International-organisations
Many of our students go on to work in international organisations spanning a wide variety of roles. Opportunities range from working in governmental and non-governmental organisations, multilateral or intergovernmental organisations, research institutes and academic organisations.
Roles in this sector include policy making, advocacy, project management and research, among others.
Useful Websites
For further options you may want to use the following websites:
| Asian Development Bank |
Regional development bank, headquarters in Philippines, aimed to provide social and economic development in Asia (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Centre for Democracy and Development |
Non-profit organisation working on democracy, peace and human rights in Africa
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| Center For Global Development |
Think tank based in D.C. and London providing policy advice on multiple areas such as education, global health policy, climate change etc. (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Centre for the Study of African Economies |
Research institute based at the University of Oxford
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| Dalberg |
Management consultancy working on areas of development and growth (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Danske Bank |
Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| European Commission |
Government administration responsible for preparing legislation for the European Council and parliament (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| GiveDirectly |
Charity that gives money directly to poor people in Africa (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| GiveWell |
NGO which evaluates the cost-effectiveness of charity interventions in global health and development (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| IDinsight |
Research organisation that provides advice and data analysis to governments, multilaterals, foundations, and non-profit organisations in developing countries (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Innovations for Poverty Action |
American non-profit research and policy organisation that brings researchers and decision-makers together to design solutions to poverty problems and evaluate them using RCTs (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| International Food Policy Research Institute |
Research institute focused on agriculture in developing countries (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| International Growth Centre |
Research centre based at the LSE in partnership with Oxford’s Blavatnik School. Aims to provide demand-led policy advice to promote sustainable growth in developing countries (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| International Initiative for Impact Evaluation |
International non-profit organisation working on development policies and programmes
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| International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
International financial institution with a more macroeconomics focus. Also works in areas of international trade and economic growth (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| International Trade Center |
International organisation working on the development of micro, small and medium sized enterprises (Follow on LinkedIn) |
| Inter-American Development Bank |
International financial institution engaged in development work in Latin America and the Caribbean (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Oxfam |
Confederation of charities focused on fighting poverty (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Oxford Policy Management |
International development consultancy helping low and middle income countries in achieving growth and reducing poverty (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Reserve Bank of India (RBI) |
Central bank of India (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Lab (J-PAL) |
Research centre with locations around the globe that runs randomised control trials in order to evaluate policies in development (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| The Center for Evaluation and Development |
Non-profit research center and registered charity that aims to bridge the gap between research and practice in global development (Follow on LinkedIn) |
| The Development Data Lab |
Policy organisation which uses cutting edge econometric and machine learning tools to generate policy-relevant insights that would be difficult to arrive at using other data sources (Follow on LinkedIn) |
| The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) |
International economic organisation (Follow on LinkedIn) |
| Transparency International |
NGO that aims to fight corruption (Follow on LinkedIn)
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UN’s development agency working in areas of poverty eradication, reduction of inequalities and exclusion (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| World Agroforestry Centre |
Research organisation working in areas related to the environment (Follow on LinkedIn)
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International financial institution. It both funds development and does research (Follow on LinkedIn)
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| Hart Group | Provides specialist consultancy expertise to the oil and gas and mining sectors. |