan in turn anchors the sector investment financing prospectus.

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A glimpse into the future of social protection

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Your neighbor drives for a ride-sharing company. Your nephew just joined his third gentilini_figure_1__social_insurance_coveragestart-up.  Your daughter lands a job as a freelance journalist. Your street vendor who sells flowers down the street has been absent due to an illness.

The changing nature of work is upending traditional employment. But as the gig economy, part-time jobs, contracts and other diverse and fluid forms of employment grow, what happens to the protections the traditional job market offered to people and workers?

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