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Blog post
Breaking the clientelist trap: Creating demand for good governance in India
A perennial challenge for reformist politicians is how to sustain their governance reforms beyond their first term in office. In poor contexts, clientelist politicians can out-compete reformers by threatening to exclude those who vote against them from accessing public benefits. How can reformers in office counter these tactics, break the clientelist trap and create a...
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Event
Promoting Inclusive Growth in Zambia
On 1st August 2017, International Growth Centre Zambia in collaboration with the Ministry of National Development Planning in Zambia held an a research and policy seminar titled "Promoting Inclusive Growth in Zambia". The overall objective of the seminar was to create a forum to discuss the policy challenges related to promoting inclusive growth in Zambia and promote...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Growth and income inequality in Zambia
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Publication - Policy Brief
Estimating the growth elasticity of poverty in Zambia, 2006-2015
This brief is based on the paper Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Estimating the Growth Elasticity of Poverty in Zambia, 2006-15 (2017) by Chrispin Mphuka Oliver Kaonga and Mike Tembo. The paper measures the responsiveness of poverty reduction to growth in Zambia over the past decade using data from the Living Conditions Monitoring Survey.
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Publication - Project Report
Strongmen or technocrats? Experimental evidence testing leadership preferences in Afghanistan
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Publication - Project Report
The macroeconomic benefits of tax enforcement in Pakistan
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Project
Urban informality, tax compliance, and accountability in Zambia
What drives tax compliance among informal sector workers in Africa? And does taxation strengthen accountability between governments and the informal sector? These questions are hugely important in Africa for a number of reasons. First, the informal sector plays a critical role in contributing to structural transformation, particularly by facilitating production and...
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Blog post
Harnessing technology for public sector reform: Procurement in Pakistan
Procurement decision making and access to information “Procurement decisions take up 20-25% of my time in a week, and given my other obligations, I cannot afford to spend more time on this activity”, explains Mr. Ashraf, an Executive Engineer in the Communication and Works Department in Punjab. His task at hand today is to procure more printing paper for his subsidiary...
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Publication - Project Report
Review of national accounts estimation in Bangladesh: A stocktaking exercise
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Project
Fiscal institutions for an East African monetary union
The Protocol for the Establishment of the East African Monetary Union was ratified by the Heads of State of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi in November 2013. As partner states embark on the implementation of the Protocol, the Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) has asked IGC-Tanzania to advise on the design of specific fiscal institutions to support...