The Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank is looking to fill its 18-month Research Assistant Consultancies Program with creative, motivated, and experienced young professionals and recent graduates in economics.
The prestigious program, offering successful candidates the opportunity to provide support and generate new ideas to leading economists from Latin America and the Caribbean, is often a stepping stone to a successful career.
Selected research assistants help researchers prepare papers and presentations, compile and organize databases, perform econometric and statistical analysis, support project management and field experiments, and often co-author publications with the department’s staff. They can also attend conferences and seminars, take IDB courses, and receive career guidance.
Those experiences, similar in many ways to those of a pre-doc program in academic institutions, has helped research assistants go on to doctorates at leading universities, including Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, and Columbia. Many alumni of the program have then had celebrated careers in government agencies and the top rungs of academia in Latin America, Europe, and the United States.
Successful candidates will work in a collaborative and creative environment at the IDB Research Department, helping Latin American and Caribbean region achieve sustainable and equitable development through rigorous economic research. Their work will be essential in producing inputs for governments, academia, and public opinion in the region.
If you are organized, motivated, experienced and passionate about improving lives in Latin America and the Caribbean, please apply. Applications must be received by March 17, 2025, and candidates must be available to start work between June 1, 2025 and September 15, 2025. See the complete job description and detailed application procedures here.
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