Past Events
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Policies and innovations for climate-resilient farming in developing countries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUvjjUWn1E8 You can also listen to the audio event recording here: IGC Admin · Policies and innovations for climate-resilient farming in developing countries Farmers in low-income countries are one of the groups most at risk from the effects of climate change. This event focuses on the vital role that agricultural adaptation...
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Decentralisation in Zambia
The International Growth Centre hosts a roundtable on 4th February 2022 in Lusaka to bring together government departments, academic expertise, and practitioner experience to discuss the government's decentralisation objective and practical barriers faced in achieving them. The roundtable is chaired by Mr Gary G Nkombo, the Minister of Local Government and Rural...
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5th Uganda Economic Growth Forum: Economic resilience, recovery and resurgent growth in Uganda
The Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development, in partnership with IGC Uganda, organises the Economic Growth Forum - a high-level conference on Uganda’s economy held regularly since 2017. The conference provides an opportunity to discuss key growth challenges, learn from policy experiences in other countries, and identify a course of actions to drive...
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The future of urban development in Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQkFCMLUiBA&ab_channel=OxfordUrbanists Shahrukh Wani, Economist at IGC’s Cities that Work initiative moderates a discussion on contemporary urban-development dynamics in Afghanistan hosted by Oxford Urbanists. In conversation are Sana Safi, a journalist with the BBC World Service, Srinivasa Popuri of UN-Habitat, and Erol Yayboke of...
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3rd annual conference of the private sector development research network
PSDRN Conference: Keynote Speech by Makhtar Diop, IFC Managing Director PSDRN Panel Discussion: Directions for Research on Private Enterprises and the Green Recovery PSDRN Panel Discussion: Climate Adaptation Post-COP-26: Challenges and Knowledge Gaps PSDRN Conference - Closing Plenary Discussion The Private Sector Development (PSD) Research Network...