World Bank Scholarships Program

World Bank Scholarships Program
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 The World Bank Scholarships Program is a development economics scholarship for students and young researchers from developing countries administered by the World Bank's Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) ¹. The scholarship program has the following features 


- Active Programs

    - Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)

    - Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSMFP)

- Inactive Program

    - Japan Indonesia Presidential Scholarship Program (JIPS)

- Scholarship Benefits

    - Tuition for graduate program

    - Basic medical insurance obtained through the university

    - Travel allowance

    - Monthly subsistence allowance

- Eligibility Criteria

    - Must be a national of a World Bank member developing country

    - Must be admitted to at least one of the JJ/WBGSP preferred university master’s programs

    - Must be in good health

    - Must not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any appointment of the World Bank Group

- Participating Universities

    - University of Birmingham

    - University of Wisconsin-Madison

    - University of California-Berkeley

    - Johns Hopkins University

    - Australian National University

    - Erasmus University Rotterdam

    - Harvard University

    - Keio University

    - London School of Economics

    - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

    - Saitama University

    - SOAS University of London

    - Stanford University

    - University of Hong Kong

    - University of Leeds

    - University of Oxford

    - University of Sussex

    - University of Tokyo

    - University of Tsukuba

    - Yokohama National University

    - Brandeis University

    - Columbia University

    - KIT-Vrije Universiteit

    - Williams College