Proyectos

World Bank Debt Management Facility, Phase II

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2018

The overall objective of the facility is to strengthen public debt management capacities and institutions in lower income countries and thus contribute to sound macroeconomic and fiscal management. The DMF was launched in 2008 to scale up assistance for debt management and respond to new challenges in debt management.

General Budget Support Vietnam 2013-2016 (EMCC)

01.01.2013 - 30.09.2016

The Economic Management and Competitiveness Credit (EMCC) is designed as a General Budget Support Operation, implemented under the lead of the World Bank to support Vietnam in the implementation of important structural reforms, which contribute to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.

Better Gold Initiative, Phase I

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2016

The Better Gold Initiative aims to create a mine to market path for sustainably produced gold from small and medium scale mining (ASMM) operations in Peru. Building on simple market mechanisms that honour compliance of producers with standards on traceability, environmental-, social-, governance- and community relation performance, the Better Gold Initiative will contribute to the transformation of small and medium scale mining activities into a motor for better livelihoods and sustainable development. The project is structured around four complementary components along the value chain: 1) Producers: Support to sustainable gold supply through technical assistance and capacity building for Peruvian ASMM artisanal, small scale and medium scale mining activities)- 2) Institutions: Strengthen certification schemes to broaden the impact of ASMM certification- 3) Policy: National Policy dialogue on ASMM related issues and extension strategy on the international level- 4) Demand: Multi-Stakeholder platform on sustainable gold and demand matching in Switzerland.

Technical Assistance in Financial Programming, Phase III

01.01.2013 - 30.06.2022

The aim of the Financial Programming intervention is for beneficiaries to develop their own financial programming models and systems, to take command of the technical analysis, to negotiate with the IMF in more pro-active terms, and to establish a foundation for deeper commitment to prudent macroeconomic policy management. With a modular approach, the project aims to complement IMF training in several SECO priority countries.

North Tajik II Water Supply Project

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2026

Urban water supply in Tajikistan is in bad condition due to the lack of maintenance since the break-up of the Soviet Union. This project aims at improving the water supply in four cities in the North of Tajikistan through the combination of three components: physical investments, corporate development and consumer participation.

Green building program in selected countries in Asia

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2017

Setting energy-saving requirements in selected countries in Asia for commercial buildings can significantly help reduce carbon emissions.

National Quality System in Ghana, Phase II

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2018

The program aims at improving the capacity of conformity assessment institutions to enable them to provide world class services in the area of standardization, testing, certification and inspection for key export value chains (fruit/vegetables, cocoa, fish products, wood). These value chains will act as drivers for an improved national quality system and have an important poverty reduction potential. Apart from "traditional" quality and health safety standards, the program will also support the uptake and implementation of private voluntary standards by producers.

Tax Reform Common Fund Mozambique, Phase II

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2021

This project supports Mozambique in its effort to increase domestic financing in parallel of receiving budget support in order to become less dependent on foreign aid. Mozambique shows a strong growth performance in the last years, underpinned by a strong tax collection.

Environmental and social financial standards in Asia

01.12.2012 - 31.12.2018

Developing the human resources of financial institutions in order to create sound, efficient, and responsive financial institutions that are environmentally and socially sustainable can help achieve substantial business benefits.

Education for Employment program

01.12.2012 - 30.06.2017

The E4E program is to provide Arab Youth in the client countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) with skills that are relevant to the marketplace, so that Arab Youth can earn a better future. The program is implemented by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Gostivar Water Supply, North Macedonia

01.11.2012 - 31.12.2019

The project will improve the water supply system of the City of Gostivar and 8 neighboring villages (in total 61’000 people) and strengthen the strategic planning skills of the municipal public utilities.

Farmforce - Digitalisation for Farmers

05.10.2012 - 31.12.2016

Farmforce's objective is to remove trade barriers for smallholding farmers and to use the power of technology to revolutionize how market-linkage and value chain projects are managed. It provides real-time management information to all stakeholders in the value chain, simplifies the monitoring of sustainability standards as well as the traceability of a product and it reduces transaction costs within the whole process.

It is expected that more farmers can be included in market linkage initiatives and that farmers achieve better agronomy practices which lead to higher productivity and quality.