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eC2:Disaster Risk Reduction Practice Research and Capacity Building Support to SADC
Deadline: 16-May-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The SADC Disaster Risk Reduction Strategic Plan lays out the following key activities: To strengthen governance, legal and institutional framework at all levels of DRR in the region. Facilitate the identification, assessment and monitoring of disaster risks and support the enhancement of early warning systems at all levels. Promote the usage and management of information and knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels in the SADC region; Ensure that DRR becomes a national and local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation; and The integration of preparedness and emergency response into national and regional DRR interventions.
eC2: 2017 GAFSP Program Evaluation
Deadline: 16-May-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The principal purpose of the evaluation is to assess the extent to which GAFSP is achieving its key objective of improving the income and food security of poor people in developing countries. The evaluation should look into the overall impact of the Program, and the impacts of the Public Sector and Private Sector Windows respectively, including the Missing Middle Initiative, addressing overall operational and development effectiveness. the Programs performance should be evaluated against criteria including relevance, efficiency, impact, sustainability, additionality, and operational effectiveness/accountability of the Program and the related indicators.
Three Roles Cities Play in Building a Sustainable Future
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The global productivity slowdown, increasing climate and disaster risks, among other factors, have brought unprecedented challenges to poverty reduction and economic growth.
- Amid rising uncertainties, cities can provide renewed sources of growth to help improve livelihoods, drive growth, and build a sustainable future for all.
- The World Bank is working with countries worldwide to ensure that cities and metropolitan regions excel in the three critical roles they play—matchmakers, drivers, and anchors—for people and businesses alike.
An Essential Role, a New Approach
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The Development Committee, a ministerial-level forum of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, issued a communiqué at the close of the institutions’ Spring Meetings in Washington.
- They said the World Bank Group retains an essential role in helping ensure that growth is sustainable, with benefits that reach everyone and help reduce poverty and inequality.
- On the urgent issues of famine and forced displacement, the committee cited both “efforts to mobilize and rapidly disburse support for countries, communities, and refugees” and the importance of “investing to address the root causes and drivers of fragility and helping countries build institutional and social resilience.”
STUDY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KLOKOT PROTECTION ZONES PROJECT
Deadline: 18-May-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The objective of the Project is to support the development of measures for improved protection of the cross-border karstic aquifer of the Klokot water source, which is located in bordering area of the Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Croatia.
WBG Course: From Climate Science to Action
Industrial Commodity Prices to Rise in 2017: World Bank
Press release: Oil prices to average $55 per barrel in 2017, rise next year
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017— The World Bank is forecasting higher prices for 
industrial commodities, principally energy and metals, in 2017 and next year.
The World Bank in its April Commodity Markets Outlook is holding steady its crude oil price forecast for this year at $55 per barrel, increasing to an average of $60 per barrel in 2018. Rising oil prices, supported by production cutbacks by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC states, will allow markets to gradually rebalance. These oil price forecasts are subject to downside risks should the rebound in the U.S. shale oil industry be greater than expected.
eC2 : Green Growth Investment Fund Africa (GGIFA) Project Pipeline Analysis
Deadline: 15-May-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The consultants will undertake the following activities at the Jhelum-Poonch Basin-wide level. Consultant proposals must indicate to what extent the data collection and analysis will be done and the specific output for each activity. On-the-job learning among local level authorities is essential in the areas of collecting and managing scientific data. Broader multi-stakeholder engagement is also essential including overall involvement of local authorities, NGOs, the Hydropower Developers Working Group, Ministry of Water and Power, PPIB and NEPRA, among others.
eC2: Basin-wide studies in the Jhelum-Poonch Basin, Pakistan for Sustainable Hydropower
Deadline: 15-May-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The consultants will undertake the following activities at the Jhelum-Poonch Basin-wide level. Consultant proposals must indicate to what extent the data collection and analysis will be done and the specific output for each activity. On-the-job learning among local level authorities is essential in the areas of collecting and managing scientific data. Broader multi-stakeholder engagement is also essential including overall involvement of local authorities, NGOs, the Hydropower Developers Working Group, Ministry of Water and Power, PPIB and NEPRA, among others.
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