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The International Growth Center
The I.G.C.
The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research.
Model - 2357 Academics - 650 Projects - 399 Events - 16 Programs
Fundamentally, the IGC model is based on the recognition that building effective growth policies in developing countries requires more than imported solutions. Countries face a range of challenges that require new thinking, new evidence and a flow of new ideas.
The IGC uses an innovative ‘co-generation’ approach – enabling policymakers and researchers to jointly set research agendas and to work collaboratively as research progresses. Embedded country teams work with policymakers to determine key growth challenges and identify country priorities. These demands form the backbone of the IGC’s global research agenda, which focuses on four key drivers of growth: state effectiveness, productive firms, liveable cities, and reliable energy access.
Interest from the Desk
Economic Departments in the United States and abroad
Over 2011-2017, the top 20 economic departments in the US awarded PhDs to only 15 Black students. In 2017, only 0.6% of the doctorates in economics and 2% of the undergraduate degrees in economics awarded in the US went to Black women. The Institute for Fiscal Studies recently found that Black economists in the UK are 64% less likely to work in Russell Group universities than white economists. Out of the 7,567 papers published in the top 5 economic journals between 1990 and 2018, only 29 probed questions on race and ethnicity. In the climate survey conducted by the American Economic Association in 2019, almost half of Black economists reported having faced discriminatory and unfair treatment on the basis of their race. These are just some of the worrisome statistics about our field, but it has been clear for some time that economics has been a hostile and discriminatory environment for racial and other minorities. A recent study by Amanda Bayer, Gary Hoover, and Ebonya Washington based on surveys and interviews of underrepresented minorities in the field highlighted some consistent issues including bias, a hostile environment, lack of good mentoring, and the hidden curriculum problem, where students do not have critical information needed to enter and succeed in the field.
(Excerpt by Rahma Ahmad, Phd Student, London School of Economics and Political Science, Ramia Nasir, Policy Columnist, Country Programme, IGC London Hub, and Nikita Sharma, Managing Editor, Communications, IGC, London Hub)
The IGC Global Network
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
IGC’s engagement and research in Afghanistan focuses on issues of government accountability and the use of mobile technology to increase transparency and financial inclusion. Afghanistan - IGC (theigc.org)
Ghana
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
By producing frontier research in the areas of state capabilities, firms and energy, IGC Ghana aims to promote evidence based policymaking in the country and generate ideas for Ghana’s growth. Ghana - IGC (theigc.org)
Kenya
Afghanistan
Pakistan
IGC’s engagement and research in Kenya combines policy engagement with world-class research focused on firm productivity, functioning cities, accessible energy, state effectiveness, and ICT to improve resource allocation. Kenya - IGC (theigc.org)
Pakistan
South Sudan
Pakistan
IGC Pakistan provides high-quality, independent and demand-led research to support growth policy in Pakistan. Current priority areas include macroeconomic management, state capabilities, firm capabilities, urbanisation, and energy. Pakistan - IGC (theigc.org)
South Sudan
South Sudan
South Sudan
IGC South Sudan researches the country's development and informs policy with analysis and evidence. The programme focuses on resource management, improved monetary management, investments in people to raise incomes, and inclusive growth. South Sudan - IGC (theigc.org)
Zambia
South Sudan
South Sudan
IGC Zambia focuses on domestic resource mobilisation, public sector reform, industrialisation, urbanisation, and energy. Zambia - IGC (theigc.org)
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
IGC Bangladesh's focus areas are infrastructure development, firm capabilities, state effectiveness, sustainable urbanisation, and food security. Bangladesh - IGC (theigc.org)
India
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
IGC India generates evidence, builds evaluation capacity, and informs policy for sustaining economic growth in Bihar and throughout the country. India - IGC (theigc.org)
Liberia
Bangladesh
Liberia
Since February 2013, IGC Liberia has been providing and applying frontier economic research to the central questions in Liberian policymaking. Liberia - IGC (theigc.org)
Rwanda
Tanzania
Liberia
IGC Rwanda provides demand-led, frontier research to support sustainable and inclusive growth in Rwanda. Our work focuses around four areas: agriculture; infrastructure; macroeconomic policy and finance; and trade and industry. Rwanda - IGC (theigc.org)
Tanzania
Tanzania
Tanzania
IGC Tanzania delivers and supports work by world-leading academics, with a particular focus in the areas of macroeconomic management, firm capabilities, urbanisation, and natural resources. Tanzania - IGC (theigc.org)
Ethiopia
Tanzania
Tanzania
IGC Ethiopia produces high quality, independent research to support economic policy. Our current focus areas are industrial development, urbanisation, agricultural development, youth employment and state effectiveness. Ethiopia - IGC (theigc.org)
Jordan
Sierra Leone
Mozambique
IGC engages with national and sub-national stakeholders for the co-generation of evidence based policy advice in the aim of promoting inclusive growth. Jordan - IGC (theigc.org)
Mozambique
Sierra Leone
Mozambique
The IGC is contributing to policy in Mozambique mainly through its work on private sector development and state effectiveness. Mozambique - IGC (theigc.org)
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
The IGC Sierra Leone program started in 2010 and focuses on the issues of trade, governance, health, and agriculture. Sierra Leone - IGC (theigc.org)
Uganda
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Sierra Leone
IGC Rwanda provides demand-led, frontier research to support sustainable and inclusive growth in Rwanda. Our work focuses around four areas: agriculture; infrastructure; macroeconomic policy and finance; and trade and industry. Rwanda - IGC (theigc.org)
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