Past Events
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Firms’ resilience innovation and technology
The Private Sector Development Research Network (PSDRN) invites you to a 2-day virtual conference on ‘Firms’ Resilience, Innovation and Technology', on the 10th and 11th December, 2020. This year, the PSDRN conference focuses on resilience, innovation and technology in the private sector — relating to private firms, investors, and markets — and discusses key...
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Amman’s COVID-19 urban response: Lessons and outlook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGsVq7B0IWA The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) host a webinar that examines the response of Amman to the spread of COVID-19 and provides academic evidence on the role of planning for urban resilience, as well as exploring challenges and opportunities for recovery. This online event brings in...
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Why are lending rates high in Uganda?
The Bank of Uganda and the International Growth Centre host an online policy seminar under the theme, “Why are Interest Rates High in Uganda?”, commencing at 10.00am (East African Standard Time) on Monday, November 30, 2020. Following a presentation on the determinants of interest rate spreads in the Uganda Banking System by Keith Jefferis, a high-level panel...
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The growing concern around violence against women and girls
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a human rights violation with great impact on victims, their families, and communities and is a growing concern both for India and the World. The global estimation states that 18% of women and girls aged 15 to 49 years have experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months (UN Women 2020),...
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IGC-Stanford University conference on firms, trade and development
The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Stanford King Center on Global Development will be hosting a two-day virtual conference on the theme of 'firms, trade and development'. The event will be organised by David Atkin (MIT), Dave Donaldson (MIT), Cecile Gaubert (Berkeley), Pete Klenow (Stanford), Imran Rasul (UCL), Meredith Startz (Stanford), Eric Verhoogen...