PowerPoint Presentation Economic Growth and development in Southeast Asia

Careers in International Development Policy: What is the Frontier?

Valerie Kozel ([e-mail])

Adjunct Associate Professor

La Follette School of Public Affairs

Informal Discussion: how to start a career in international development

Based on my experiences at the World Bank and outside

As well as… conversations with development practitioners (willing to answer your questions and queries)

• Pierre Fallavier: Chief, Social Policy, Policy and Monitoring at UNICEF in South Sudan (MIT urban and regional studies)
• Dean Cira: Lead Urban Specialist at the WB in Nairobi (La Follette)
• Brendan Brian Brady: Consultant at the World Bank (recent grad of Harvard Kennedy School)

Including several here today e.g.

• Chris Russell: joint degree La Follette and UW law school, ex-Peace Corps in Ukraine
• Steve Malpezzi: UW Professor, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics in the B-school, and ex-WB

Widespread agreement: its a tough job market and breaking into development requires passion, persistence, and patience coupled with a lot of luck. There are things you can do to increase you chances… we will discuss some today

Widespread agreement: its a tough job market and breaking into development requires passion, persistence, and patience coupled with a lot of luck. There are things you can do to increase you chances… we will discuss some today

There is an enormous amount of material on the web focused on jobs in international development including

• Websites providing guidance, with related job-boards (e.g. DevEx)
• Alanna Shaikh’s, Chris Blattman’s really helpful blogs e.g. http://chrisblattman.com/2009/04/20/getting-a-job-in-international-development/
• Conventional job boards e.g. ReliefWeb, UNJobFinder.org (good site, includes internships and entry level jobs), career pages run by firms e.g. Gates, Chemonics, DAI, etc.
• Facebook group “International Jobs for Young Professionals” with 116,900 (!) current members
• Coupled with many articles, books, advice…