- Remote, United States
- Remote
- Full-time · Staff
The selected candidate will primarily work with the Global Poverty and Inequality Data team within DECDG, focusing on improving data, methods, documentation, and tools for the global poverty monitoring exercise.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of a global, highly-disaggregated, and up-to-date map of comparable poverty around the world.
- Contribute to analytical work using the newly constructed database, especially on whether existing World Bank projects have been effectively allocated to reduce spatial inequalities.
- Work closely with other teams within the Data Group, particularly in the areas of geospatial data and geotagging of the World Bank’s current portfolio.
- Design, create and promote software/statistical packages that provide easy access to the harmonized global poverty data for users within and outside the World Bank Group.
- Contribute to publications (e.g. Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report), working papers, and corporate requests for on-demand analysis.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in relevant field implied by role complexity