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Our research, developed through long-term partnerships with policy stakeholders, feeds directly into better decision-making to support sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty. Over the last 3 years, over 400 projects and events across our partner and engagement countries significantly impacted policy discussions and/or decisions. In the last year alone, 23 projects had a direct impact on a change in policy or process across countries.

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IGC introduces Transformational Change methodology ↗

FCDO spotlights IGC's Transformational Change methodology. a framework that seeks to understand how research drives meaningful policy and impact
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The four aspects of Transformational Change Methodology: scalability, innovative contributions, institutionalisation, and impact.

Transformational Change

Janine Aguilera Mesa, Siddarth Sriram, Rosina De Mucio, Vivian Bronsoler Nurko
In focus
Transformational Change Case study - Ethiopia cover

Transformational change case: Information frictions in Ethiopia's labour market

Impact case
DFI Frontier Markets Forum report cover

Transformational change case: DFI Frontier Markets Forum

Impact case
Transformational Change Ghana GCX

Transformational change case: Ghana Commodity Exchange

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Transformational Change Uganda EGF

Transformational change case: Uganda Economic Growth Forum

Impact case
Transformational Change Mozambique

Transformational change case: Conflict management and social integration in Mozambique

Impact case

To design transformative policies, countries can’t simply import solutions from elsewhere. Our research:

  • informs decisions on changes to a specific existing policy or on the development of a new policy.
  • feeds into broader economic policy strategies and high-level agenda setting.
  • supports the development of better systems, processes and tools that facilitate the use of data in decision-making.
  • builds capacity through research-policy partnerships

You can explore our full list of projects here.

Case studies

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Incentives for better tax collection

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Stack of Pakistani rupees
Management matters: How bad management is holding back growth

Case study

Technology factory workers in India
Mapping industrialisation in Africa

Case study

Welders at work on dry dock. Photo credit: Hybrid Images / Connect Images via Getty Images.
Knowledge is power: The role of information in agricultural technology adoption

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Young female teapicker in Rwanda. Photo credit: Guenterguni / E+ via Getty Images. [Royalty-free]
Motivating public sector workers

Case study

Community health worker in Uganda
Increasing investment through organisational change

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Factory workers in Ghana
The economic impacts of Ebola

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A street market remains empty in Monrovia's West Point slum as part of quarantine measures to contain the spread of Ebola in Liberia on August 20, 2014. Photo credit: ZOOM Dosso / AFP via Getty Images.
Charging ahead: Prepaid electricity

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Electricity meters in African country
No lean season: Migration to escape seasonal famine

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Photo credit: Munir Uzzaman / Intermittent / AFP via Getty Images.
Transforming the lives of the ultra-poor

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Bangladesh, Brahmaputra Delta river navigation, Narayanganj, river port. Photo credits: Andrea Pistolesi / Stone via Getty Images.