YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS
PROGRAM
THREE INSTITUTIONS.
DEVELOPING LEADERS.
FOR JOINT IMPACT.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
For over 50 years, the Young Professionals Program has attracted some of the
brightest young minds to contribute to the World Bank Group’s top priorities,
from poverty eradication, social development and climate change to the current
response to the COVID-19 crisis.
On June 1, 2020, the World Bank and IFC merged their respective Young
Professionals Programs, and included MIGA, to create one World Bank Group
Young Professionals Program (The WBG YPP). The new program will be accepting
applications on behalf of three of our institutions: the World Bank, IFC and MIGA.
Building on the rich legacy of its predecessor programs, The WBG YPP will recruit
and develop future leaders to collaborate effectively across our institutions on joint
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