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This summer, more than 60 interns were selected from over 3,500 applicants through the Global Internship Program (GIP) for an exciting journey at IFC. They represent 33 different nationalities and 35 different schools. Meet IFC’s Global Interns!

Five months ago, Nogaye Niang started an eight-month development assignment in the Morocco country office in Rabat, leaving her role as a program assistant in IFC’s Dakar office. Development assignments are short-term stretch assignments, usually to fill a business need, that enable staff to move across units and locations to learn and apply new skills, expand knowledge, build networks, and possibly advance one’s career. Six months into the assignment, Nogaye fills us in on how she’s adapting to a new country, culture, and position, and how ‘fate’ led her to the World Bank Group. You joined the Rabat Country Office on a development assignment in November. Why did you apply for the role? I’ve been employed as staff at IFC’s Dakar office since 2017, after 10 years on short-term contracts with the World Bank Group. Over that time, I’ve supported many operations teams there. The development assignment offered me a chance to transfer my skills and knowledge to a different context. Continue reading this story at the link attached.