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Publication - Project Report
Privatisation for sustainable growth in Ethiopia: A review
In this report, we recognise the limits of the private sector. Hence, we argue that there is a legitimate and important role for the state. This very much varies from country to country given heterogeneous initial political and economic conditions. Both market fundamentalism or neo-liberalism and exclusive state planning and control have their own respective shortcomings....
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Publication - Policy Brief
The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on SMEs and employment relationships in Uganda
During 2020, governments in many developing countries introduced severe restrictions on economic activity and mobility to curb the spread of COVID-19. In Uganda, public transport and non-essential businesses were closed from early April to June 2020. This policy brief reports on the results from a phone survey of a representative sample of SMEs and their workers...
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Publication - Policy Brief
SMEs in Uganda: Profits and labour force shrink during COVID-19
While the strict lockdown measures implemented in many developing countries aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they also risk increasing poverty and vulnerability by lowering economic activity. Uganda experienced some of the toughest lockdowns in the world. This policy brief presents key findings from a panel of over 1,600 smal and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
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Publication - Project Report
Prioritising agriculture-related research and innovation for growth and poverty reduction in Rwanda
Agricultural research and development (R&D) has been found to be a powerful engine for poverty reduction worldwide. Based on experience in other countries, it seems likely that raising investment in agricultural from around 0.44 percent of agricultural GDP to the African Union target of 1 percent of agricultural GDP might increase agricultural productivity by around 50...
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Multimedia Item - Video
Growth reset: Renewing focus on sustainability in developing countries
Video recording of our Growth reset event on 28 April 2021.
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Publication - Policy Brief
COVID-19 in slum communities of Patna and Bengaluru: Economic versus health impact
This study examines the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns. We combine extensive baseline survey data (from 2016) with repeated phone interviews conducted July-November 2020 with 120 key informants in 20 slums each in Bengaluru and Patna. Our team has been studying slum communities in India for more than a decade....
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Blog post
Climate change mitigation and adaptation is not enough to restore our Earth
Climate change solutions typically fall into one of two categories: mitigation and adaptation. While critics argue that such categorisation is too narrow, I draw upon findings from an IGC country-wide consultation to explore climate change policies and priorities across our partner countries. I argue that although mitigation and adaptation are important policy themes,...
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Person
Abdullah Al-Mamun
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Sanjay Kumar
Sanjay Kumar is a senior civil servant of Government of India and having more than 30 years of experience in the Indian Administrative Service. He is currently the Additional Chief Secretary in the Education Department, Government of Bihar. He did BSc in Physics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi and MSc in Physics from State University of New York.
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Dipak Kumar Singh
Dipak Kumar Singh is the Principal Secretary of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Department, Government of Bihar. He is Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1992 batch and has handled several important portfolios in state government as well as Central government. Previously he was the Principal Secretary of Labour Resources Department, Government of Bihar....