To support the PRS preparations, the Belgian and Luxemburg Governments, through their respective development cooperation agencies, established Belgian and Luxemburg Partnership for Poverty Reduction (BPRP and LPRP) Trust Funds. The BPRP and LPRP are Trust Funds managed by the World Bank to support preparation and implementation of PRSPs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Niger, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. The key priorities of these Trust Funds (TFs) are:
• to achieve a closer collaboration on the ground between the World Bank and the Government units designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating poverty reduction policies and programs in the partner countries and at the sub-regional level;
• to scale-up the analytical work funded by the TFs in order to better inform the PRSPs and their implementation, with a focus on improving poverty diagnostic work, conducting poverty and social impact analysis (PSIAs) of major reforms and policies, and reinforcing the links between the PRSPs and the budget (including work on Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks within the context of the Millennium Development Goals);
• and to scale-up capacity building initiatives for Government staff and Ministries, and where necessary other stakeholders such as civil society NGOs and parliaments, with again a focus on poverty diagnostic work, PSIAs, and the analysis of the links between PRSPs and the budget.
The emphasis on capacity building and close collaboration with Government planning units connected with the implementation of PRSPs will be especially important for the position. In addition, the ability of the poverty economist to work well in teams and contribute to the broader PREM and Country team program in the country will also be essential.
Senior Poverty Economist
World Bank - Senior Poverty Economist
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