Research Economist

Description:

The project is executed by the Digital Earth team within the Global Unit for Disaster and Climate Risk Management at the World Bank. The Digital Earth team aims to enhance the resilience of vulnerable countries and communities to climate change and natural hazard disasters through greater access to and adoption of frontier earth observation tools & services. This is achieved by developing and transferring global knowledge, mobilizing key partnerships, and providing operational support to client-executed and Bank activities in the production and use of earth observation for resilience. The initial key partner of Digital Earth is the European Space Agency (ESA) through a cooperation framework linked to the ESA Global Development Assistance (GDA) program.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

This project is supported by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) through the GFDRR Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries for Global Resilience. GFDRR is a global partnership program established on September 29, 2006, to support developing countries on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. The facility is administered by the World Bank and governed by a Consultative Group including several other international organizations and countries. GFDRR was initially launched to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA) approved during the Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005. On March 18, 2015, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) was adopted. GFDRR now supports the implementation of this framework.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Research Economist

The Research Economist will support the different activities of the project that will be summarized in a strategic White Paper on Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) to enhance disaster risk, climate risk and other analytics at the World Bank. The work involves conducting economic analysis, cost-benefit assessments, and providing strategic recommendations to optimize the acquisition, use, and sharing of DEMs across various sectors within the Bank.