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Registration open: Annual Energy Sector Mission (4-7 May)

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AnnouncementThe Private Sector Liaison Officers (PSLO) Network invites you to
mark your calendars for May 4 – 7, 2015 for a joint mission focusing on the
energy sector opportunities at the International Financial Institutions
specifically designed to provide an opportunity for the privatesector to:

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World Bank Report on Aging

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World Bank press release 10/03/2015

World Bank: Central Europe and the Baltics Need to Prioritize Active, Healthy, and Productive Aging

Read full article: here

This Report is part of the ongoing analytical work program at the World Bank on the topic of population aging. Within the EU, the World Bank is partnering with governments on aging-related policy research projects in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Latvia. Outside the EU, the World Bank is engaged actively in work on this issue in Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, and East Asia.

For an online copy of the report, please visit:

www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/Publications/ECA/aging europe.pdf

 

Dutch minister Schultz chair World Bank Advisory Board of Global Water Practice

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Published on February 11, 2015 on the Dutch Water Sector website: http://www.dutchwatersector.com/news-events/news/13126-dutch-minister-schultz-chair-world-bank-advisory-board-of-global-water-practice.html.

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Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and Environment has been appointed Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Global water practice of the World Bank. The council advises the World Bank on the global approach of water problems from a content and political perspective. Schultz announced her appointment in a lecture for the Red Cross on 11 February, in The Hague.

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New service delivery models for TB service delivery in Ukraine

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The World Bank is looking to hire the services of an experienced firm to (a) conceptualize a pilot project for community-based TB service delivery (b) develop a pilot project implementation manual, and (c) provide support for implementation of the pilot project.
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Understanding well performing utilities in SSA

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Understanding the technical and poltical dynamics of water utilities reaching the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Planned for May-October, this is part of a wider study of institutional factors affecting utilities’ reaching the urban poor in SSA. The team will analyze (mainly existing) data and literature for 8 well-performing and 10 other utilities – up to 8 city visits.

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Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Project

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On March 24, 2015, the Punjab Rural Water and waterSanitation Sector Improvement Project is scheduled to be discussed and decided on by the World Bank Board of Directors. The project involves a total of $354 million, of which the borrower brings in $106 million, and the IBRD puts in $248 million. The goal of the project is ‘to improve water and sanitation service levels, reduce open defecation, and strengthen service delivery
arrangements in targeted villages in Punjab’.

The project consists of 4 components:

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