Development Policies, Institutions Improve in Few African Countries

ABIDJAN, June 28, 2016 — A new assessment of the quality of government policies and CPIA-AFRICA-COVERinstitutions that support growth and poverty reduction in Africa shows some progress for a few countries but flat or deteriorating scores for the majority, according to a new World Bank Review.

The latest Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) for Africa describes the progress made in low-income African countries to strengthen their policies and institutions that help to spur better development outcomes.

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eC2: Conducting M&E Baseline for the Livestock Micro Reform in Agribusiness (L-MIRA) Project

Deadline:  22-Jul-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The WBG seeks a firm (preferably located in Tanzania) to assist with carrying out M&E Surveybaseline survey in relation to the Livestock Micro Reforms in Agribusiness (L-MIRA) project. The baseline information will be critical to measuring the success of L-MIRA project in achieving its objectives, which are: (i) to improve dairy and poultry farmers’ access to quality inputs; and (ii) to reduce regulatory compliance cost for dairy and poultry SMEs (processors, off-takers etc.). The outcome of this assignment will also be used to support policy reforms /advocacy in the future. Therefore, a firm with experience in successfully linking M&E with policy reforms and/or program improvements will have an advantage.
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YPP: World Bank Young Professionals Program

Have you always wondered what it would be like to work for the World Bank ? For more young profthan 50 years, the World Bank’s Young Professionals Program has been the preeminent program preparing global development leaders. If you have a passion for international development and a drive to lead, we want to hear from you. The short window of opportunity is now!

The application for the 2017 Selection Process for the Young Professionals Program at the World Bank is open from June 15 – July 27, 2016.

The following are the minimum requirements to be eligible for the Young Professionals Program:

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eC2:Kenya National Geothermal Strategy

Deadline: 21-Jul-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Krafla_geothermal_power_station_wiki

The ultimate objective is to help increase the MWs of geothermal capacity installed by
improving the framework for public and private participation in the sector. The strategy is guided by the Geothermal Working Group chaired by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MoEP).
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Issues of data collection and measurement | Impact Evaluations

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 About five years ago, soon after we started this blog, I wrote a blog post titled “Economists have experiments figured out. What’s next? (Hint: It’s Measurement)” Soon after the post, I had folks from IPA email me saying we should experiment with some important measurement issues, making use of IPA’s network of studies around the world. At the time, we made some effort to organize an initial workshop to discuss what we know and what we need to know, but things fizzled out. Fast forward to this Spring when IPA did send out an invitation for a workshop on measurement issues (attendees found out that this is actually the second of such workshops, the first of which took place in 1999, which was when Dean Karlan met Chris Udry for the first time: the two organized last week’s workshop at Yale).

New country classifications by income level

Each year on July 1, the analytical classification of the world’s economies based on donutestimates of gross national income (GNI) per capita for the previous year is revised. As of 1 July 2016, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,025 or less in 2015; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,026 and $4,035; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,036 and $12,475; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $12,476 or more. The updated GNI per capita estimates are also used as input to the World Bank’s operational guidelines that determines lending eligibility.

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eC2: GAFSP PrSW Cameroon Evaluation – Phase I Baseline

Deadline:  21-Jul-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

promotionalIFC is looking for an experienced firm specialized in impact evaluations to conduct the baseline of an impact evaluation of IFC and GAFSP (Global Agriculture and Food Security Program) invested projects in Cameroon. The IFC projects are part of a joint World Bank/IFC initiative consisting of a comprehensive public-private partnership to support the vertical integration of producer organizations (POs) of cassava, maize, and sorghum into the value chain of commercial agribusiness off-takers. IFC and GAFSP investments facilitate the critical links to private banks and to the private sector by providing risk sharing facility (RSFs) and/or loans to participating financial institutions. The evaluation is to measure impact of the projects on yields, farmer income, poverty, food security and women.
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Connecting to Compete 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2016—Did you know that 94% of shipments imported into trade-LPI-fishing-ship-container-dockerGermany meet the quality standards of global logistics operators, compared to only 40% in Bolivia? Or that importing goods into Georgia requires traders to deal with just one agency, but in Madagascar, traders must deal with 10?

All of these issues, and more, are captured under the broad category of logistics – the methods and procedures a country uses to move goods across borders. Infrastructure, procedures, regulations, geographic characteristics and even political economy issues all play a role in defining the strength of a country’s logistics.

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Upcoming Smart City Events

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July 10-14, Singapore

The World Cities Summit 2016 will explore how cities can better govern and build up resilience through policy, technology and social innovations. With active engagement, there will be more opportunities for the public, private and people sectors to co-create innovative and integrated urban solutions for a more livable and sustainable future. Click here.

July 12, IDB HQ, Washington D.C.

International Experts at Migrating from a Traditional City Management to a Smart City Management seminar will present specific “Smart City” Case Studies from Rio de Janeiro, Medellin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, Songdo, Orlando, among others. “The Road Towards Smart Cities”, a publication that proposes a roadmap for carrying out this transformation, will be launched and private sector partners will present innovative solutions and successful implementation of “Smart City” solutions. Click here.

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