The IGC works with policymakers in developing countries to promote inclusive and sustainable growth through pathbreaking research.
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We are the IGC, and today we mark 15 years of unlocking sustainable growth - from cutting industrial pollution in India to transforming maternal #healthcare in Mozambique.
🔎 Explore our new Impact page: theigc.org/impact
▶️ Watch #GrowthUnlocked: youtube.com/watch?v=iPRmgPp-…
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Not enough people are writing about what transformative AI would mean for LMICs. Here is your nudge to write (more) about it.
InDevelopment and @asteriskmgzn are running an essay contest in this area, with the winner receiving $10K and publication in both magazines (with a number of prizes for runners-up).
I’m very excited to be one of the judges (along with some of my favourite people) and to read all the undoubtedly thoughtful articles.
There’s a lot of writing on what AI means for rich-country economies and far less on what it means for Nairobi, Lagos or Lima.
@asteriskmgzn and @indevmag want to fix that. Essay contest: $10k first prize, deadline Dec 31.
indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
“Trust is not created during an outbreak.” Abou Bakarr Kamara (IGC Sierra Leone)
Rachel Glennerster and Siddhartha Haria at @CGDev ask if we’re getting better at fighting epidemics, recalling IGC’s work in Sierra Leone in 2014: bit.ly/48ourII
How "green" are the projects funded by foreign direct investment in Africa?
Read Oliver Harman's new blog: theigc.org/blogs/green-forei…
⏰ Last few days to apply!
We're looking for a Country Economist to join IGC Jordan in Amman and help turn evidence into policy to help shape Jordan’s growth.
Fluency in Arabic and postgraduate degree in economics required.
Apply by 30 Oct
👉 bit.ly/3UhiSQe
Water security, air quality, youth skills, and development after the 'aid era'
Pakistan’s biggest economic questions, unpacked by the people working on them.
Let’s Talk Development from CDPR and IGC: bit.ly/4yETuSF
When global value chains go green, who captures the value?
Join LSEnews and experts from AIIB, EBRD, and the World Bank Group to discuss.
📅 Wed 18 Nov, 6:30pm-8pm (GMT), LSE and online
Register here: lse.ac.uk/events/global-valu…
#LSEEvents
Land, housing, transport, and municipal finance: what it takes to make cities work, now in one practical guide.
Our new Practitioners’ Handbook for Building Cities that Work is for the people who plan and run cities.
Read the handbook: bit.ly/3UB1iH5
We're hiring! 📢
IGC is looking for a Research and Policy Officer to support evidence on affordable housing and spatial reform.
Remote, based in South Africa, until March 2028.
Apply by Sunday 25 October (5pm SAST): bit.ly/4Bjhz48
We're hiring! 📢
IGC is looking for two Economists (consultants) to turn evidence into practical policy options for affordable housing and spatial reform.
Remote, based in South Africa, until March 2027.
Apply by Sunday 25 October (5pm SAST): bit.ly/4Bjhz48
Join researchers and city leaders today, Monday 19 October, 1pm-2:30pm (BST), to reflect on a decade of urban policy lessons and launch our new Practitioners’ Handbook.
Register: bit.ly/4yNQDaB
Join researchers and city leaders on Monday 19 October, 1pm-2:30pm (BST), to reflect on a decade of urban policy lessons and launch our new Practitioners’ Handbook.
Register here: bit.ly/4yNQDaBv
A new phase of the IGC is here.
Phase 4 will further strengthen local research capacity and country-led agendas, deliver evidence at the speed of policy, and concentrate our work on fewer, high-impact growth and reform challenges.
🔗 bit.ly/47nhfDD
Why back long-term partnerships over one-off projects? Jonathan Leape's answer to @CommonsIDC: "Research partnerships have this scalability and sort of leverage that you don't get from other things... It's better to help systems to become stronger."
🔗 bit.ly/3WpaYVw
Delighted to welcome Tanzania’s ICT Minister, Hon Angellah Kairuki, to LSE to discuss how AI and digitalisation can support Tanzania’s priorities, from agriculture to gender equality. We look forward to deepening our work with partners in Tanzania, with thanks to @UKinTanzania.
Tune in to Parliament Live today at 2pm (BST) to watch our Executive Director Jonathan Leape give evidence to the International Development Committee on research partnerships and UK international development.
🔗 bit.ly/4dCpLCh
IGC at Westminster!
Tomorrow at 2pm (BST), Executive Director Jonathan Leape gives evidence to the International Development Committee on the role of research partnerships in UK international development.
Watch live: bit.ly/4dCpLCh
We're hiring! 📢
We're looking for a Country Economist to join IGC Jordan in Amman and help turn evidence into policy to help shape Jordan’s growth.
Fluency in Arabic and postgraduate degree in economics required.
Apply by 30 Oct
🔗 bit.ly/3UhiSQe
Does evidence serve real decisions, arrive in time, and support implementation? We asked at #LSEEnvironmentWeek. In Dawn, Ali Tauqeer Sheikh tests it on Pakistan’s 2022 floods: the data existed, but no agency owned it. What would change that?
🔗 bit.ly/4igU2ZS
Thank you to the Tanzania Revenue Authority and CATA for a great start to the #CATA annual conference in Tanzania. A keynote reminded us that tax administrations can be an engine of growth or a brake on it. IGC's Twivwe Siwale joined the panel on international cooperation.
Does free water in a drought encourage overuse? Not in Cape Town: households with free water didn't significantly raise use. The bigger issue: over a third didn't know it was free.
What this means for drought policy, by Cassandra Cole: bit.ly/4y9ujHr
