World Bank Internships Bring PEPM Students Closer to MPA Degree

SIPA’s Program in Economic Policy Management (PEPM) is a 14-month mid-career professional program that provides professionals and policymakers with the skills to design and implement economic policy in market economies, with a strong emphasis on the economic problems of developing and transition economies.

Each year PEPM enrolls 50 or so students, who study at SIPA from July through May before completing either a research project on campus or an internship at an economic policy-oriented institution. This summer, 25 members of PEPM’s 2012 class are completing internships at the World Bank Group in Washington.

Dobrina Gogova (PEPM ’12) is working under the supervision of Mr. Indermit Gill, chief economist of the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia region. Dobrina (fourth from left) shared this recent photo of classmates who attended a lecture by Gill (fifth from left) on July 2.

Following the completion of their internships, PEPM students produce a report on their experience, emphasizing how they put into practice what they learned during the program’s first 11 months. PEPM students finish the program in August and are certified for the Master of Public Administration degree in October.