ET Consultant, Regional Poverty Analytics & Modeling

The World Bank Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

World Bank is seeking an E T Consultant for the Regional Statistical Team to advance distributional analysis, microsimulation modeling, and geospatial poverty assessments in South Asia. You will work with country economists and government counterparts to deliver analytical support, capacity-building, and policy-ready outputs.

The role requires five years of experience in at least two specified technical areas, strong programming in Stata/R/Python, and the ability to work remotely with diverse

Qualifications

• Master's degree required in Economics, Statistics or related field.
• Minimum five years of hands-on experience in two or more technical areas.
• Experience with large household survey microdata and admin data.
• Strong programming in Stata, R, or Python with reproducible code.

Responsibilities

• Support CEQ distributional analyses and policy briefs for South Asia.
• Develop and maintain microsimulation and welfare estimation models.
• Apply geospatial methods to poverty and welfare assessments.
• Produce documentation, training materials, and capacity building.

Skills

Stata

R

Python

Geospatial analysis

Macro-microsimulation

CEQ framework

AI-assisted coding tools

Data cleaning

Education

Master's degree in Economics or related field

Tools

QGIS

ArcGIS

geopandas

Positron IDE

GitHub Copilot

Job description

World Bank is seeking an E T Consultant for the Regional Statistical Team to advance distributional analysis, microsimulation modeling, and geospatial poverty assessments in South Asia. You will work with country economists and government counterparts to deliver analytical support, capacity-building, and policy-ready outputs.

The role requires five years of experience in at least two specified technical areas, strong programming in Stata/R/Python, and the ability to work remotely with diverse