The Research Assistant Program (RAP) is intended for students recently graduated with an undergraduate degree with a superior academic record, who would like to gain some useful work experience before pursuing further studies or moving on to other employment opportunities. Assignments are limited to a two-year period and mainly support the operational and policy work of Fund economists. Research assistants in the RAP must leave the Fund after their two-year appointments are completed.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
RAP participants may be asked to research, collect and compile information; maintain and update quantitative and qualitative economic, financial, or statistical databases; process, consolidate, and transform data sets within and between databases using statistical and/or econometric techniques; evaluate economic, financial or statistical relationships in databases; analyze economic time series data; design systems to facilitate interfaces or to transfer data between external an in-house databases.
Educational Requirements:
Completion of an undergraduate degree in economics, computer science, statistics, math, or business administration is required. Candidates should have at least a 3.5 GPA (cumulative) or equivalent in both their fields of study and in their overall program.
