Apply! Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship

JJWBGSP offers scholarships for over 200 Preferred Programs spanning a wide array of development topics and for 14 Partner Programs at universities in U.S., Africa and Japan in key areas of development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and infrastructure management.

Programme
Masters Degree

Deadline
23 Feb 2017 (annual)

Value
Provides tuition, a monthly living stipend, round-trip airfare, health insurance, and travel allowance.

Eligibility
• Be a national of a World Bank member developing country;

• Not hold dual citizenship of a developed country;

• Be in good health;

• Hold a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;

• Have 3 years or more of recent development-related experience after earning a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree;

• Be accepted unconditionally to enroll in the upcoming academic year in at least one of the JJWBGSP Preferred or Partner masters degree Programs;

• Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of all types of appointments of the World Bank Group or a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term “close relative” defined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew
For Application Instructions, visit http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/scholarships .