WBG Young Professional

Overview

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals the opportunity to apply their specialized technical expertise, broaden their experience, and contribute to solutions to development challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, preparation, implementation, supervision, and results monitoring of lending operations, technical assistance, and advisory engagements.
• Prepare analytical and diagnostic work, including financial- or private-sector assessments, firm-level and policy analysis, sector notes, and research.
• Support policy dialogue and client engagement with government counterparts, financial institutions, and private-sector stakeholders.
• Contribute to initiatives covering financial stability and inclusion, SME finance, capital markets, investment climate, firm productivity, entrepreneurship, trade and investment, technology adoption, and private capital mobilization.
• Support the structuring and use of financial instruments.
• Draft project documents, briefs, presentations, technical notes, reports, aide-memoires, and management materials.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of project monitoring and results frameworks.
• Actively participate in knowledge-sharing activities, team learning events, and dissemination of good practices.
• Coordinate missions, workshops, consultations, and knowledge-sharing activities.

Required Experience

2-6 years of relevant professional experience in financial-sector development, private-sector development, public policy, development finance, research, consulting, or a related field.

Qualifications

Minimum of a Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, International Development, Business Administration, or a closely related field with relevant economics or finance coursework.

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