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The Office of the Chief Economist of the Middle East & North Africa Region provides guidance on strategic priorities and technical quality of economic analysis in the region. It aims to bring the best possible knowledge to bear on the problems of development in the MENA Region including through advising on country and sectoral strategies, quality enhancement of economic justification and analysis in adjustment and investment lending and developing and disseminating regional flagship reports. The office also serves as principal regional spokesperson inside and outside the Bank on strategic and economic issues facing the region.
The candidate will report to the Deputy Chief Economist and the Chief Economist.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Candidate will be expected to lead small teams of researchers in the conceptualization, implementation and delivery of flagship and semiannual reports in coordination with the Deputy Chief Economist and the Chief Economist. Contributions include academic style background papers and coauthoring chapters or sections of the reports on issues related to international trade and/or macroeconomics.
- Establish cordial and collaborative relationships with MNA MTI/EFI staff, including Practice Managers, Program Leaders, and Country Economists.
- Candidate will be expected to publish 1-2 academic working papers per fiscal year and maintain an active pipeline of research articles submitted to refereed academic journals. Periodic publications in journals are desirable. These research products are expected to be related to themes developed in MNACE sponsored Flagship reports, semi-annual economic updates, or other regional studies.
- Contribute to MNACE’s macroeconomic monitoring of MENA economies.
- Active participation in quality enhancement services on behalf of MNACE and MNAVP, including reviews of important operations where macroeconomic frameworks are important, such as DPFs.
- Active participation in quality enhancement services on behalf of MNACE and MNAVP on major global WBG products, such as the GEP, WDR, research reports from DECRG.
- Periodic contributions and research support to presentations, speeches, strategic operational presentations, blogs, editorials, and other communications products at the request of MNACE on issues related to international trade and macroeconomics.
Selection Criteria
- Advanced degree, with preference for a PhD in Economics or related fields, including public policy and statistics.
- At least 5 years of relevant work experience in the fields of international trade and/or macroeconomics.
- Record of quality research in the form of anonymously refereed articles published in professional journals in the fields of international trade and/or macroeconomics.
- Demonstrated successful experience in leading complex analytical tasks, including flagship reports, macro monitoring publication (such as regional economic updates).
- Fluency in STATA and knowledge of various econometric tools, including but not limited to dynamic panel data econometrics, empirical structural modeling, or other similar tools.
- Arabic or French language fluency desirable.
- Fluency in R or other web scraping programs is desirable.
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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.