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Date de clôture : vendredi 26 octobre 2018
World Bank seeks to recruit an agriculture economist – Cotounou, Benin
Job #: | req752 |
Organization: | World Bank |
Sector: | Agriculture |
Grade: | GF |
Term Duration: | 3 years 0 months |
Recruitment Type: | Local Recruitment |
Location: | Cotonou, Benin |
Required Language(s): | French, English |
Closing Date: | 10/26/2018 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. In fiscal year 2017, the WBG committed $59 billion in loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses, of which $19 billion was concessional finance to its poorest members. It is governed by 188 member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff located globally. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org.
Agriculture is an essential pathway to meeting the World Bank Group’s (WBG) twin goals—eliminating extreme poverty by 2030 and promoting shared prosperity. Food production must increase by at least 35 percent to meet the needs of the rising global population. Thus, ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity cannot be achieved without more and better investment in agriculture, food security, and nutrition. Meeting today’s challenges on the food and agriculture agenda will require major strides in agricultural innovation and climate smart agriculture, efficiency in food production and distribution systems, promoting environmentally and socially sustainable production practices, strengthening agricultural policy and institutions, supporting agribusiness value chains, and joint private- and public- sector action. The Agriculture Global Practice (GP) of the WBG, working closely with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), supports a Global Vision for Food and Agriculture with agriculture able to feed every person, every day, in every country with a safe, nutritious and affordable diet, and where jobs and income gains in the food system are sufficient to meet poverty reduction targets.
To help the achievement of the twin goals, the strategic focus of the Agriculture GP, as reflected in the Agriculture Action Plan, is to help client countries on the issues mentioned above. Our current work program (150+ operations) consists of engagement in policy dialogue, investment, and forging partnerships across the globe seeking to (i) raise agricultural productivity, (ii) link farmers to markets and strengthen value chains, (iii) support rural non-farm income, (iv) reduce risk, vulnerability, and gender inequality, and (v) enhance environmental services and sustainability.
The Agriculture GP is led by a Senior Director, who has overall responsibility for the GP. The Senior Director is assisted by two Directors, who serve as the Chief Operating Officers of the Practice. The Agriculture GP Management Team, which is the group that leads and manages the GP, consists of the Directors mentioned above and nine Agriculture Practice Managers, who manage the roughly 280 staff working on Agriculture in all six Regions and on global programs.  About a third of the staff are located in Country Offices.Â
The Agriculture GP works with and across multiple sectors, in recognition of the fact that agriculture outcomes often depend on actions that lie outside the Practice, and the GP actively contributes to work managed by other Global Practices.   Accordingly, a capacity to work across GP boundaries, forge coalitions and influence multi-practice solutions is essential for achieving the major objectives of improving agriculture outcomes.
In Benin, agriculture accounts for approximately 32 percent of GDP. Agriculture remains the most important sector for jobs and livelihoods, providing approximately 70 percent of jobs. Benin’s agricultural sector growth has averaged around 4 percent recent years, significantly below the target growth rate of 6 percent, the African Union’s Comprehensive Agricultural Development Program (CAADP)’s target. However, agriculture remains the sector with the highest potential for growth and job creation. The Bank’s recently approved Country Partnership Framework (CPF) program proposes deploying a range of the WBG’s instruments to help the government achieve its goal of transforming agriculture from low-productivity and largely subsistence based to meeting its potential for high-growth, more export-oriented production that contributes far more than at present to overall economic growth and produces new jobs for a rapidly growing labor force. The Bank is also providing assistance to Benin through policy dialogue.
The primary responsibility of the Agriculture Economist will be to contribute to the development and implementation of the Agriculture GP’s work program in Benin.
The Agriculture Economist will report to the Practice Manager in charge of West Africa, who is based at World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, and assist him/her in the delivery of the work program, assurance of quality, interaction with internal and external clients, including the government and private sector, and strategic partnerships.
In addition, the Agriculture Economist will work under the regular oversight of the Country Manager, who is based in Cotonou.
 In particular, the Agriculture Economist will :
The selected candidate will report to the Agriculture GP’s Practice Manager for West Africa. S/he will coordinate closely with the AFMBJ Country Management Unit, and with the Sustainable Development Program Leader for AFCF2.
The World Bank Group values diversity and encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of World Bank Group member countries to apply, regardless of gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Sub-Saharan African nationals, Caribbean nationals, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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