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Young Professionals Program at the World Bank
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Who are the YPs?
Professional Experience

"T" Shaped Integrator ProfileYoung Professionals are recruited from throughout the World, and they represent various academic and professional backgrounds. Young Professionals are hired based on the business needs of the World Bank, with the profile to be "Integrators" and the potential to become future leaders of the institution.

The aim of the Program is to identify candidates with "T-Shaped" skills, where an individual has not only expertise in the form of technical depth but professional breadth including the ability to "see the bigger picture" as well as the client engagement and team skills that is essential to our work.

Young Professional Profile
Average Age
31 years
Average years of work
experience with M.A.
5 ½ years
Average years of work
experience with PH.D.
4 ½ years

More specifically, we assess candidates for Client Orientation, Professional Expertise, and Team Leadership skills, and ensure that they view development as being holistic and have the ability to work in a multi-sectoral manner. Since its inceptions in 1963, the Program has recruited over 1,000 people from nearly 90 different countries, who now range from new recruits to vice presidents in the World Bank.
Profiles of Staff Who Joined as Young Professionals
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Zoubida Allaoua
Zoubida Allaoua
Algeria
"My experience with the Young Professionals Program is that it gives professionals an opportunity to balance between learning and contributing to the organization."
Modibo Khane Camara
Mali
"The Young Professional Program gives one the flexibility to work in different areas, and thereby facilitates the learning about the various facets of development work."
Modibo Khane Camara
Sari K. Soderstrom
Sari K. Soderstrom
Sweden
"The excitement of project work and seeing first hand how they can benefit people started with my experience with the Young Professionals Program then, and is still continuing, unabated."
Migara Jayawardena
Sri Lanka
"The Young Professionals Program is for well rounded development professionals who not only have deep technical skills in their field of expertise, but also the talent to work in diverse teams so that they can deliver results for our clients."
Migara Jayawardena
Motoo Konishi
Motoo Konishi
Japan
"My experience with the Young Professionals Program was great in that I traveled with teams of real world-class practitioners to hands-on learn the trade of the theories I read and studied."
Samuel K. E. Otoo
Ghana
"The Young Professionals Program provides you with fascinating immersion opportunities in development."
Samuel K. E. Otoo
Marilou Uy
Marilou Jane D. Uy
The Philippines
"I was fortunate to have been in the Young Professionals Program as I had the opportunity of working with really good professionals and mentors."
Carine Clert
France
"The Young Professionals Program gave me the opportunity to achieve a professional goal, which was to work for an institution where I could have an impact on the ground."
Carine Clert
Vinod Thomas
Vinod Thomas
India
"The Young Professionals Program is a great forum to bring together and blend the wonderful talents from around the world with the World Bank's world-wide experience."
Safaa El Tayeb El-Kogali
Sudan
"The Young Professionals Program brings young people from diverse backgrounds, disciplines and experiences together in a united effort to contribute to the development of societies and the fight against poverty."
Safaa El Tayeb El-Kogali
Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez
Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez
Colombia
"The Young Professionals Program offers you a solid base to distinguish a path and start a career in the World Bank."
Jane Armitage
United Kingdom
"The Young Professionals Program is a great leadership opportunity in development."
Jane Armitage
Muhammad Ali Pate
Muhammad Ali Pate
Nigeria
"The Young Professionals Program provides an excellent opportunity to join the World Bank in order to explore how the institution works and then determining the direction of your career."
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