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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...
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Businesses suffered and jobs disappeared across Liberia during the Ebola outbreak, according to research funded by the IGC
Liberia’s economic downturn during the Ebola outbreak was severe, with businesses in Montserrado county – home to the capital Monrovia – especially suffering, shows new research funded by the IGC. According to a new IGC bulletin, 12% of businesses surveyed across Liberia during the peak of the Ebola crisis (September to November 2014) reported to have closed down...
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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,...