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The World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) provides scholarships to students and young researchers, contributing to the World Bank’s mission of forging new dynamic approaches to capacity development and knowledge sharing in the developing world. It is an important component of the World Bank’s efforts to promote economic development and shared prosperity through investing in education, capacity building, and developing human resources in the developing world.

1. Johns Hopkins Master of Public Health 2. University of Birmingham MSc Conflict, State Building and Development 3. University of California-Berkeley Master of Development Practice 4. University of Hong Kong Master of Urban Design (MUD) 5. University of Wisconsin-Madison Educational Policy Studies 6. Vrije Universiteit - KIT

Scholarships based on merit have a real allure. They create incentives for children to exert more effort to learn in school rather than just to attend. In Kenya, merit-based scholarships for primary school students led to learning gains even among children whose initial performance was so low that they had little chance of winning the scholarships. But merit-based scholarships can have adverse impacts as well.

The World Bank Scholarship Program (DECSP) of the World Bank Group (WBG), hereinafter referred to as “DECSP”, invites accredited institutions currently offering master degree programs in development to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) for the delivery of services related to hosting scholars funded by the Government of Japan through the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJWBGSP) to attain master degrees in development (excluding Law and Masters in Business ...

The World Bank Group's recruitment policy is to hire staff of the highest caliber, on as wide a geographical basis as possible, with preference to nationals of WBG member countries or countries of operations.. The World Bank Group offers unique programs that provide learning, staffing, and capacity-building opportunities for junior and mid-career professionals to experience first-hand what ...

from Donotreply_scholarships@worldbank.org Please make sure your follow-up with your recommender(s) if any of your recommendations hasn’t been received as we get closer to the deadline. If we do not receive the two required recommendations by the application deadline, your application will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed. II.

• Giving scholarships to those applicants who, other things being equal, appear to have limited financial resources . Step 2: The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat presents the finalists to the JJ/WBGSP Steering Committee (composed of members of the World Bank Board of Directors and WB management) for final review and selection of the winners of the award.

Universities have many graduate programs, but JJ/WBGSP scholarships from this call for applications are only for the GPE program. Can I receive this scholarship for undergraduate studies, PhD studies, or non-degree graduate studies? No. This scholarship does not sponsor PhD studies, undergraduate studies, distance learning