Join the World Bank: 1 Economist Position in Tax Policy Available Now !

Join the World Bank: Economist Position in Tax Policy Available!”

Application Deadline: Friday, May 24th, 2024

Position: Economist (Tax Policy)

Job Number: req27370

Employer: World Bank

Department: Economics

Grade: GF

Term: 4 years

Recruitment: International

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Required Language: English

Preferred Language: French (Desirable)

Closing Date: May 24, 2024, at 11:59pm UTC

Description:

Are you seeking a meaningful career? Joining the World Bank Group offers a distinctive opportunity to contribute to solving pressing development challenges for our clients. With a presence in over 130 locations worldwide and a focus on ending extreme poverty, fostering shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development, the World Bank Group is among the foremost sources of funding and expertise for developing countries.

The Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) is pivotal in the World Bank Group’s mission. EFI’s focus is on “Growth, Finance, and Institutions for all,” harnessing both public and private sector knowledge alongside the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to drive evidence-based reform agendas. EFI supports clients in implementing data-driven structural reforms to lay the groundwork for inclusive and sustainable growth.

EFI comprises four Global Practices (GPs) and CGAP:

1. The Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment (MTI) GP offers comprehensive macroeconomic analysis to support countries’ economic strategies, including analyzing macro-financial risks and providing macroeconomic modeling services to the wider WBG. MTI advocates for robust fiscal frameworks, effective fiscal risk management, and enhanced institutional capacity in debt management to optimize public spending efficiency and fortify macroeconomic stability.
2. The Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation (FCI) GP, comprising the Finance directorate and the Trade, Investment, and Competitiveness (TIC) directorate, aims to foster an enabling environment wherein financial stability, efficiency, and firm-level solutions are seamlessly integrated to catalyze private sector involvement, foster market creation, and accelerate equitable growth.
3. The Governance GP (GOV) assists countries in developing capable, accountable, transparent, and inclusive institutions that deliver citizen-centric services, facilitate private-sector expansion, and foster trust in government. Additionally, GOV provides fiduciary support to all Bank operations.
4. The Poverty and Equity GP (POV) comprises micro, labor, and development economists focused on building an evidence base, offering advice, and delivering operational support to ensure that country policies and WBG interventions are inclusive.

CGAP, a global partnership of over 30 leading development organizations, is dedicated to improving the lives of impoverished individuals through financial inclusion.

MTI encompasses approximately 530 professionals operating across 100+ countries. This Global Practice houses the Bank’s country economists and professional staff with expertise in macroeconomics, fiscal policy, growth, and statistics. Around fifty percent of MTI’s professional staff are stationed in the field, closely collaborating with Country Management Units (CMUs) and clients. MTI is responsible for providing timely policy guidance to support the following areas of work:

(i) designing macro-fiscal frameworks aligned with the objectives of reducing extreme poverty and enhancing shared prosperity while ensuring economic, social, and environmental sustainability;

(ii) supporting fiscal and debt policy sustainability;

(iii) generating growth analytics and policy recommendations to sustain and bolster growth; and

(iv) evaluating the impact of external shocks and climate change risks on growth and government fiscal positions. MTI professionals spearhead the preparation and delivery of Development Policy Operations utilizing both IDA and IBRD resources, and they lead or contribute to the preparation of Advisory Services and Analytics, Technical Assistance, and integrative outputs such as Strategic Country Diagnostics, Country Economic Memorandums, and cross-sector Public Finance Reviews.

MTI’s pivotal engagements in macroeconomic and fiscal policies extend to work on debt management (including through the Debt Management Facility) and macro-fiscal climate issues (including support for the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action). Knowledge and learning constitute a central component of MTI’s mandate, with a focus on five thematic areas: (a) macroeconomics; (b) fiscal policy; (c) growth; (d) economic management in resource-rich environments; and (e) statistics.

Within MTI, the Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Unit (EMFTX) provides indispensable support for World Bank Group operations aimed at bolstering countries’ endeavors in utilizing tax and expenditure policies, managing fiscal risks, and planning fiscal strategies to promote equitable growth and uphold macroeconomic stability. As a Global Unit, EMFTX furnishes technical advice, support, and thought leadership on these matters to the wider GPs’ operational activities in the Regions.

The scope of fiscal policy work encompasses overall fiscal policy design, public expenditure policies, and domestic revenue mobilization. This entails:

1. Preparing analytical work, guidelines, tools, and data to underpin the Bank’s global engagements and regional units’ efforts on fiscal policy issues and expenditure quality.
2. Developing and overseeing the BOOST program and the Public Finance Review (PFR) Platform.
3. Providing quality review and support for the Bank’s analytical and operational endeavors such as PFRs, CEMs, and DPFs.
4. Managing knowledge on fiscal policy matters and fiscal policy work.
5. Contributing to and managing fiscal policy aspects of corporate initiatives such as CPIAs.
6. Engaging with other international stakeholders such as the IMF and the OECD on fiscal policy matters.

Position:

The Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice (MTI) is in search of a highly qualified candidate to fill the position of Tax Economist within the “Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth” (EMFTX) unit. The Tax Economist will focus on country tax policy analysis to support tax reforms in developing and emerging economies. The role entails providing technical expertise on tax matters across regions utilizing World Bank instruments (Advisory Services and Analytics, and Lending), contributing to the unit’s engagement with senior management and partners, and conducting research and knowledge development.

Duties and Accountabilities:

The Tax Economist position falls within the Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Unit. The incumbent will offer technical expertise to bolster the unit’s analytical work programs on taxation, including public finance reviews, domestic revenue mobilization, fiscal federalism, and other tax and revenue management initiatives across the covered countries. The Tax Economist will contribute as a team member to development policy operations, analytical and advisory programs, technical assistance, and results-based operations within the unit and across the region. Additionally, they will collaborate in cross-GP teams with a focus on tax policy reforms.

The selected candidate will be responsible for the following:

1. Conducting empirical analysis on tax policy issues, encompassing micro-data analysis, simulations, and macro-based approaches.
2. Integrating analysis into a country’s framework, including technical assistance, core diagnostics, and lending operations.
3. Assessing tax expenditures across various tax systems and providing support to enhance tax expenditure reporting.
4. Evaluating options for tax reforms considering informal economy dynamics, and their implications for avoidance, evasion, revenue, efficiency, and equity.
5. Actively participating in EFI Practice Group activities by supporting analytical tasks and lending operations across different World Bank regions, with a primary focus on tax policies.
6. Assisting in monitoring the outcomes of tax reforms, including the World Bank Group’s contributions.
7. Responding promptly to client country queries and updating the Bank’s senior management on tax policy matters upon request

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE JOB CLICK HERE

FOR MORE JOBS CLICK HERE