The TechEmerge Health East Africa program was launched at CES 2020 as part of a 
World Bank Group (WBG) – CES Global Tech Challenge. TechEmerge brings technologies to new markets to drive sustainable innovation in regions that need it the most.
The TechEmerge Health East Africa program was launched at CES 2020 as part of a World Bank Group (WBG) – CES Global Tech Challenge. TechEmerge brings technologies to new markets to drive sustainable innovation in regions that need it the most.
A key priority for Africa over the next decade should be to address a deteriorating food 
security situation that is compounded by the effects of climate change, declining agricultural productivity, and rapid population and urbanization growth. Encouragingly, this priority is reflected in initiatives shared by Africa and the world. Already, the African Union member states are committed to ending hunger by 2025 under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP). Similarly, United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 calls for ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Despite these and other commitments, though, progress has been modest with only 9 out of 55 African countries currently on track to reduce under-nutrition to 5 percent or less by 2025. This insufficient progress underscores the need to redouble efforts. Going forward, policy priorities centered around leveraging science and digital technology, and addressing fragility hold the greatest promise.
Data is not valuable in a vacuum. Data is only valuable once information, insight or in 
other words knowledge is extracted from it and is used to make decisions, shape policies, and change behaviors.
Data scientists, analysts, and researchers spend a significant amount of time and effort extracting knowledge from data and communicating it. Because extracting knowledge from data can be expensive, it is important to find ways to reduce its cost. A robust and well-designed data infrastructure can contribute to this cost reduction by smoothing the frictions involved with data analytics projects: storing, searching, accessing, understanding, cleaning, transforming, analyzing, and visualizing data. Lowering that cost can go a long way toward increasing data use and knowledge production.
The TechEmerge Health East Africa program was launched at CES 2020 as part of a World Bank Group (WBG) – CES Global Tech Challenge. TechEmerge brings technologies to new markets to drive sustainable innovation in regions that need it the most.
Deadline: 17-Feb-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The World Bank South East Asia Transport Unit has received funds from the Korean Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) to support Siem Reaps and Luang Prabangs government-led efforts to develop green mobility strategies and strengthen their capacity to implement and prioritize green mobility solutions, with a focus on non-motorized transport. This assignment aims to (1) develop a green mobility strategy including an NMT strategy (i.e. walkable city strategy), including a framework for prioritizing investments for NMT and Green Mobility for Siem Reap and Luang Prabang; and (2) support the strengthening of local technical and institutional capacity to implement the proposed strategy. The overarching objectives of this assignment are to support the cities adoption of a green mobility strategy and promote modal shift towards NMT, which will result in positive economic gains, including health, GHG and pollution, safety and affordability benefits.
Deadline: 13-Feb-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The IFC Indonesia Agribusiness Program (the program) aims to promote inclusive and sustainable rural growth in Indonesia. It does this through the following three objectives: (i) Increase the income of smallholder farmers from sustainable agricultural production; (ii) Increase gender-responsive investments in agriculture and rural communities; and (iii) Increase demand for sustainably produced agricultural commodities.
This week’s UK-Africa Investment Summit will provide a welcome business-focused 
forum for leaders to assess the challenges and opportunities for African countries. Throughout the summit, I will stress the importance – and difficulty – of transformational improvements in economic programs. Faster, more sustained and broad-based growth is the only path to creating the jobs and stability needed for the millions of young people reaching working age and is vital to the World Bank’s mission of alleviating poverty and raising living standards.
Join us on Monday, February 3, 2020 for this special job fair to learn about over 100 
exciting positions that the World Bank is looking to fill by June this year.
As part of a recruitment drive to increase its support for countries dealing with fragility, conflict and violence (FCV), the World Bank Group invites applications from qualified candidates interested in international development. The majority of positions will be located in Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and East Asia.
Deadline: 02-Mar-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
Launched in 2008, the 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) (http://www.2030wrg.org) aims to help countries facilitate collective action among government, the private sector, and civil society to improve water resources management. 2030 WRG does so by: (a) creating the wider political economy conditions and momentum for change in water sector reform; (b) facilitating collaboration and awareness building within the water resources community, including the private sector; and, (c) improving the design and implementation of a comprehensive and innovative set of policies, programs and projects in selected countries or regions in order to increase their water security.
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