Agriculture Economist Wanted!
Organization
The World Bank
Category
Work & Volunteer
Job vacancies
Country
Benin
Language
English
French
Publication date
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Description
Agriculture is an essential pathway to meeting the World Bank Group's (WBG) twin goals—eliminating extreme poverty by 2030 and promoting shared prosperity. Meeting today's challenges on the food and agriculture agenda will require major strides in agricultural innovation and climate smart agriculture, efficiency in food production and distribution systems, promoting environmentally and socially sustainable production practices, strengthening agricultural policy and institutions, supporting agribusiness value chains, and joint private- and public- sector action. As such the WBG is now inviting applications for Agriculture Economist position in Benin.
The responsibilities of the candidate, will include among others:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the Agriculture GP's work program in Benin;
- Contribute to the preparation and implementation of selected operations, both in agriculture and multi-sectoral ones;
- Participate in strategic analytical work in Benin and/or on a sub-regional level, and work with teams engaged in analytical work relevant to the Agriculture GP's work program in Benin.
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