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The South Asia Region comprises eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) that range in size from India (with a population of over 1 billion) to Maldives (with 0.3 million people). The Region has experienced a long period of robust economic growth, averaging 6% a year over the past 20 years. It was the second-fastest growing region in the world in the aftermath of the global crisis. This strong growth has translated into declining poverty and impressive improvements in human development. The percentage of people living below the poverty line fell in South Asia from 56% to 16% between 1981 and 2013. Still, the region remains home to a third of the world’s poorest, with 216 million people living below $1.9/day.
Nepal is part of the SACSN Country Management Unit along with Maldives and Sri Lanka, with a Country Director and Operations Manager for Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka based in Kathmandu, Nepal. In addition to the Country Director, the Operations Manager, a Senior Operations Office, and an Operations Analyst in Nepal, the SACSN CMU includes a Country Manager, a Sr. Operations Officer, and an Operations Analyst in Colombo, Sri Lanka, an Operations Officer in Male, Maldives, as well as a Washington-based Senior Country Officer/Country Program Coordinator.
Nepal is undergoing a historic transition toward a federal democratic republic and has adopted (along with fifteen development partners) the globally-renowned Kathmandu Declaration in 2021 formally aligning itself with the Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development (GRID) framework supported by the World Bank. Nepal has a large development partners’ presence with active in-country donor coordination mechanisms, including the International Development Partners Group.
This represents a window of opportunity for the country to further reduce poverty, increase the income of the bottom 40 percent, and pursue its ambitious agenda of inclusive growth and accountable service delivery. The Nepal program has a portfolio value at about US$2.3 billion. Nepal is implementing the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with priority in three focus areas: (1) Public institutions and policies in a federalization context, (2) Growth and employment, and (3) Inclusion and resilience. The World Bank country program provides financial support and technical advisory services across a broad range of sectors, with focus in infrastructure, energy, human development services, climate, and disaster risk management. In addition, the priority of the program is also to support implementation of federalism. World Bank assistance is channeled through government system for agreed development priorities.
Technical Teams from the World Bank are drawn from staff in the Kathmandu Office and from around the world.
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka is in the midst of an unprecedented financial crisis that has impacted every aspect of the economy, and that has reversed previous human capital gains. Sri Lanka remains in the midst of this transition away from crisis to recovery, with continued areas of vulnerability. The World Bank has held a key role in working with the Sri Lankan authorities and development partners to support the recovery and a return to Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development. With a portfolio of approximately $3 billion and a complex analytical program, the World Bank has recently introduced a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) FY23-26, focusing on: (i) Supporting resilient, inclusive, and robust economic growth (ii) Protecting and enhancing human and natural capital.
The World Bank in Sri Lanka: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/srilanka
Maldives: The Maldives is an island nation comprised of many islands and atolls dispersed in the Indian ocean. It is made up of 1,192 small coral islands of which 198 are inhabited by a local population of 543,620 individuals. With more territorial sea than land, marine resources have played a vital role in shaping economic development, with nature-based tourism and fisheries as key drivers of economic growth. Maldives is a growth success story, with a high per capital income classification, but remains vulnerable to both climactic and macroeconomic crises. With a current portfolio of around 10 IDA projects and one IDA guarantee operation with a net commitment of around $200 million, the engagement covers support education, environmental management, health emergency, social protection, urban resilience, renewable energy, youth employment, macro-fiscal and solid waste management, among others.
The World Bank in the Maldives: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/maldives
Duties and Accountabilities:
The Senior Operations Officer in Nepal is a member of the CMU Operations Team. Under the leadership of the Operations Manager, the Sr. Operations Officer in Nepal oversees the CMU program monitoring and portfolio management, supports the Country Director and the Operations Manager in managing the relationship with government counterparts on operational and portfolio issues, and provides operational support to task teams in Nepal and across CMU countries as necessary. He/she will also back up other members of the CMU as needed.
More specifically, as part of the Country Management Unit (CMU), the Senior Operations Officer in Nepal will:
Selection Criteria:
Source: https://worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=27429&site=1
The World Bank in the Maldives: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/maldives
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