When you think of a city, what comes to your mind? Skyscrapers? Subways? Crowds of 
people jostling each other as they head to work? And what comes to mind when you think of an Eastern Caribbean island? Sun, sand, beaches paradise? Yet, Eastern Caribbean countries also have cities of thousands of people. In 2017, 35% of the Eastern Caribbean* population was urban: 221,000 out of 628,000 people lived in cities.
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eC2:GAFSP PrSW Kenya Impact Evaluation – Baseline
Deadline: 04-Nov-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
Description: IFC is looking for an experienced evaluation firm to help conduct the baseline study of an impact evaluation of a project both IFC and the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) are investing in. The operations are in Kenya and is in the agribusiness sector.
The objective of the evaluation is to assess impact on beneficiary income, yields, and food security. The intended methodology is quasi experimental design.
IFC invites firms with strong background in impact evaluations to submit expression of interest. Experience with evaluations in the agribusiness sector in Africa required.
eC2: Design Agency to Create a Brand Identity for the Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) and Development of the Marketing Materials for Pre-Launch Awareness Raising Activities
Deadline: 01-Nov-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The purpose of the assignment for the design firm is (a) to develop brand book for the EEF umbrella branding; (b) to develop pre-launch awareness materials in print and digital spaces; and (c) to develop EEF website with its brand identity.
Ending hunger to end poverty, ending poverty to end hunger
Last week we had World Food Day on October 16 and World Poverty Day on October 17.
The good news from World Poverty Day is that there is global progress on reducing extreme poverty. Based on the latest available data, it is estimated that in 2015 there were 736 million people living on less than US$1.90/day, which compares very favorably to the 1,895 million people living in extreme poverty in 1990. And while the world’s population grew from 5.3 billion in 1990 to 7.4 billion in 2015, the poverty rate fell from 36 percent to 10 percent or 1 percentage point per year on average over this period.
At the same time, progress in reducing extreme poverty has been uneven. There have been sharp reductions in absolute numbers in East Asia and the Pacific and in South Asia, but the number of people living in extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa has increased significantly.
WBG Internship: apply before October 31st!
Applications for the Winter World Bank Internship are being accepted from October 1st through October 31st, 2018. Please click here to apply.
The World Bank Internship Program offers highly motivated individuals an opportunity to be exposed to the mission and work of the World Bank Group in international development. The internship allows individuals to bring new perspectives, innovative ideas and latest research experience into the Bank’s work and improve their skills while working in a diverse environment. An internship at the World Bank is an opportunity to learn while gaining practical experience. Interns generally find the experience to be rewarding and interesting. In addition, it is a way to enhance their CVs with practical work experience.
Accelerating progress towards human capital and financial inclusion
Last week, more than 11,000 delegates from the World Bank Group’s member countries 
–public and private sector attendees–gathered at our Annual Meetings in Indonesia to discuss how we can accelerate progress toward our twin goals: to end extreme poverty by 2030 and boost shared prosperity among the poorest 40 percent around the world.
Disruptive technologies create opportunities for development but they also put those goals at risk. Our discussion this past week focused on the changing the nature of work – the topic of our World Development Report this year. While technology and automation are doing away with some jobs, innovation is also creating new occupations, and launching career fields that didn’t exist a few years ago. Those who are prepared for this future will have many opportunities to achieve their aspirations. Those who are not will be left behind.
Why the World Bank is adding new ways to measure poverty
The 2018 Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report shows how poverty is changing and 
introduces improved ways to monitor our progress toward ending it.
The landscape of extreme poverty is now split in two. While most of the world has seen extreme poverty fall to below 3 percent of the population, Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing extreme poverty rates affecting more than 40 percent of people. The lamentable distinction of being home to the most people living in extreme poverty has shifted, or will soon shift, from India to Nigeria, symbolizing the increased concentration of poverty in Africa.
eC2: Madagascar Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan
Deadline: 31-Oct-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The objective of the proposed study
The objective of the activity is to support the Ministry of Transport in the definition and the adoption of a Multidimensional Road safety strategy that is consistent with international standards and best practices. This will include a plan of action for the implementation of the strategy. The proposed activity will provide the necessary framework to arrest the road fatality rise and to reduce the economic costs of accidents in Madagascar.
Scope of Services
The Services to be provided by the Consultant would primarily focus on the Road Safety activity
eC2: POLLUTION MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Deadline: 07-Nov-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The objective of the technical services is to strengthen the capacity of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) in terms of identifying the sources of particulate matter air pollution, and the steps necessary leading up to that. The program is foreseen to be a two-year initiative (FY2019-20). The following three activities will be implemented sequentially.
eC2:Technical Assistance for the Requirement Specification and Design for Implementation of Pakistan National Single Window
Deadline: 30-Oct-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking to engage a consultancy firm (the Consultant) to assist with the development of a Project Design Document for Implementation of the PNSW (the Services).
The objective of this consulting assignment is to complete the preparatory work for the establishment and operation of the PNSW based on the existing GOPs decisions and policy and following the recommendations made in the Blueprint and other products (Risk Management, Business Process Analysis, Port Community System) and consolidate them into an actionable Implementation Plan.
The Implementation Plan will form part of the final deliverable of this project, the full Project Design Document (PDD).
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