The World Bank Poverty Economist Job Vacancy in Dar es Salaam Tanzania

The World Bank Poverty Economist Job Vacancy in Dar es Salaam Tanzania
The World Bank seeks to locally recruit a dynamic professional as a Poverty Economist to be based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

This is a one (1) year Co-Terminous Appointment (subject to renewal depending on funding, performance and business need)

The key roles for the Poverty Economist include:
Economic analysis of growth and poverty reduction: The candidates will perform or supervise high quality analytical work using household and firm surveys in order to analyze household behavior and choices as they relate to poverty and the Millennium Development Goals.

The work will include the analysis of the impact of interventions and policy reforms on Poverty and Social Impact Analysis, the impact of public expenditures on poverty reduction as well as the design of improved data systems for poverty monitoring.

Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): All partner countries have a completed PRSP, and some are in the process of preparing a new poverty and growth strategy.

Poverty Economist Job Vacancy in Kigali Rwanda - The World Bank

Poverty Economist Job Vacancy in Kigali Rwanda - The World Bank
The World Bank seeks to locally recruit a dynamic professional as a Poverty Economist to be based in Kigali, Rwanda. This is a one (1) year Co-Terminous Appointment (subject to renewal depending on funding, performance and business need).

The key roles for the Poverty Economist include:
Economic analysis of growth and poverty reduction: The candidates will perform or supervise high quality analytical work using household and firm surveys in order to analyze household behavior and choices as they relate to poverty and the Millennium Development Goals.

The work will include the analysis of the impact of interventions and policy reforms on poverty (Poverty and Social Impact Analysis), the impact of public expenditures on poverty reduction as well as the design of improved data systems for poverty monitoring.

Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): All partner countries have a completed PRSP, and some are in the process of preparing a new poverty and growth strategy.

Due to the fact that the poverty reduction has been uneven and is threatened by the global economic crisis; evaluating the approach taken and the obstacles to effective implementation becomes even more essential.

The successful candidate will be expected to advise on ways to advocate for and facilitate the implementation poverty reducing policies, and ensure a better interaction between academia, civil society and implementing agencies such as Ministries.

The successful candidate should hold a minimum of a Masters Degree or preferably PhD in Economics, with at least 5 years of relevant professional experience with a personal commitment to fight poverty.

World Bank Recruitment In Kenya : Poverty Economist

World Bank Recruitment In Kenya : Poverty Economist
Location: Kenya
Description:
Job # 102249
Job Title POVERTY ECONOMIST (RWANDA)
Job Family Poverty Reduction
Location Kigali, Rwanda
Appointment Local Hire
Closing Date 29-Nov-2010
Language Requirements English [Essential]; French [Desired]
Appointment Type

Background / General description
   1. The World Bank is seeking applications for co-terminous Poverty Economist position. The position will be located in Rwanda country office, and will be remunerated according to the local salary scale. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) have become the main instrument for country-led development strategies in low income countries. As noted in the recently concluded UN Summit of September 2010, progress has been achieved in several areas, including a clearer focus on results (especially with respect to the Millennium Development Goals) and a better alignment of external assistance. On the other hand, many PRSPs are not explicit enough in terms of the key priorities and tradeoffs involved in policy making and budgetary allocations. Some of the main areas for strengthening the PRSPs include more attention to public expenditure management (i.e., better linkages of the PRSP to the budget) a more systematic use of poverty and social impact analysis as a tool for assessing the distributional impacts of policies, and wider participation in program formulation, monitoring and evaluation by various segments of society including civil society organizations. To support the PRS preparations, the Belgian and Luxemburg Governments, through their respective development cooperation agencies, established Belgian and Luxemburg Partnership for Poverty Reduction (BPRP and LPRP) Trust Funds. The BPRP and LPRP are Trust Funds managed by the World Bank to support preparation and implementation of PRSPs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Niger, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. The key priorities of these Trust Funds (TFs) are: to achieve a closer collaboration on the ground between the World Bank and the Government units designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating poverty reduction policies and programs in the partner countries and at the sub-regional level;
   2. to scale-up the analytical work funded by the TFs in order to better inform the PRSPs and their implementation, with a focus on improving poverty diagnostic work, conducting poverty and social impact analysis (PSIAs) of major reforms and policies, and reinforcing the links between the PRSPs and the budget (including work on Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks within the context of the Millennium Development Goals);