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WORLD BANK GROUP YOUTH SUMMIT

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Pitch Competition Launch

Calling all young innovators and changemakers! Join the World Bank Group Youth Summit 2025 Pitch Competition Launch on January 16th, 2025 (time to be confirmed). Discover how to pitch your creative solutions addressing climate action, digital transformation, and creative industries. We will spotlight the inspiring work of young entrepreneurs and past competition winners tackling global challenges. 

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For full competition rules and timeline, visit our website.

More details on the session and speakers coming soon.

 

 
 
 

 

World Bank’s USD 6 Billion 7-Year Global Bond Achieves Record Orderbook

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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a 7-year benchmark bond that matures in January 2032.  The Sustainable Development Bond raised USD 6 billion from investors seeking a high-quality liquid investment that supports the World Bank’s work to end extreme poverty and boost prosperity on a livable planet.

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World Bank Group Sanctions System: Promoting good governance and tackling corruption

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Accountability is a basic principle of good governance. But in a rapidly evolving world, howanti-corruption-day-1140x500_1140x500 can public institutions ensure their checks and balances remain strong and responsive to change?  

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Ontdek internationale financieringsopties voor wederopbouwprojecten in Oekraïne

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Donderdag 13 februari 2025 | Den Haag

 

Beste ondernemer,

U heeft eerder aangegeven dat u interesse heeft in zakendoen met Oekraïne. We vertellen u daarom graag als eerste over een belangrijk evenement, dat wij op 13 februari organiseren in Den Haag.

Tijdens dit evenement hoort u alles over Internationale Financiële Instellingen (IFI’s) en hoe zij bedrijven financieren bij de wederopbouw in Oekraïne. Wilt u als Nederlands bedrijf actief meehelpen met de wederopbouw? Dan kunt ook u in aanmerking komen.

IFI’s investeren veel geld in de wederopbouw in Oekraïne. Tijdens het evenement leggen experts u uit welke financiering beschikbaar is en hoe u hiervan gebruik kunt maken. Ook leggen zij uit hoe het officiële tenderproces werkt. U ontvangt waardevolle informatie, die u een streepje voor geeft in het uitgebreide aanvraagproces.

Zet 13 februari 2025 dus in uw agenda! Binnenkort vindt u op rvo.nl meer informatie over het programma en aanmelden.

Met vriendelijke groet,

De Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
 
 
 

 

South Asia’s Development Journey: How IDA is Transforming Lives

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For over six decades, the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) has2024-sar-ida-1140x500_1140x500 been a lifeline for low-income countries, providing them with affordable development funding when few other options exist. IDA has helped improve millions of lives and supported development results that have moved countries forward.

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Introduction: Advisor to Executive Director Nadia van Huisstede

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About 3 months ago (September 2024) I started my position at the Dutch executive NvH_pasfotodirector’s office at the World Bank. Coming from the NL Ministry of Finance, my previous job was coordinating the team responsible for World Bank, IMF and G20 matters where my focus was on the World Bank and sovereign debt. Great to be at the Bank now and to remain engaged – albeit in a different role – in the leading multilateral development bank.

In previous roles at the Ministry of Finance I focused on the European Investment Bank and on the NL budget. My expertise is in financial issues (capital increases, domestic resource mobilization, illicit financial flows, financial instruments). No surprises there when looking at my background.

At the Bank I will continue to cover those issues and IDA, climate including biodiversity & nature and procurement.

 

 
 
 

 

WACA: Nature Based Solutions Study Tour

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From 18 to 22 November, the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) study tour took place in the original-4C8DEE63-2AAF-4484-ACE1-4301AF8651B6Netherlands. West African countries that are part of the WACA program (West African Coastal Areas Management Program) of the World Bank, visited various Dutch Nature Based water management Solutions. The delegation consisted of 22 participants including Worldbank staff, government officials and environmental experts responsible for water management (coastal erosion), from eight West African countries: Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Togo, Ghana, Sao Tome & Principe, Gambia and Mauritania.

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Update: WBG Procurement

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The World Bank group recently appointed a new Chief Procurement Officer, Hiba Tahboub. OIPHiba Tahboub is the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of the Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS) Vice-Presidency of the World Bank since September 2024. In this role, Hiba is strengthening the implementation of the Procurement Framework while supporting further innovation and alignment across Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs.) She champions simplification and efficiency in procurement processes while enhancing value-adding approaches and provides strategic oversight of operational procurement work across all regions, in support of the Bank’s corporate priorities. Since Ms. Tahboub just started and we haven’t provided a written procurement ( only webinar ) update we would like to share with you the following updates on operational and corporate procurement.

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Haiti’s food crisis needs long-term solutions

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Imagine being hungry but feeling too scared to go outside your home to buy food. And even if youBlogHaitiFoodSecurity-1_1140x500 venture to the store, you might find empty shelves because farmers and food suppliers dare not stock them.

This is the daily horror many Haitians face as armed gangs rampage in cities and the countryside. Five million Haitians, or nearly half the population, are going hungry and thousands are imperiled by famine.  

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Why economic inclusion is key to reducing poverty and empowering people

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As the world grapples with complex global concerns like poverty, inequality, and climate change,economic-inclusion-1140x500_1140x500 it’s the poorest communities that are often hardest hit and the most challenging to support. 

To address these pressing issues, the World Bank Group has set ambitious goals to provide social protection measures to at least 500 million people by 2030, including 250 million women. 

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