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Multimedia Item - Video
Closing remarks and signing of the Memorandum of Understanding
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Case Study: Energy
Innovative regulations to reduce pollution
Our research has found inducing firms to be more transparent about how much they pollute could improve the effectiveness of environmental regulations.
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Publication - Project Report
Powering the powerless: Economic impact of rural electrification in Ghana
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Person
Oliver Harman
Oliver Harman is a is a Cities Economist for the International Growth Centre (IGC) based at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford. He is working with Paul Collier, Ed Glaeser, Tony Venables, Astrid Haas, Priya Manwaring, Victoria Delbridge and Sebastian Kriticos on the IGC’s Cities that Work initiative, developing a network of economists, urban planning...
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Blog post
Evidence-based tax policy: A policymaker’s perspective
Collaborative research can play an important role in addressing the challenges that tax authorities in Africa face. IGC’s regional tax conference in Lusaka brought together tax authorities from several African countries to share their experiences and insights on using evidence in tax policy design and enforcement. Tax collection agencies across the world are facing...
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Person
Rania Nasir
Rania Nasir is a Policy Economist at the IGC London Hub. She holds an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Before joining the IGC, Rania worked on a private sector development program which operated in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Timor Leste, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. During her time there, she used the Making-Markets-Work-for-the-Poor...
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Publication - Country study
State fragility in Myanmar: Fostering development in the face of protracted conflict
This country study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Person
Renaud Egreteau
Renaud is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong.