Post of duty: Washington, D.C. - USA
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
About this position
We are looking for an economics or public policy professional with extensive experience working with household and expenditure survey micro-data to support research on tax equity. As a researcher, you will support database management, research production, design of fiscal interventions, policy dialogues, and knowledge dissemination events.
You will work in the Fiscal Management Division (IFD/FMM) part of the Institutions for Development Sector (IFD). This team is responsible for supporting improvements in fiscal policy and management in the region, both at the national and subnational levels.
In the field of fiscal equity, the IDB team has been generating evidence-based tools to inform the design and implementation of fiscal policies, so that they play a key role in reducing poverty and income inequality in the region. This consultancy will support efforts to consolidate these tools and to generate new tools to analyze different dimensions of equity in the region and to simulate the equity effects of policy reforms. The specific countries to be worked on will depend on the requests for support to be reviewed.
What you’ll do
- Review of the technical work on tax incidence analysis methodologies for LAC countries.
- Manage microdata bases, merge complex datasets, and perform tax incidence and income redistribution analysis under limited supervision.
- Provide technical advice on the generation of harmonized microdata on income concepts and variables related to fiscal interventions for countries to be defined.
- Conduct microsimulations analysis to assess the impact of fiscal policies on equity and poverty. The policies to be simulated will be defined during dialogue with countries.
- Participate in dialogues with country and IDB authorities and make presentation and policy recommendations as exponent in workshops and relevant events, as required.
- Hold meetings with the IDB team to discuss methodologies and present progress in the work performed.
Deliverables and Payments Timeline
The selected consultant will periodically submit a report detailing the days worked and summarizing the activities carried out during this period.
What you’ll need
- Education: Master's degree in Economics, Public Policy or Political Science.
- Experience: 5 years of experience in topics related to public policy, economics, and equity.
- Languages: Proficiency in English and one of the Bank's other official languages (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is required.
Key skills
- Extensive experience in working with microdata from household income and expenditure surveys.
- Learn continuously.
- Collaborate and share knowledge.
- Focus on clients.
- Communicate and influence.
- Innovate and try new things.
Requirements
- Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.
- Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
Type of contract and duration
- Type of Contract: External Products and Services Consultant (PEC), Retainer.
- Length of contract: 12 months.
- Work Location: Remote.
What we offer
The IDB Group offers benefits that respond to the different needs and moments in an employee's life. These benefits include:
- A competitive compensation package.
- A flexible way of working. You will be evaluated by deliverable.
Our cultureAt the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.
About the IDB Group
The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About the IDB
The Inter-American Development Bank's mission is to improve lives. Founded in 1959, the IDB is a leading source of long-term financing for economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB also conducts cutting-edge research projects and provides policy advice, technical assistance, and training to public and private clients throughout the region.
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Additional Information- External Opening Date: Mar 6, 2024
- External Closing Date: Apr 15, 2024
- External Contact Email: hrsc@iadb.org
- External Contact Name: HR Service Center
- Job Field: Technical Support