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David Cameron to chair new LSE-Oxford fragility commission
Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron will chair a new LSE-University of Oxford commission to guide policy on economic growth in fragile and conflict situations. The commission will address fragile and conflict situations globally – where countries are failing, or are at risk of failing, with respect to political authority and legitimacy, and providing basic services...
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Highly violent conflicts can dramatically stunt economic growth in fragile countries
Syria has lost £16-30 billion in potential growth due to civil war, researchers estimate Highly violent conflicts dramatically reduce a country’s capacity to grow and are a key reason for much lower average growth rates over time in fragile countries, according to a new paper by the International Growth Centre (IGC), based at the London School of Economics and Political...
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British Academy elects IGC Director Robin Burgess
IGC Director Robin Burgess has been elected Fellow of the prestigious British Academy, the UK's national body for the humanities and social sciences. In recognition of his outstanding research, LSE Economics Professor Robin Burgess is among 66 new distinguished scholars elected to join the 1000-strong British Academy Fellowship. Burgess, who is also a member of...
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New approach needed to maximise tax take in low-income countries
“Third-best” tax policies could be best to support development, IGC claims Developing country policymakers and the international institutions that advise them should not default to using the same tax policies that work in high-income countries but instead consider alternative approaches that work better in their contexts and that could generate more revenue, according...
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Higher salaries worsened police corruption in Ghana, according to IGC-funded research
Rather than reducing police corruption, research funded by the International Growth Centre finds that raising police salaries actually increases levels of police bribery on Ghanaian roads. As part of an ambitious policy reform experiment in 2010, Ghana doubled police salaries, in part, to reduce petty corruption on its highways. However, after analysing the amount of...