WBG Pioneer - Sectoral Regulatory Efficiency Assessments Intern

Job Description:

The Regulatory Efficiency Unit (DECRE) is expanding its methodology to sectoral regulatory efficiency assessments in priority areas where administrative procedures, public services, and regulatory implementation directly affect investment, competitiveness, and market access. The first sectoral workstreams focus on Critical Resource Minerals and Agribusiness. In Critical Resource Minerals, DECRE assesses regulatory predictability, licensing, cadastre and permitting systems, inter-agency coordination, transparency, and practical bottlenecks affecting responsible mineral sector development. In Agribusiness, DECRE assesses regulatory and service-delivery systems across agrifood value chains, including input markets, SPS and trade procedures, land, water, standards, traceability, and related administrative processes. This internship will help build a strong evidence base for multi-country diagnostics, operational engagements, and reform-oriented knowledge products. Duties and Responsibilities * Conduct desk research on laws, regulations, institutions, administrative procedures, and public service delivery in Critical Resource Minerals and Agribusiness across selected countries. * Support mapping of end-to-end regulatory processes, such as mineral exploration and mining licenses, cadastral procedures, environmental and social permits, seed and fertilizer registration, SPS certification, trade-related procedures, land and water access, and other sector-specific processes. * Assist with adapting questionnaires and data collection instruments to sector and country contexts, including preparation of respondent guidance, trackers, and evidence files. * Help identify and organize potential expert contributors, including mining lawyers, geologists, environmental consultants, cadastre and regulatory specialists, agribusiness firms, SPS and trade experts, input suppliers, and relevant public agencies. * Support coding, cleaning, validation, and triangulation of de jure and de facto data, including time, cost, procedural steps, transparency requirements, digital services, agency coordination, and implementation practices. * Prepare concise analytical inputs, benchmarking tables, process maps, country notes, slide materials, and background sections for proposals, reports, operational briefs, and dissemination products. * Provide broader research and operational support to sectoral task teams, including source management, meeting notes, country scoping, and coordination support as needed