World Bank

This grant will support the World Bank Group’s Partnership Fund for the Sustainable Development Goals’ fourth call for proposals that aim to accelerate low-carbon development by focusing on the highest-emitting systems in China, Africa, and Southeast Asia: energy, manufacturing, transport, agriculture, land use, and cities. (Substrategy: China National Policy)

The World Bank Group is a global partnership of five institutions comprising the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Together they work for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. The World Bank helps developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, mobilizing capital in international financial markets, and providing advisory services and analytical work. Within the World Bank, the Governance Global Practice helps countries build capable, efficient, inclusive, and accountable institutions for enhancing trust, public service delivery, and private sector development. The Governance and Institutions Umbrella Program (G&I UP) will focus on building the public institutions and public accountability pillars for that objective. The objective of the Governance and Institutions Umbrella Program is to contribute to public sector modernization in bank client countries, including the support of improved public sector performance and institutional reform, increased application of digital and technology solutions, and enhanced transparency and accountability. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)

The World Bank Group is an international financial institution that provides low-cost loans and grants to developing countries around the world, as well as policy advice, research, and technical assistance. The World Bank Group’s twin goals are to eradicate extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. In conjunction with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Hilton Foundation, this grant will support the World Bank to drive more and better investments in child care by contributing to the evidence base through developing tools, guidance, and analytical work and by supporting country level work through helping World Bank operational teams make the case for child care and assisting them to design and implement quality projects. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment).