Regional Economist Specialist Sr Specialist

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• Undertake regional economic, social, and political surveillance, in close coordination with country economists – emphasis on interpreting macroeconomic and financial trends.
• Prepare high-quality conjuncture analysis, risk assessments, and outlook reports (in both written and data visualization formats) applying appropriate methodologies and datasets.
• Lead/participate in applied economic research using robust theoretical and/or empirical tools to generate policy evidence relevant to Southern Cone countries that contributes to the IDB’s operational work.
• Perform debt sustainability analysis.
• Make technical contributions to project teams by integrating, analyzing, and interpreting complex and diverse information.
• Provide technical feedback in peer-review processes and quality control exercises, as well as Bank’s documents.
• Contribute to the dissemination of analytical work, promoting cooperative research initiatives, and discussing policy issues within and outside the Bank.
• Participate in economic policy dialogue and broad discussions on substantive development issues with policy makers, influencing policy discussion through advanced knowledge of sector and/or economic issues.
• Build networks with international organizations, academic institutions, government officials and professional bodies to exchange information, promote research initiatives, and expand the influence of the IDB.
• Foster and nurture strategic partnerships with other IDB Group areas to advance a wide range of multi-sectorial and applied knowledge products / activities.
• Meet requests arising from the need to carry out the activities related to the Southern Cone Department. This includes, but it is not limited to, working collaboratively with operational and/or administrative staff to execute technical cooperation and/or knowledge products, attending meetings on behalf of the Regional Economic Advisor or Manager, and helping fulfill ad-hoc requests received by CSC.

• PhD in Economics.

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience, depending on grade. Expertise in policy issues and development problems is required along with a proven track record to perform analysis of economic conditions and risks, conduct applied research on economic and development issues, and relate research and policy. Of special interest are expertise in areas such as climate change and sustainability, and regional integration. Proficiency in quantitative methods, statistical packages and programming languages such as Stata, Eviews, Matlab, R or Python is also required.
• In addition, the position requires strong initiative, along with the ability to juggle numerous demands and priorities, respond quickly to requests, and work collaboratively.

• You are proficient (written and oral) in English and either Spanish or Portuguese. Proficiency in all three is a plus.

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