Ideas for growth in developing countries

The IGC promotes sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. The IGC is directed and organised from hubs at the LSE and Oxford and comprises country offices across the developing world. The IGC was initiated by and is funded by UKaid from DFID.


Sierra Leone|The IGC is focusing work on: Private Sector Development and Export Diversification, Financial Sector Development and Agriculture.
Nigeria-Lagos|The IGC and Lagos State are working towards partnership in 2010.
Ghana|The IGC is focussing work on: Macroeconomic stability, Agriculture sector restructuring, Private sector development, Education and skills acquisition, and Natural resource management.
Ethiopia|The IGC work is mainly on agriculture and industrial development.
Uganda|The IGC has provided a rapid response to Uganda on oil revenue management.
Tanzania|The IGC programme is focussed on: Macroeconomic Management for Growth, Public Finance, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Agriculture, Firm Capabilities, and Regional Trade and Infrastructure.
Mozambique|The IGC and Mozambique are working towards building a partnership in 2010.

Pakistan|The IGC priorities are: Macro policy and revenue mobilization; industrial competitiveness and firms; political economy and governance; social services, social protection and poverty reduction; and agricultural development and water issues.
Bangladesh|The IGC is developing a work programme focusing on: governance, non-traditional export prospects beyond garments, rationalization of the tax system, the impact of microcredit, climate change, and urbanisation.
India - State of Bihar|The IGC is focussing on: Building State Capacity, Structural Transformation, and Flood Management.
<b>India</b>|The IGC is developing a partnership with India through 2010.
Rwanda|The IGC and Rwanda are working towards building a partnership in 2010.
Afghanistan|The IGC has responded to a request from the government of Afghanistan to assess the scope for IGC support in fostering economic growth.
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What we're doing

Paul E. Jensen and Yoto V. Yotov (Drexel University) examine the impact of reductions in agricultural tariffs and subsidies on the location of production, trade flows, and prices for the world's most important grains.

Little is known about the role that non-financial incentives could play in improving the delivery of public services in the developing world. Paul Collier (Oxford University), Oeindrila Dube (New York University), Vivek Maru (World Bank) and Bilal Siddiqi (Oxford University) assess two interventions to improve service delivery in Sierra Leone.

Gobind Nankani, Executive Director of the International Growth Centre (IGC), travelled to Rwanda between May 27 and June 1 2010 to discuss areas of potential IGC engagement, and introduce Richard Newfarmer, designated to be IGC’s Country Director beginning September 1.

What we're reading

Bangladesh’s garment industry is changing the role of women

A $30 cash payment scheme is getting more of India's pregnant women to give birth in hospitals, lowering the maternal mortality rate

UNCTAD on the promises and pitfalls of South-South cooperation for African growth

Africa needs a deeper tax base, says Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte

3 August 2010
The IGC-Agriculture programme is issuing a call for papers for the inaugural National Science Foundation (NSF) joint workshop of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and IGC, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on December 4th, 2010.
14 July 2010
The International Growth Centre is issuing a call for proposals to do research on the state of cooperation among business firms in Sierra Leone and the options for stimulating such cooperation, in the context of private sector development policies to promote economic growth
14 July 2010
The International Growth Centre is issuing a call for proposals to do research on the state of the national innovation system of Sierra Leone and the factors affecting its evolution and progress, in the context of private sector development policies to promote economic growth. Click here for mor information.