Role OverviewThe Micro Modeling Lab is a team of data scientists and economists tasked with providing just-in-time assistance to regional teams working on the distributional impact of policy reforms. The objective is to inform the Bank's analytical and operational work, ensuring that intervention design and implementation appropriately considers the poverty and distributional impacts.
What You Will Do
The consultant will estimate the distributional impacts of macroeconomic shocks, structural changes, and policy reforms across multiple country case studies. The consultant will work closely with the Poverty team to enhance, adapt, and scale existing approaches, applying best practices in programming and tool development.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The consultant will contribute to the global knowledge base of the department, participate in activities and exchange information with other World Bank teams working on related issues across sectors and Global Solution Groups.
Requirements
- Strong quantitative methods
- Advanced programming skills
- Working experience in micro simulation modeling
- Econometric analysis and statistical techniques
Benefits
- Contribution to the global knowledge base of the department
- Opportunity to work with a global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development
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