Career pathways / Development Economist
How to become a Development Economist
Development economists produce the evidence that moves aid budgets: impact evaluations, growth diagnostics, poverty measurement. The World Bank, IMF and evaluation labs hire against graduate econometrics — this is the most quantitative role in the development world.
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Employer types: multilateral bank · intergovernmental · research institute
Representative employers: World Bank · IMF · ADB · J-PAL · IFPRI
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