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Description
WBG Pioneers, the World Bank Group’s Internship Program, offers undergraduate and postgraduate students a high impact learning experience at the heart of global development. Participants gain hands on experience in a diverse and dynamic environment, contribute fresh perspectives and innovative ideas, and connect with international professionals working to end poverty on a livable planet.
WBG Pioneer
Background/Organizational Context
The World Bank Group is one of the
largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique
global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty,
increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189
member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and
private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data,
research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global
challenges. For more information, 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. 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 making major strides in agricultural
innovation and climate smart agriculture, increasing job opportunities in rural
areas, raising efficiency in food production and distribution systems,
promoting environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive production
practices, strengthening agricultural policies and institutions, supporting
agribusiness value chains, and encouraging collaboration among private and
public actors throughout the food system. Agriculture and Agribusiness is an
essential pathway to create jobs and achieve the World Bank Group’s target of
doubling agri-finance and agribusiness investments to $9 billion annually by
2030 and promoting job security for as many as 200 million farmers worldwide.
Additionally, the World Bank Group’s
AgriConnect initiative is a flagship program designed to accelerate the
transformation of agri-food systems. AgriConnect aims to create an
interconnected ecosystem that unlocks innovation, investment, and sustainable growth
across priority value chains, supporting the shift from traditional agriculture
to modern agribusiness. AgriConnect also reduces structural constraints and
transaction costs faced by rural producers, by improving association and
cooperative management, digital technical assistance, and their marketing and
sales. In addition, by strengthening cooperatives/associations and value
addition (processing, certification/SPG, branding/labels, market channels), it
will crowd in private off-takers, service providers, and downstream investment.
Brazil is an AgriConnect first-mover country, and collaboration with IFC, MIGA
and the private sector in sub-national Project implementation is already
underway.
The Latin America and Caribbean
Region Unit of the Farming and Agribusiness Department of the WBG (SLCAG) has
an active and diversified lending portfolio, which includes investment projects
in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Honduras, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina,
Uruguay, Jamaica and Haiti, among others, and is one of the largest in the
Region.
In Brazil, the SLCAG unit has a
multi-year program of support to family farmers with several States and the
federal government for 1.1 billion USD, operations in preparation with
Financial institutions and ongoing policy dialogue with federal and State entities
on repurposing agricultural policies towards a greener, more resilient sector
that creates jobs.
Duties and Responsibilities
1.
The intern will support the Brazil SCLAG team in the implementation of
AgriConnect across the multiple phases of the Brazil AGF Multi Programmatic
Approach portfolio. The Brazil MPA Program is structured around 12 phases (12
Projects) and enables a gradual expansion of agrifood public goods and
services; directly supports family farmers; transforms agrifood systems; and
provides a unique opportunity to inform public policies and programs. It
fosters collaboration across federal and state governments to unify Brazil's
fragmented agrifood policies into a cohesive national strategy; by (a)
developing a shared national vision; (b) creating a tailored menu of
investments for different government tiers; and (c) implementing a learning
agenda through a robust monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge system, including
evaluation of existing agrifood policies to identify challenges and generate
knowledge for refining and scaling effective policies. The MPAs will be
implemented through a three-pillar strategy: (a) Pillar 1: Provides direct
support to family farmers and their organizations, reducing financial barriers
to productive investments; (b) Pillar 2: Improves the delivery of last-mile
agrifood public goods and services to create better conditions for agrifood system
development; and (c) Pillar 3: Creates a feedback loop where governments can
shift towards green, resilient, and inclusive agrifood policies.
2.
The intern will be based in the Brazil CMU and will interact with the Brazil
Agriculture team (3 members based in DC, 3 in Brasilia) and will report to
Leonardo Bichara Rocha, Sr Agriculture Economist.
The
intern is expected to work with Project Teams in the following tasks:
1.
Provide assistance in the formatting and collation of mission reports, aide
memoires, implementation status reports, and other documents related to the
AgriConnect MPA portfolio;
2.
Provide inputs to project documentation, such as PAD, PCN, ICR, ISR,
Restructuring Papers, and other regular reports;
3.
Actively participate in technical and bilateral meetings with specialists of
client project teams to track implementation progress, and provide support to
project implementation;
4.
Assist the TTL in the tracking of
documentation review submitted to the Bank by the client project teams,
including ToR, Editais, Progress Implementation Reports etc;
5.
Collect and analyse data related to Project preparation and supervision;
6.
Provide meaningful data, information, graphs, images, tables, pictures for
analytical documents and presentations on topics relevant to agriculture and
rural development in Brazil; and
7.
Undertake other tasks as agreed with Task Team Leaders from time to time.
Selection Criteria
• Candidates must be currently enrolled in a postgraduate (master’s/PhD) program
• Academic background must align with the requirements outlined in the job description
• Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines
• Proficiency in English; additional languages may be required depending on the role
• Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree.
• Candidates must have interest in development work and making an impact
• Candidates must be self-driven.
• Possess a sense of urgency, exhibit innovation, and have a strong intellectual curiosity.
• Strong teamwork orientation and good interpersonal skills.
• Positive attitude.
Note: Please limit your applications to a maximum of three positions. Applications exceeding this limit will not be considered.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.
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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