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Evidence papers

Our evidence papers offer a summary of the latest literature and research questions in each of our four themes: Firms, State, Cities, and Energy and environment.

Nairobi view

IGC Evidence Paper - Cities

Gharad Bryan, Edward L. Glaeser, Nick Tsivanidis
Synthesis paper
Solar panels in Rajasthan

IGC Evidence Paper - Energy and environment

Clare Balboni, Tim Dobermann, Michael Greenstone, Mar Reguant, Nicholas Ryan
Synthesis paper
Factory workers in Savar

IGC Evidence Paper - Firms, trade, and productivity

David Atkin, Stefano Caria, Dave Donaldson, Namrata Kala, Imran Rasul, Matthieu Teachout, Eric Verhoogen, Christopher Woodruff
Synthesis paper
Ghana's Independence Square. Photo by C.C. Chapman Creative Commons

IGC Evidence Paper - State effectiveness

Oriana Bandiera, Michael Callen, Katherine E Casey, Eliana La Ferrara, Anders Jensen, Camille Landais, Matthieu Teachout, Shahid Vaziralli
Synthesis paper

Research strategy

Our research strategy summarises the four latest evidence papers, laying out the core research questions and growth policy challenges within our four themes.

The cove page of IGC's 2024 Research strategy

IGC Research Strategy

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