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{{cycleType}}" data-cycle-pager="#slideshow-pager" data-cycle-slides="> a.slide-image">The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research.
About IGCHighlights
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Ganga pollution cases: Impact on infant mortality
In response to a writ petition against pollution of the river Ganga due to industrial waste, the Supreme Court of India in 1987 mandated tanneries in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to...
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Can raising salaries reduce police corruption in Ghana?
This IGC research exploits one of the most ambitious civil service policy reforms in Africa to ask whether raising salaries for corrupt officials improves or worsens petty...
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Cross border trading: Sierra Leone and her neighbours
Despite efforts to promote inter-African trade, significant barriers to cross border trade remain throughout much of the continent. Persistent and cumbersome trade barriers...
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Development of Punjab Growth Strategy 2018
Punjab has been suffering from low rates of economic growth for the past few years The province needs to grow rapidly to provide enough jobs for its increasing...
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Hidden inequality: Data unmasked
New data on median incomes suggests that traditional data on mean income might be skewing measures of inequality and poverty. Today's blog, by IGC Country Economist Sally...
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The dynamics of civil service reform and demobilisation
An oversized public sector constrains efficiency and growth Though challenging, reducing the public sector is an opportunity for a healthier economy Government...
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Countries
Africa
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Ethiopia
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Ghana
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Liberia
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Mozambique
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Rwanda
South Asia
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Bangladesh
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India (Bihar)
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India (Central)
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Myanmar
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Pakistan
Featured Researchers
The IGC works with hundreds of top academics in leading universities around the world. These academics are experts in their fields and are able to provide insights on our four major research themes: state, firms, cities and energy.
View all ResearchersEsther Duflo
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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#UgandaDecided & @KagutaMuseveni vows country will be middle income by 2021: https://t.co/pHhoLTpxzT. Reality check from @IGC_Uganda.
Wage increases alone won't end police #corruption in Ghana: https://t.co/uBtpMJ8yvQ. New research results from @Kweku_OA & @Zhelemi.
Moving around: https://t.co/8ztIWYdhE7. Resettlement and employment trajectories for low-income households in #Chennai. New IGC India study.