{"id":1840,"date":"2012-01-10T00:54:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T00:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2012-01-24T18:02:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T18:02:02","slug":"scholarship-opportunity-for-phd-candidates-the-joint-japan-world-bank-graduate-scholarship-program-jjwbgsp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=1840","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship opportunity for PhD Candidates: The Joint Japan\/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joint<\/a>The Joint Japan\/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ\/WBGSP), is in its 25th year. The Program awards scholarships to individuals from World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies at universities renowned for their development research and teaching. In its regular program,\u00a0the JJ\/WBGSP has awarded scholarships to 3,503 scholars chosen from a total of 63,397 applicants.<\/p>\n

The Regular Program is open to the universities all over the world. Scholars awarded scholarships receive their training and graduated degree from more than 150 Universities in more than 30 countries. Scholars study in well-known Universities in the World Bank member countries, except their own country. The Regular Program creates high level of competition among applicants, where thousands apply and compete for a limited number of scholarships.<\/p>\n

Regular Program Highlights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Regular Program offers the greatest flexibility of all the JJ\/WBGSP Programs. The Program awards scholarships to individuals from World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies at any university located in a World Bank member country except their own. The applicants can propose a program of study in a wide variety of academic fields related to public policy making.<\/p>\n

Who has applied?<\/span><\/p>\n

63,397 individuals have applied for scholarships since the Regular Program’s inception. With a few exceptions, the number of applicants from each region has increased steadily, with the largest number of applicants from the Africa region.<\/p>\n

Who has won awards?<\/span><\/p>\n

To date, the JJ\/WBGSP has awarded 3,503 scholarships in its regular program to applicants from over 150 World Bank member countries.<\/p>\n

Demographic breakdown for 2011 awards<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

While women have submitted 33.8% of total applications, the percentage of women awarded scholarships in 2011 reached 51.9%.<\/p>\n

Africa. 63.04% of the applications have come from the African Region in the year 2011. This relatively high percentage has been considered appropriate in view of Program’s policy of awarding scholarships where need is greatest. The majority of applicants come from countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, and Tanzania.<\/p>\n

South Asia. Applications from this region have also been high (9.91 % in 2011). Significant numbers of applications have come from such countries as Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.<\/p>\n

East Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The number of applications from these two regions represents 6.35% and 13.57% respectively.<\/p>\n

The Middle East and North Africa. The applications received from this region have reached 2.89%.<\/p>\n

Europe and Central Asia (ECA). The ECA region had the smallest portion of applicants, at 2.65%.<\/p>\n

Where have award winners studied?<\/p>\n

The highest number of 2011 scholarship recipients, 62.5%, chose to pursue their studies in Europe, followed by North America with 19.3% closely followed by East Asia, 15.1% Most scholarship recipients studying in Europe were concentrated in the United Kingdom, followed by the Netherlands and France, while those in North America chose to study in the United States. The great majority of those studying in East Asia chose Japan.<\/p>\n

What are scholars doing after their studies?<\/span><\/p>\n

The JJ\/WBGSP Secretariat has completed eight Tracer Studies on the classes of 1987-2010. The findings of these studies are as follows:<\/p>\n

98.8% of scholars attained the degree for which the scholarship was granted.
\n83% of scholars are working in either their home country, or another developing country.
\nThe Program requires that all scholars return to their home country or to another developing country after finishing their academic Program. There is three years employment restriction at the World Bank and at the IMF for the JJ\/WBG scholars after the completion of their academic program.<\/p>\n

For details:<\/span><\/p>\n

The World Bank<\/span><\/address>\n
Scholarship and Fellowships’ Department<\/span><\/address>\n
Headquarters<\/span>
\nThe World Bank<\/span>
\n1818 H Street, NW<\/span>
\nWashington, DC 20433 USA<\/span>
\ntel: (202) 473-1000<\/span>
\nfax: (202) 477-6391<\/span><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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