Macroeconomic Research Assistant
Start Date: January 06, 2025
Express Interest By: 11/25/2024
Duration: 70
Topics: Not Available
Business Function: Not Available
Skills: Graduate-level coaching in economics;Strong analytical and conceptual abilities;Experience managing complicated databases;Knowledge of recent statistical evaluation of panel and time sequence knowledge;
Language Skills: English,
Assignment Location: United States
Institution: IBRD
VPU: South Asia (SAR)
Contact Person: Patrick Alexander Kirby (pkirby@worldbank.org)
Task Description: Short-term marketing consultant (STC)–Macroeconomic Research Assistant
on the South Asia Office of the Chief Economist on the World Bank
Background
The South Asia Chief Economist’s (SARCE) Office is the principal advisor to the regional Vice President. The Office offers a variety of analytical sources to the regional entrance workplace and represents it in inside and exterior conferences of consultants. It collaborates with researchers and coverage makers within the nations and promotes native debate on coverage points by means of the dialogue of evidence-based analyses. We lead the preparation of flagship publications of the area, ship a bi-annual publication on present financial developments, and produce a number of self-standing volumes yearly on matters of curiosity for the area as an entire. The Office has duty for evaluation and analysis on regional points together with financial integration. We additionally oversee the analytical work of the Vice Presidency, offering steerage and inputs as wanted. The Office contributes to the event of regional and nation methods, constructs regional databases, coordinates the annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessments (CPIA) for the area, and participates within the preparation and evaluate of broader World Bank merchandise, together with company flagship publications and inputs for high-level worldwide conferences. We present assist to nation groups as wanted, interacting with Global Practices and Cross Cutting Solution Areas on behalf of the area. The Office additionally assists on coverage recommendation, supporting the preparation of chosen credit and loans on demand, and contributing to the group of workshops and conferences.
Duties
You will contribute to the work program of the Office, reporting to the regional Chief Economist. You will work immediately below the supervision of the member(s) of the Office.
- Contribute to the final macroeconomic monitoring (e.g. reply to knowledge inquiries, replace excessive frequency indicators for inside use)
- Develop a method to share high-frequency knowledge by means of the webpage, e-newsletter, and publications.
- Contribute to the preparation of analysis papers, studies (particularly the biannual publication South Asia Economic Focus), or coverage and briefing notes, both as a analysis assistant or as a co-author – the analysis focus will probably be broadly on macroeconomics
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Conduct systematic, important evaluations and syntheses of related theoretical and empirical literature on financial points in South Asia
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- In conjunction with the above obligations, 1) Find and discover new knowledge sources, 2) Apply abilities of time-series econometrics to research macroeconomic knowledge, 3) Design, handle, and doc regional databases and on-line knowledge platforms, 4) Assist in getting ready tables, figures, maps, presentation slides, and different multimedia outputs.
Selection Criteria
- Graduate-level coaching in economics with about 2 years of related expertise or equal mixture of schooling and expertise.
- Strong analytical and conceptual abilities and demonstrated expertise with managing complicated databases with information of recent statistical evaluation of panel and time sequence knowledge.
- Proficient with Stata; with Excel and different Microsoft Office functions; and in database administration. Some expertise utilizing ‘R’ and CEIC database desired although not essential.
- High motivation, initiative, a optimistic angle, staff spirit, and the capability to work comfortably in a various surroundings.
- Ability to work below stress and work flexibly on a variety of assignments, to regulate to altering wants, and to prioritize amongst evolving duties.
