International Food Policy Research Institute

Position Title/Short Description

Full Text of JOE Listing:

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks an Associate Research Fellow for its Markets, Trade and Institutions Division. The position is a two-year, fixed-term appointment, and is renewable depending on performance and funding. This position is based at IFPRI headquarters located in Washington, D.C.

Essential Duties:

- Conduct research on issues related to income diversification of rural households, value chain analysis, poverty maps, vertical and horizontal integration in agricultural markets and modern value chains.
- The Fellow will work on empirical micro econometric modeling, and value chain analysis.
- For a complete job listing please go to www.ifpri.org

Required Qualifications:

- Ph.D. in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or related field
- Significant applied econometric skills, experience in state of the art value chain analysis, experience of empirical policy-relevant research on agricultural markets in developing countries;
- Strong capabilities in quantitative analysis and ability to use economic theory in innovative and policy relevant ways; experience in collecting and analyzing primary survey data;

For a complete listing please go to www.ifpri.org . Click on “Careers” and “Research Positions” to link you to Position # 16-104 – Associate Research Fellow, MTID.

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