Afghanistan: Research Specialist

Vacancy number: AWW/RS/005 (Please make sure to mention this when you register your application)

Background,

Accord Worldwide is an international development and training firm. We provide services with a passion to bring about change in the grass root level. We come from various cultural and geographical backgrounds to make a diverse team connected by a shared vision and mission.
At Accord Worldwide, our core value is to reach out and bring forth an understanding with development and empowerment of the individual within the community level, within corporate teams, government entities, and public/private establishments. We believe that in developing the individual with the right skills, he/she is able to empower and differentiate and change the environment around, hence being an asset and core part of development of his niche community and the nation at a large. We believe in the importance of equipping the individuals with skills and knowledge that bridge the distance between infrastructure and information, shaping them into dynamic professionals in an increasingly competitive world, who in-turn make a positive impact on the environment (professional, personal or social) they associate with. We connect organizations and teams to be part of community development activities that contribute to the nation’s growth and development.

Project Background,

Accord Worldwide intends to conduct an in depth study that focuses on prospective analysis to feed into policy dialogues, for one of his value able client on the ‘Cost of Non-Cooperation’ and ‘Lost-Opportunities’ in the Heart of Asia Region
As the Heart of Asia region spans across many sub-regions of Asia and East Europe, the focus of this study will only be on South Asia and Central Asia. Situated exactly between the Central Asia and the South Asia, Afghanistan is the only land bridge that connects the two regions that have been experiencing steady economic and trade growth over the last decade but with minimum economic interaction with each other. Connecting these markets call for great cooperation among the countries in South and Central Asia. If Afghanistan fully realize its potential as a transit route connecting Central and South Asia, it will not only benefit Central and South Asian countries as well as Afghanistan, but could trigger a rapid increase in economic cooperation in the larger Heart of Asia region that has the potential to translate in increased cooperation in other spheres too, including political domain.

To understand the full extent of lost opportunities & cost of non cooperation it is necessary to undertake an in-depth study that looks in the past to quantify lost opportunities and look forward to estimate the exact benefits that each country can earn by pursuing economic cooperation. The study will cover the following topics.

• Quantification of Lost Opportunities:


• Obstacles and Main Causes of Non-cooperation


• Estimation of the Benefits of Economic Cooperation

Qualification and Responsibilities,

• Minimum graduate in international business from renowned international universities having 8 years of experience
  -The potential candidate should be at least master in international business from a renowned foreign university
  – experience of more than five years in working for regional economic Cooperation and development, a PHD will be preferred,
  – The candidates should have experience of conducting such international research on Economic cooperation and report writing.
  – Excellent communication skill in English language
  – Good skills in MS office package