Job # 091973
Job Title Agric. Economist (Yaounde, Cameroon)
Job Family Agriculture & Rural Development
Location Yaounde, Cameroon
Appointment Local Hire
Job Posted 03-Nov-2009
Closing Date 17-Nov-2009
Language Requirements English [Essential]; French [Essential]
Appointment Type See Job Description Below
The selected staff member will contribute to the effectiveness and coherence of our agricultural work in Cameroon, together with other country-based AFTAR colleagues, colleagues in AFTAR as a whole, and the Cameroon country team. Accountabilities include the following:
• Contribute to policy dialogue on agricultural and rural issues and interactions with the client and partners, and alert management (both country and sector) to issues requiring attention;
• Lead/initiate/participate in analytical and strategic work pertaining to agricultural growth and productivity in Cameroon, including work managed by AFTAR and that managed by other units, but requiring input from our staff, such as public expenditure analysis;
• Assume an active role in the Cameroon country team with the aim to ensure adequate and appropriate integration of relevant aspects of the agriculture and rural development agenda in core Bank products, including country assistance strategy, country economic memorandum and the like.
• Contribute to, and where possible lead, key operations important to the agricultural sector, both within the portfolios within Sustainable Development, and more generally; e.g., budget support operations. Assure timely delivery of these operations with high levels of quality;
• Provide regular follow-up on implementation issues for the AFTAR portfolio with the Government of Cameroon, the project implementation team, partners, and civil society;
• Serve as an active member of the AFTAR technical and operational unit, contributing to the Region’s strategic scale up of support for agricultural productivity.
• Participate in collaborative and coordination efforts with local donors to optimize synergy with Bank supported projects and programs and to leverage IDA resources where feasible.
• Participate in the dialogue with relevant representatives of the private sector in order to keep abreast with issues related to the business investment climate and identify possible areas of collaboration through public-private-partnerships.
