World Bank
23 Apr 2012
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring meetings gather Governors of the Bank and IMF to provide guidance to the management of the Bretton Woods institutions. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/world-bank-and-imf-spring-meetings/ ]
23 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2012: The World Bank has reported on an initiative to develop disaster risk assessment tools and plan for future disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Pacific Island countries titled the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI).
According to the World Bank, PCRAFI carried out in Pacific Island countries and aims to reduce the region’s vulnerability to natural disasters. The programme was designed to improve past and future disaster risk analysis through improved...
17 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 April 2012: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors selected Jim Yong Kim, a US national and recognized health and development expert, as President of the Bank for a five-year term, beginning on 1 July 2012.
Jim Yong Kim is currently President of Dartmouth College and is a co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH) as well as a former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization (WHO). In the past, Dr. Kim held professorships at Harvard Medical School and the...
13 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released 18 submissions from Parties containing their views on modalities and procedures for financing results-based actions and considering activities related to decision 1/CP.16 (The Cancun Agreements: Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA)) paragraphs 68-70 and 72 (relating to policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation...
03 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 March 2012: The World Bank has adopted Samoa’s first Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2012-2016, which aims to strengthen resilience to climate change, disasters and economic shocks.
The CPS is a policy document to guide World Bank lending to the country for the next four years, which reflects key elements from Samoa’s Development Strategy and the Bank’s priorities for funding. The CPS for Samoa focuses on: building economic resilience and encourage inclusive growth; ...
