The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The company also maintains 31 field offices around the world to promote social and economic development in Asia. The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East or ECAFE) and non-regional developed countries.
The Internship Program helps ADB enhance a platform to exchange and generate knowledge with external partners. It also enables ADB to identify potential future staff. The main topic of this internship is Global Value Chains – Measurement and labor market implications.
Location:
PhilippinesBenefits
- ADB provides a stipend of 69 USD per day for a maximum of 56 calendar days only. Interns may choose to continue work beyond 56 calendar days in agreement with the designated supervisors but without stipend.
- Time-series of supply and use tables (SUTs) and Input-Output tables (IOTs) for Asian and Pacific countries;
- GVC statistics based on advanced analytical techniques and accounting frameworks;
- Key trends based on SUTs, IOTs and GVC statistics;
- Improved statistics on employment and incorporating firm heterogeneity;
- Statistics on real effective exchange rates (REER) based on advanced techniques and cutting-edge methods;
- Development of cutting-edge measures, such as the length of GVCs, value-added contribution by sector by country, etc.;
- Assessed relative magnitude of offshoring-onshoring (or reshoring) trend based on developed measures;
- Assessed impact of GVC on labor market outcomes based on new methods and/or enhance existing methods;
- Presentations on GVC impact on labor market outcomes for ADB seminars and workshops;
- Training of the workshop participants in GVC related data development and analytical techniques and methods
Eligibilities
- Be enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Economics, with specialization in international trade
- Has produced research or analytical work related to global value chains;
- Has produced and analyzed GVC-related statistics;
- Has worked with and applied advanced analytical and econometric techniques to analyze trade and production data;
- Is highly proficient in MS Office, as well as statistical and mathematical programming software such as MATLAB, STATA and SAS;
- Proven experience in operationalizing advanced and complex analytical methods and econometric and statistical accounting frameworks
- Possesses very good writing and presentation skills
Application Process
Apply Online Through The Given Link.
For further information please visit their official website.
Application Deadline: February 4, 2018
Application ClosedOfficial link
