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IGC-ISI India Development Policy Conference
26 November 2010
Trade Programme Call for Papers
24 November 2010
IGC BLOG: "Constraints to Growth" by Daniel Coppard, Senior Policy Advisor at Development Initiatives
8 November 2010
Zambia October 2010 Visit
1 November 2010
2010 Summer Program on Firms and Household Enterprises in Developing Countries
29 October 2010
Read Growth Week Report
30 September 2010
Department for International Development (DFID) and IGC public lecture, 12th October - Transcript
22 September 2010
IGC State Building Workshop
23 August 2010
Call for Papers: National Science Foundation (NSF), African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and International Growth Centre (IGC)
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.

Pakistan Workshop on Reform of the General Sales Tax
7 July 2010

Update

15th December 2010
Education Reform Policy Brief

This policy brief draws on research papers and reports from a large-scale longitudinal study conducted by Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das and Asim Ijaz Khwaja through a grant from the World Bank’s South Asia Regions and Knowledge for Change Trust Funds. The study analyses the education sector in Pakistan, its major challenges and policy options for moving forward. The data from the study is public and is available at www.leapsproject.org.

Click here to read

15th October 2010
Reforming Education Systems - Growth Week podcast

Michael Kremer (Harvard University) discusses issues surrounding reform of education systems in developing countries based on evidence from studies on incentive mechanisms, peer effects and other interventions. He is joined by Professor Geeta Kingdon (Institute of Education), Dr Lansana Nyalley (Education Division, Government of Sierra Leone), Professor James Tooley (Newcastle University) and Professor Steve Machin (IGC and UCL). Click here to listen: http://www.theigc.org/talk/reforming-education-systems-growth-week-podcast

15th October 2010
Agricultural Revolution or Industrial Revolution? - Growth Week Podcast

A distinguished panel tackles controversial and highly significant questions regarding the relative importance of industrial and agricultural revolution in the developing countries today, for both economic growth and wider development - hear Ernest Aryeetey, Ijaz Nabi, Mark Rosenzweig, Paul Romer,John Sutton and Joel Kibazo. Click here: http://www.theigc.org/talk/industrial-revolution-or-agricultural-revolut...

15th October 2010
China and Africa - Paul Collier podcast

Is China's strategy - of negotiating deals in which resources are exchanged for infrastructure - mutually beneficial, or a new variant of the plunder of Africa? China 'asks no questions' of African governments: is that respectful of African sovereignty or an abrogation of responsibility?

Click here for Paul Collier's Growth Week 2010 speech: http://www.theigc.org/talk/managing-natural-resource-rents