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Pioneering programme helps households climb out, and stay out, of extreme poverty
A programme pioneered by development organisation BRAC, which aims to help households escape extreme poverty by supporting women to set up their own small businesses, not only works but its benefits increase in the long term, according to an evaluation[1] led by researchers at the IGC. BRAC’s ‘Targeting the Ultra-Poor’ programme has benefitted 1.6 million...
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New grant from Rockefeller Foundation to boost the International Growth Centre's work to strengthen Sierra Leone's national health system post-Ebola outbreak
A new US $900,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation will support the IGC's partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone to build a more resilient national health system in the wake of the Ebola crisis. The grant will enhance the IGC’s ongoing collaboration with the government in revising their national strategic plan for a community health workforce, a cadre of...
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Maoist violence has had little effect on infrastructure development in rural India, shows new research funded by the International Growth Centre
Left-wing extremism and conflict have not prevented infrastructure development in rural India, according to research funded by the International Growth Centre. Left-wing extremism and conflict have not prevented infrastructure development in rural India, according to research funded by the International Growth Centre. Despite recent media reports to the contrary,...
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New evidence of extensive damage to the environment, agriculture and living standards in Ghana
This news story was produced by the Royal Economic Society. The expansion of large-scale gold mining in Ghana has led to a large reduction in agricultural productivity and output – and a significant increase in rural poverty. Environmental pollution from the mines – in the form of air pollutants and acid rain – is the most plausible cause of the damage to...
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IGC Myanmar economists contribute to paper on fiscal management in Myanmar
IGC Myanmar Country Director Ian Porter and Country Economist Andrea Smurra, as well as the former Country Economist Mari Oye, have prepared a new Asian Development Bank publication on ‘Fiscal management in Myanmar’, alongside several researchers from MDRI –CESD. This paper shows that Myanmar's present government has restored a measure of fiscal discipline,...