Overseas Development Institute Fellowships

The Fellowship Scheme has two specific goals:

To provide governments of developing countries with high calibre junior professional economists where gaps in local expertise exist.

To provide recent postgraduate economists with practical work experience in a developing country.

Governments often face capacity problems and view the Scheme as an effective means of employing well-qualified and highly motivated economists. Fellows become line employees within the civil service making this a highly flexible form of technical support.

The host government draws up Terms of Reference for each two-year posting. The success of the Scheme and the respect it has gained from governments is demonstrated by the consistently high demand for Fellows and by the degree of responsibility often entrusted to Fellows.

For more information visit the website: http://www.odi.org.uk/fellowship-scheme/