The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research.
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Female labour force participation: A summary of IGC...This sub-thematic summary highlights the IGC’s research on female labour force participation over the past 10 years. Despite substantial increases in female labour force...
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Increasing women’s participation in the workforceOur research indicates that access to education, finance, and transportation can help increase women's independence and participation in the labour force.
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Paths to urbanisation: Comparing the stories of...29 October 2019
China has generated some of the most impressive urbanisation stories the world has ever seen. Since the early 1980s, more than 300 million rural migrants have moved to Chinese...
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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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