Job Description | ||||
| Job Title: | Associate Research Fellow/Research Fellow | Application Deadline: | ||
| Job Category: | Department: | DSGD | ||
| Location: | Cairo, Egypt | Appointment Duration: | 2 Year | |
| Job Code: | 16-144 | Position Type: | Renewable | |
Essential Duties:
Specific duties include but not limited to:
- Conduct innovative research on agricultural and rural transformation, with a particular attention to poverty reduction, food security, and employment using cutting-edge econometric modeling techniques
- Conduct quantitative research on the impact of agricultural and rural development policies and investments, incl. in refugee hosting communities and countries
- Publish papers in top, peer-reviewed journals and IFPRI outlets (books, policy briefs etc.)
- Contribute to the development of a public investment/project impact simulation tool and provide related capacity building to governments and local analysts
- Lead country case studies and coordinate related research, capacity building and communication activities
- Represent projects at various occasions, including at conferences and meetings
- Support the broader IFPRI Egypt research agenda, assist in reporting on program/project activities and help developing new research projects