Growth opportunities in Bihar

The Bihar Growth Day Workshop held in Patna last week discussed growth opportunities in Bihar and the potential for research to inform policymaking in issues relating to private sector development, rural development, social service delivery, decentralization and accountability.The Workshop was jointly organized by the IGC  and the Asian Development Research Institute, a local research organization.The event was was covered by Indiatimes and Hindustan Times.

Update

6th September 2010
New Growth Week speakers

The IGC is delighted to confirm new speakers for Growth Week: Ricardo Hausmann, Ronald Fischer, Geeta Kingdon and Rama Sithanen

24th March 2010
Transport infrastructure and economic growth in China

What is the impact of access to transport networks on economic growth? Working in China, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Nancy Qian will use the historical determinants of the country’s rail network construction to examine the impact of transport on trade and growth in the areas located on or near these communication channels. Read more...

24th March 2010
On the distribution of climate damages in the poor world

Policy-makers increasingly agree that climate change poses a serious threat to world order. But there remains limited understanding of how the economic impact of climate change will be spread across the world, and this restricts progress on policies to mitigate the effects. John Hassler and colleagues will develop new models to estimate the different welfare effects of such policies around the world. Read more...

24th March 2010
Joint workshop with AERC

The agriculture programme will organize a workshop with AERC in Nairobi in December.