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The challenges and prospects for increasing women’s mobility in Pakistan

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Are women legislators better for forest conservation?

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Impact of employment on wellbeing: A gendered analysis from Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camps

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Simplifying and digitalising tax systems

Tax talks: Seminars with substance

1 April – 4 August 2025 online
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Five lessons for simplifying tax systems in Commonwealth countries

Twivwe Siwale
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Call for applications: Zambia Evidence Lab (ZEL) PhD Fellowship

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Leveraging data to strengthen Zambia’s decentralisation agenda

Thandiwe Ng'ombe, Haggai Chomba, Danielle Victoria Handel, Rania Ezzane
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Call for papers: Applied Development Economics Conference

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Gender equality

Connecting women entrepreneurs over WhatsApp for networking and business growth in Ghana

Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Edward Asiedu, Francesca Truffa, Ashley Wong
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Escaping the fragility trap

Supply-side considerations for solar mini grids in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Amna Mahmood
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Indian Farmers sit in a simi-dried up paddyfield at Likhambha village of Sanad taluka, some 40 kms. from Ahmedabad on January 31, 2018. AFP PHOTO / SAM PANTHAKY (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Environmental Populism Conference

15–16 May 2025 LSE Campus
Upcoming Event
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Climate priorities in developing countries

Four ways for low-income countries to leverage trade for climate action

Christian Lippitsch, Richard Newfarmer
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Climate priorities in developing countries

Bridging the climate finance gap: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth

Tim Dobermann
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Meet our 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 research engagements.

Nada Eissa

Associate Professor, Georgetown University
Sandra Sequeira

Sandra Sequeira

Associate Professor of Development Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Nava Ashraf

Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Mar Reguant

Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
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