WBG Young Professional

This Young Professionals Program role will embed applied research, data science and AI in World Bank operations to improve public-policy decisions. The participant will design experiments, build predictive models and data applications, support learning engagements and translate evidence into decision-oriented products, while collaborating with governments, researchers and operational teams.

• Design applied research in World Bank operations
• Develop data and AI applications
• Support learning agendas and rapid experiments
• Build predictive and analytical models
• Produce analytical products and policy briefs

• A minimum of a master’s degree in economics, public policy, computer science, data science, statistics, machine learning, engineering, quantitative social science, or a closely related field
• 2-6 years of relevant professional experience in applied research, data science or related areas
• Proficiency in Python, R, Stata, and/or SQL

• Knowledge of other languages may be an advantage

• Impact Evaluation
• Machine Learning
• Causal Inference
• Data Science
• Responsible AI

• Python
• R
• Stata
• SQL