WBG Pioneer - Governance Intern
About The Position
The WBG Pioneers, the World Bank Group’s Internship Program, offers undergraduate and postgraduate students a high impact learning experience at the heart of global development. Participants gain hands-on experience in a diverse and dynamic environment, contribute fresh perspectives and innovative ideas, and connect with international professionals working to end poverty on a livable planet. The Governance Global Department helps countries build capable, effective, accountable, transparent, and inclusive institutions that deliver citizen-centric services, facilitate private-sector growth, and build trust in Government; and provides fiduciary support to all Bank operations. The department brings together professionals in public financial management, taxation, public management, regulatory policy, transparency, digital governance, law and development, anticorruption, performance management, monitoring and evaluation, and social accountability to develop innovative, integrated solutions to pernicious institutional problems. The practice utilizes a problem-driven, diagnostic approach, combining global comparative knowledge of reform successes and failures with keen understanding of the institutional challenges and opportunities of developing countries. Governance and Institutions are fundamental for inclusive and sustainable development. Recognizing the need for more ambition, the work on this important agenda is being scaled up and reorganized around the following three global units: institutional capacity and effectiveness, public administration and services, and fiduciary systems. These units will jointly push the frontiers of global knowledge and support country and sectoral teams to enable them to help client governments in thinking through and addressing critical governance challenges, so they can meet the growing demands and expectations of their citizens. The Institutional Capacity and Effectiveness unit (WKPGI) focuses on transversal and integrative functions and innovations. WKPGI is responsible for strengthening the data and analytics agenda in Governance. This includes developing an institutional capacity assessment framework and development of policy indicators and tools that can facilitate the understanding of how public institutions functions and their capacity to implement their specific mandates.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in postgraduate (master’s/PhD) program in Economics, Political Science, Public Administration or equivalent
- 1 year of relevant professional experience
- Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills, including experience in data collection
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines
- Proficiency in English; additional languages may be required depending on the role
Responsibilities
- Contributing to the data collection and validations of the public HR management and Public Financial Management indicators and/or Climate Governance Indicators
- Participating in the expert groups’ brainstorming and consultation sessions
- Working with TTLs to contribute to select outputs, such as policy notes, reports and power point presentations
- Contributing to the compilation of a case study with the summary of the results for the countries analyzed
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Career Level
Intern
