The World Bank’s new Procurement Framework, approved by the Board on July 21, 
2015, modernizes the procurement policy and maximizes the strategic role of procurement in achieving key development effectiveness goals.
Mandatory for all new lending operations after July 1, 2016, the new Framework emphasizes choice, quality, and greater value for public spending, while enabling adaptation to country contexts.
Please visit the links below to access either the old Policy, Procedures and Guidelines or the new Policy and Regulations.
Projects Prior to July 1 2016 Projects After July 1, 2016
With the new Framework, the World Bank aims to maximize the strategic role of procurement in achieving development effectiveness goals by:
- Recognizing that countries are looking to be more efficient in their public spending so that they can invest more in basic public services such as education, health and infrastructure services and enrich development outcomes.
- Modernizing procurement to emphasize fit-for-purpose, choice, quality, and greater value for public spending, while enabling adaptation to country contexts.
Promoting strengthened national procurement systems that are empowered to support sustainable development objectives. - Increasing transparency in public spending by taking advantage of ICT tools in public procurement.
Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystems (WAVES). The WAVES GPP promotes implementation of natural capital accounting (NCA) following UN Statistical Division (UNSD)s 2012 Standard for System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA 2012). Indonesia WAVES Program development objective is to strengthen the capacity of Government of Indonesia to regularly and systematically (i) implement NCA, and (ii) use the developed accounts in policy analysis in natural assets utilization and development planning. WAVES Program will provide technical assistance support to achieve the programs intermediate outcomes and increase capacity to compile, understand, and use NCA to inform development planning.
baseline 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.
help World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) with designing and implementing agribusiness SME projects. Over the past few years, key insights on the topic have been gained from field-based implementations, research and dialogue internally and externally to the WBG. T&C is therefore currently seeking to develop 1) a diagnostic framework to identify the opportunities for- , and challenges and needs of SMEs in the agribusiness sector; 2) a training module on agribusiness SME development, 3) a business modeling toolkit for Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Centers (AECs); and 4) an Operational Manual for AECs. While deliverables 1 and 2 will focus broadly on agribusiness SMEs outside the farm gate, deliverables 3 and 4 will focus on agro-processing primarily food processing SMEs specifically.
enhance electricity supply in rural areas. REA has played a significant role in the sector through the grid extension projects and off-grid solutions. The focus of REA is to play an increasing role in the overall socio-economic development of Kenyan citizens. The Government has set up an ambitious target of achieving universal access by 2020 and has provided increased support to the energy sector so as to achieve the desired electrification goals.
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