Forthcoming Events

IGC Rwanda Growth Forum 2012
7 Feb 2012

The Rwanda Growth Forum 2012 brings together policy makers from the Rwandan Government to share research and promote discussion around three policy issues key to Rwanda’s growth path: the importance of real exchange rate management; the impact of the common external tariff of the East African Community (EAC) and Rwanda’s bargaining position; and Aid Dependency and how to manage the risks this poses.

Past Events

Linking Research to Policy: Issues in Economic Growth and Development in Bangladesh
20 Dec 2011

With research presentations on topics covering education, governance, trade and exclusion, and in collaboration with Economic Research Group, IGC Bangladesh organized a daylong conference on December 20, 2011 in Dhaka.

IGC-ISI India Development Policy Conference
19 Dec 2011 - 20 Dec 2011

IGC - India Central, in association with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), hosted an India Development Policy Conference on 19-20 December 2011 in New Delhi. Key topics of the conference include Urbanisation & Infrastructure, Finance, Human Development and Urban Labour Markets. Read on to view the presentations from the conference.

Can Entrepreneurship Programs Transform the Lives of the Poor?
18 Dec 2011

In collaboration with the Institute of Microfinance, IGC Bangladesh organized a seminar on entrepreneurship and poverty on December 18, 2011 in Dhaka.

Indian Statistical Institute 7th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development
15 Dec 2011 - 17 Dec 2011

On 15-17 December, the Indian Statistical Institute (the host institution for the India-Central programme) is holding its 7th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development.

IGC Bihar Growth Conference
14 Dec 2011 - 15 Dec 2011

The IGC Bihar Growth Conference is a unique event which brings together an eminent range of panelists from academia, government and the private sector. The conference included thematic sessions on Education Sector Reforms, Health and Rural Development, Water Resources Management, Agricultural Growth, Fiscal Policy and Special lectures by leading academics.

Friends of International Growth Centre Pakistan Meeting
13 Dec 2011 - 14 Dec 2011

A Friends of IGC Pakistan meeting was organized alongside the annual conference of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in Islamabad on the 14th of December, 2011. The meeting was preceded by a dinner lecture on the 13th of December, hosted by IGC Pakistan in collaboration with PIDE. Dr. Surjit Singh Bhalla, Chairman Oxus Investments, was invited as the keynote speaker.

'Winter School', Delhi School of Economics
10 Dec 2011 - 13 Dec 2011

The Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, is organizing its annual conference ‘Winter School’, that will run from December 10 to December 13, 2011 at the Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics.

Technical Workshop on Development and Transformation in Sierra Leone
5 Dec 2011 - 7 Dec 2011

At the request of President Koroma in April, a group of civil society leaders formed to organize a conference to discuss the future of Sierra Leone and to come to a consensus on the vision for Sierra Leone in 50 years. The purpose of this workshop was to craft the strategy for the main conference, slated to take place in mid-January 2012. The five main themes of the workshop were Economic Governance, Natural Resources, Political Governance, Private Sector Development, and Social Service Delivery. Each theme had a theme leader who moderated discussions and debates prior to the conference with the general public and with the presenters at the conference.

 

Tanzania: Agriculture and Growth Dissemination Workshop
29 Nov 2011

The IGC-Tanzania is planning to hold a research dissemination workshop on Agriculture and Growth in Tanzania on the 29th November 2011.

This event will provide an opportunity for policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders to discuss findings and policy implications of four important studies undertaken by eminent researchers in the field of Agricultural Economics.

The Informal Sector in Zambia
16 Nov 2011

The IGC Zambia team, with the help of the Economics Association of Zambia and in collaboration with the Zambia Revenue Authority, held a workshop on the informal sector on the 16th of November in Lusaka, Zambia.  The workshop consisted of two presentations. The first presentation was by Christopher Mulenga of the Zambia Revenue Authority entitled ‘SME Taxation in Zambia’. The second was by Manju Shah, the IGC consultant, entitled ‘Informal Sector in Zambia; Can it Disappear? Should it Disappear?’.