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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...
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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...