Overview
The role supports the Development Economics (DEC) Vice Presidency's research program, focusing on global monitoring of land data and research on institutional arrangements for land policy and implementation. It aims to inform World Bank strategies and project interventions.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the unit's research program by implementing impact evaluations of innovative programs that aim to use farmer and land registries to improve productivity of land use, effectiveness of public support, and land value capture.
- Facilitate learning across regions and countries, drawing out implications for other regions and operational approaches with the objective of allowing lesson learning across countries.
- Support generation and analysis of global spatial and institutional data to help increase resilience, inform design of policy reforms, and measure institutional effectiveness.
- Provide input into analytical products that will inform Bank lending.
- Link data analysis to ways of monitoring and evaluating impacts that can result in research products and generate support for such research products within the Bank and beyond.
Required Experience
- Experience with research in Ethiopia related to land markets or access to finance is an advantage.
- Strong analytical skills and familiarity with literature on impact evaluation; familiarity with the literature on land tenure, institutions, and markets.
- Demonstrated ability to work with survey, administrative, and geospatial data.
- Pipeline of journal publications or publishable work in progress.
- Strong communication and presentation skills; proven ability to communicate effectively with policy makers.
Qualifications
PhD in economics or related discipline
