International Food Policy Research Institute

Position Title/Short Description

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IFPRI seeks an Associate Research Fellow (ARF) / Research Fellow (RF) for a two (2) year, fixed term, renewable appointment for its Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD). This position will be based at IFPRI’s Egypt office located in Cairo and involve travel to other countries where IFPRI conducts its research.

The successful candidate will join the research team focusing on enhancing the impact of policies and rural investments on poverty, food security and employment in the Middle East and North Africa. Her/his main duties will be to produce cutting edge research, development and dissemination of research products and tools, contribute to the broader research and capacity building agenda of the Egypt office and develop her/his own research projects that serve the broad research agenda of IFPRI Egypt and IFPRI.

Requirements:

• PhD in Economics, Agricultural Economics or closely related fields
• Excellent econometric/statistical skills and excellent knowledge of STATA
• Demonstrated knowledge of state-of-the-art techniques used in microeconomic analysis and panel data analysis
• Experience in working with/combining different datasets like household surveys, agricultural surveys, and other socioeconomic datasets for innovative statistical and econometric analysis
• Demonstrated capacity to produce high-quality research for publication in top, peer-reviewed journals