The World Bank Group

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Economist (Young Professionals Program)

The World Bank’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) recruits development experts in a variety of fields. For the first time, the World Bank will be interviewing economist candidates for the YPP at the American Economics Association meetings. Please submit a CV, job market paper, and three academic references via the JOE online application system by November 15, 2018. Those who have applied through the regular YPP process earlier this year should not apply again through the JOE online application system.

We are interested in attracting candidates with research interests in all areas of economics relevant to development, including macroeconomics, public finance, international economics, trade, finance, applied microeconomics, poverty and inequality, rural and agricultural economics, urban economics, and natural resource and environmental economics. YPP economists would be hired into one of the World Bank’s Global Practices. (For a full list of the Global Practices, please consult http://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit.)

A team of World bank economists will interview selected candidates at the ASSA Meetings in Atlanta on January 4-6. We expect to make our offers by the first week of February.

Eligibility
Minimum Requirements
The following are the minimum requirements to be eligible for the Young Professionals Program.
• Citizenship of a member country of the World Bank Group
• Be born on or after October 1, 1986
• A PhD or Master’s degree and relevant work experience
• Fluency in English
• Full proficiency in one or more of the WBG’s working languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish is desired but not required
• At least three years of relevant professional experience related to development or continued academic study at the doctoral level

Additional Qualifications

To be competitive for the limited number of positions, a combination of the following credentials is highly desirable:
• Display a commitment and passion for international development
• Possess outstanding academic credentials
• Exhibit excellent client engagement and team leadership skills
• Have international development country experience

For more details on the YPP, please see the following website:
http://www.worldbank.org/en/about/careers/programs-and-internships/young-professionals-program
JEL classification codes: D0 (Microeconomics), E0 (Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics), F0 (International Economics), G0 (Financial Economics), H0 (Public Economics), I0 (Health Education and Welfare), O0 (Economic Development, Technical Change and Growth), Q0 (Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics), R0 (Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics)