The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research.

About IGC

Highlights

  • Green jobs as drivers of growth in African cities

    28 October 2021

    The rapid rate of urbanisation ongoing in developing countries presents a complex and urgent set of challenges for cities to accommodate future jobs, housing and other public...

    Event
  • Sustainable cities

    Evidence and insights on key issues related to delivering sustainable cities to mark Urban October.

  • Diversifying economics: Resources for Black and... Rahma Ahmed, Rania Nasir, Nikita Sharma

    This post has been updated recently on 14 October 2021. Over 2011-2017, the top 20 economic departments in the US awarded PhDs to only 15 Black students. In 2017, only 0.6%...

    Blog Post
  • IGC evidence paper – Firms, trade, and productivity David Atkin, Dave Donaldson, Imran Rasul, Matthieu Teachout, Eric Verhoogen, Christopher Woodruff

    Productivity growth is the driving force behind economic development. A large development accounting literature has shown that much of the difference in income per capita...

    Publication
  • Increasing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Evidence... Alex Armand, Mattia Fracchia, Pedro Vicente

    The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily impacted low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with widespread food insecurity and falling living standards. To fully recover, countries...

    Blog Post
  • IGC research funding information sessions

    2 September 2021

    In preparation for the next IGC call for proposals, we are hosting a webinar series in August to provide information to potential applicants about the type of research projects...

    Event

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.

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Mar Reguant

Associate Professor

Northwestern University

Imran Rasul

Professor of Economics

University College London

Nada Eissa

Associate Professor

Georgetown University