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Life after iob What do IOB alumni think of the IOB educational Asian/Africa/Inter-American Development Bank), national NGOs, INGOs (e.g. programmes? Transparency International, Oxfam, World The results are very encouraging: an Vision, Action Aid), higher education/research overwhelming majority of our alumni (92%) are (universities, consultancies, think tanks) and satisfied with the education that they received bilateral or multilateral donor agencies (e.g. at IOB. Four out of five alumni would definitely World Bank, USAID, GTZ). encourage others to study here. Hardly any alumni are dissatisfied or would not recommend IOB. Of all IOB alumni, 95% feel that their studies at IOB prepared them adequately for their subsequent careers. Most (96%) had (partially) improved themselves jobwise as a result of studying at IOB. Most IOB graduates work (or continue to work) in the governmental sector (24 %), international organisations (19%), NGOs (13%) and higher education/research institutes (13%). Some of the most common employers among IOB graduates are within the governmental sector (e.g. Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning), parliaments, international/ supranational organisations (e.g. United Nations, African Union, European Commission, 22 ยท master programmes Would you encourage someone to study at the IOB ? 0 % 0 % 4 % 16 % definitely would probably would maybe 80 % probably not definitely not