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A chance to catch up on the World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima!

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The World Bank Annual Meetings took place last week!

Even if you did not make it to Lima yourself or did not have time to tune into the live webcasts, there are plenty of opportunities to catch up on the Annual Meetings ….. click here to see, read and hear everything that happened.

A couple of events highlighted :

  • Perspectives on structural reform, Inequality & Growth with Jeroen Dijsselbloem Video: https://goo.gl/8p3ACh
  • Unleashing private investment in Renewable Energy                                                    Video: http://goo.gl/Kgs0Pe
  • Future of Food                                                                                            Video: http://goo.gl/Pq7ACD

 

 

 

Sanitation DSP – ONAS Institutional strengthening

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Deadline: 31-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Assignment objective:wash-hands-98641_640
The objective of this consultancy is to help strengthen the capacity of the national sewerage utility of Tunisia (Office National dAssainissement or ONAS) to implement the progressive delegation of the operation and maintenance of a portion of its infrastructure to the private sector.

See full tender here: #1202470 Tunisia – Sanitation DSP – ONAS Institutional strengthening

eConsultant2 website: https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org

Tender notification #1202470

Assignment Countries:

– Tunisia

eConsultant2: assessment of Urban Water Management of Greater Antananarivo

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Deadline: 20-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

After severe flooding at the beginning waste water treamentof the year (January 2015), the Government of Madagascar requested support from the World Bank to address its water issues in Antananarivo. A scoping mission in March 2015 led to a recommended approach of integrated urban water management (IUWM) that can bring together the different agencies and stakeholders that play a role in different aspects of water management. This assignment will provide a rapid institutional assessment of the key entities involved in water management in Antananarivo and will form the basis for developing an IUWM planning process. Continue reading →

eConsultant2: Punjab Investment Climate Project – Review of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade.

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Deadline: 24-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

At the request of the Government of IFC and the DutchPakistan (GoP), the World Bank Group (WBG) has prepared, in co-operation with the Government of Punjab (GoPunjab) and in the context of the Punjab Growth Strategy 2018, Punjab Investment Climate Project. This advisory project aims to improve the investment climate in Punjab province

The T&C team is seeking the services of a qualified Firm (the Consultant) that can carry out a comprehensive review of the investment functions of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) and recommend both changes to increase its effectiveness in this area of its operations and a program of capacity building which will allow these higher levels of effectiveness to be achieved. Continue reading →

IFC Reach Survey streamlining

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Deadline: 20-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

An annual Reach Survey of IFC clients International_Finance_Corporation_Logowhich lend to micro, small, and medium enterprises allows us to track financial institutions financing activity, and the development impact that IFC achieves through its private investments and advisory services in the financial sector.

IFC is in search of a consulting and technology service provider (Consultant) that will help to improve the efficiency and quality of the IFC Reach Survey process. Through the IFC Reach Survey Streamlining project, IFC intends to: Continue reading →

eConsultant2: Ethiopia – Development of Transit Oriented Development Implementation Program for the City of Addis Ababa

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Deadline: 20-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The services include institutional Ethiopia-Road-Constructiondevelopment support and capacity building services to help Addis Ababa City government (AACG) achieve the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) aspects of the new Structure Plan for the city of Addis Ababa. The consultants will report to the World Bank Task Team Leader, and interact directly with the Addis Ababa Land Management and Development Bureau (AALMDB), which is primarily responsible for implementation of the structure plan, throughout the assignment. The consultancy’s main objectives are to: Continue reading →

Online Annual Meetings: Young Entrepreneurs as Drivers of Sustainable Growth

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Date: ThursdaYoung Entrepreneursy, October 8, 2015
Time: 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.(Peru) / 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m./19:00-20:30 (GMT) or convert time
Location: Auditorio Los Incas, National Museum, Lima, Peru & Online

Empowering people to become masters of their own destinies – as workers, entrepreneurs or business leaders – is one of the most powerful development tools in the world. Continue reading →

eConsultant2: Strategic Basin Assessment of Brahmaputra System in Northeast India

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Deadline: 31-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

A Strategic Basin Assessment (SBA) will serve to gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the Brahmaputra river India basinbasin from a system-wide perspective, by creating a knowledge base and suite of modeling tools that can be used to examine the potential development in the basin and attendant impacts of development, and support an information-based dialogue within and between riparian states.

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World Bank President Jim Kim Video : What Works in Development?

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The link provided will take you to a speech given by Jim Kim at the Shared Prosperity event which was held:

Jim Kim SpeechThe speech, a sweeping, definitive review of what works and what doesn’t in reducing inequality and boosting the incomes of the poorest in developing countries and drawing on evidence of a half-century of work by the World Bank Group can be seen here.

Link: http://live.worldbank.org/sharing-prosperity?cid=ISG_E_WBWeeklyUpdate_NL