On March 7th the FIRST edition of 2017 of NL4WorldBank newsletter was published.
Women are the backbone of the rural economy, especially in developing countries. They 
make up almost half of the world’s farmers, and over the last few decades, they have broadened their involvement in agriculture. The number of female-headed households has also increased as more men have migrated to cities. As the primary caregivers to families and communities, women provide food and nutrition; they are the human link between the farm and the table.
Deadline: 20-Mar-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
A detailed assessment of the effects of climate change and other performance risks such as upstream land-use changes and water abstractions, energy price fluctuations and development scenarios on the daily expected inflow for the Batoka Gorge HES is required to ensure robustness and identify risk mitigation measures. To this end, the consultancy will include: (i) an analysis that uses decision scaling techniques to examine if the technical design of the Batoka Gorge HES is robust to a range of expected changes due to climate change and other major socio-economic pressures. (ii) an investigation of the role of the Barotse Wetlands in attenuating the basins hydrological variability, including flows reaching the Batoka Gorge site; (iii) an examination of hydrological boundary conditions or trigger points for financial products that could be used to off-set hydrological risk; and (iv) related capacity building and training workshops. Continue reading
Deadline: 27-Mar-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The overall purpose of this Assignment is to develop a conceptual design for the establishment of a National Crisis Management Center (NCMC), and a standardized type for Regional (Republic of Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city) Crisis Management Centers (RCMCs) with streamlined communications and information systems for crisis management with improved functions and capabilities
This year’s International Women’s Day “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 
50-50 by 2030” places great emphasis on equality and economic empowerment. When countries give women greater opportunities to particip
ate in the economy, the benefits extend far beyond individual girls and women but also to societies and economies as a whole. Addressing gender gaps in accessing good quality jobs is not just the right thing to do from a human rights perspective; it is also smart economics. A recent study shows that raising labor participation of women at par with men can increase GDP in the United States by 5 percent, in the UAE by 12 percent and in Egypt by 34 percent.
BUCHAREST, March 7 2017− Countries in the European Union (EU) must enact policies 
designed to better help workers adapt to new jobs being created by the internet if they want to avoid increasing inequality and exclusion in the region, notes a new World Bank Report. According to Reaping Digital Dividends: Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia, launched in Bucharest today, affordable and nearly universal access to the internet has not been enough for countries in the EU to fully benefit from opportunities being created by digital technologies and more needs to be done to develop a policy environment that can better leverage this access by linking workers to digital jobs.
Uttar Pradesh (UP), India’s most populous state with about 200 million people, has 
historically not performed well on sanitation. According to census figures from 2001 and 2011, the proportion of rural UP dwellers with a toilet increased slightly during the first decade of this century. However, the population grew as well, meaning that, overall, 13 million more people were defecating in the open in 2011.
Factors which have held back UP’s progress on sanitation include poverty, absence of a robust sanitation strategy, and lack of focus and determination from decision-makers.
Deadline: 22-Mar-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
WBG is seeking to hire a Firm to conduct a regulatory and value chain assessment of the fertilizers produced, imported and sold to farmers in Myanmar, which must include, but is not limited to: (a) assessment of the overall regulatory framework (registration, licensing, etc.); (b) sector profile of producers, importers, distributors, retailers and dealers; (c) product flow (to end users) through the value chain, at formal and informal entry points, to determine where the potential risks are regarding quality, manipulation and usage of fertilizer; and d) develop a capacity building program to fortify risk management systems (public and private sector) in fertilizer quality.
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Deadline: 20-Mar-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
IFC is hiring an Implementation Partner (an agency/Consortium). The Implementation Partner will be responsible for supporting the Client in executing the on-ground design and Implementation of a sustainable e-waste solution which is inclusive of all stakeholders. The Implementation Partner will be based in and will operate from Bhubaneswar throughout the duration of the project
Deadline: 16-Mar-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of the assignment is to help MOEE communicate with the public and stakeholders more proactively and effectively in order to support the overall development of Myanmars electricity sector.
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