World Bank
30 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 October 2012: The Global Water Partnership – Caribbean (GWP-C) and Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) trained 20 participants from the agriculture sector in Barbados in water use efficiency (WUE). The training opened with an address by Charleston Lucas, Chief Agricultural Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Barbados, who underlined that “there can be no food security without without land and water security.”
The training, which took place from 5-7 September...
08 Oct 2012
The 2012 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will bring together ministers of finance and central bank governors from the institutions' 188 member countries, and provide a forum for civil society, the private sector, academics and others to engage in discussions on economic issues. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/2012-annual-meetings-of-world-bank-and-international-monetary-fund/ ]
24 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
September 2012: Ashden has announced the new Small Island Developing States Awards, which aim to recognize renewable energy pioneers from small island developing states (SIDS).
The SIDS Awards are supported by the World Bank and SIDS DOCK, and are open to “innovative” enterprises and programmes that are: increasing renewable energy use and promoting energy efficiency in SIDS; bringing economic and social benefits while reducing carbon emissions; and using approaches that can be replicated...
19 Sep 2012
The 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will take place in Lima, Peru, in October 2015. The Annual Meetings bring together ministers of finance and central bank governors from the institutions' 188 member countries, and provide a forum for civil society, the private sector, academics and others to engage in discussions on economic issues. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/annual-meetings-of-the-world-bank-group-and-the-...
11 Sep 2012
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and partners will organize a workshop on aid effectiveness in the area of public expenditure related to climate change, bringing 100 government officials and development partners from the Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America regions to Bangkok. Particpants at the three-day workshop, titled "Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Reviews: Workshop on Past Experience and the Way Forward" and convening from 10-12 September 2012, will work...
