Roles & Responsibilities:

We seek a local Economist to join our South Asia team based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Like all members of the Poverty GP, you will also be encouraged to support the practice’s regional and global knowledge base. In particular, you will have the following duties:

• Participate as a core team member working on poverty alleviation, equity, spatial, gender, labor markets, and micro-fiscal, including diagnostics of mobility, vulnerability, multi-dimensional poverty, and agency and voice.
• Contribute to devising technical and policy advice to country and sectoral teams on how to address poverty alleviation and equity and promotes evidence-based decision-making.
• Use and develop instruments and technologies to monitor poverty, equity, and gender trends.
• Analyze the distributional impact of fiscal, social, and other sector policies and investments.
• Support the development of statistical public goods and initiatives for data sharing and analysis.

Selection Criteria:

Minimum Education/Experience

Minimum Master’s degree (Ph.D. preferred) in Economics, Statistics, Math, Public Policy, or other related field, with a strong quantitative background and at least five years of relevant professional experience.

Other Selection Criteria:

• Demonstrated strength in at least one of the three streams of work around which the poverty global practice’s country-level programs are structured. Experience in more than one of those work streams is desirable;
• Technical and Quantitative Skills as an Applied Development Microeconomist – Has experience in microeconomics and statistical modeling – designing, implementing, and analyzing household surveys, administrative data, big data, and performing complex econometric analysis;
•  Superb interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and to listen and integrate ideas from diverse sources, governments, NGOs, and donors while being respectful and sensitive to cultural, political, and gender issues;
• Ability to work with staff from all levels and to mentor, coach, and motivate more junior staff.
• Other than English, can speak (read and write) the local language.

Desired experience includes acting as a practitioner in developing and/or transition countries and experience with poverty, labor, and/or gender-related operational programs (including capacity building).

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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