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Could improving power quality boost economic growth in Sierra Leone?

Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa, Noah Klugman

Blog

People walking down a busy street with businesses reliant on electricity in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
IGC appoints Victoria Kwakwa as Country Director for Zambia

Theo Gott

IGC Press Release

Victoria Kwakwa smiling at camera, wearing yellow.
When does electrification work in rural Zambia?

Torsten Figueiredo Walter, Niclas Moneke, Rory Hardie

Blog

Graphical image, with electrification, a map of zambia layered and with transparency
Making growth in Uganda sustainable: insights from frontier research

20 June 2025 08:00-18:00 Sheraton Hotel, Kampala

Past Event

A photo of the panel discussion at the Kampala workshop conference
Strengthening urban waste management by empowering waste pickers in Ghana

Martin Oteng-Ababio, Ebenezer Amankwaa

Blog

Residents recycle junk in a waste disposal dump in Accra, Ghana
Driving greener mobility

Robert Pickmans, Hilary Yu 31 Mar 2026

Project

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Decentralisation in a weak state: Traditional and state governance in the DRC

Soeren Henn, Aimable Lameke, Mastaki Mugaruka, Vincent Tanutama

Policy brief

Henn et al Policy brief March 2023_Page_1
Victoria Kwakwa

Country Director, Zambia International Growth Centre

Person

IGC Zambia Country Director Victoria Kwakwa in yellow smiling at camera.
Measuring local economic development in Zambia

Niclas Moneke, Torsten Figueiredo Walter 31 Mar 2024

Project

Zambia
Endogenous sample selection in Zambian household surveys

Torsten Figueiredo Walter, Niclas Moneke 31 Mar 2024

Project

Woman preparing food (nshima and chicken) in Ng'andu Village (Zambia)
Fiscal incentives and jobs: Bang for the buck or wasted resources?

Tilahun Emiru

Project report

Emiru Final report March 2022 cover
Decentralisation in a weak state

Soeren Henn, Aimable Lameke, Mastaki Mugaruka, Vincent Tanutama

Working paper

Henn et al Working paper February 2023 cover
Business collaborations and female entrepreneurship

Edward Asiedu, Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Francesca Truffa, Ashley Wong 1 Mar 2025

Project

Educational inequality, labour market outcomes and multidimensional poverty: Evidence from Ghana

Edward Asiedu, Monica Lambon-Quayefio 31 Mar 2023

Project

Effects of labour market intermediaries on hiring frictions: Evidence from Ethiopia

David Qihang Wu 31 Jan 2023

Project

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Working in a greener world: Tackling climate change and unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa

Kagiso Tshukudu

Blog

COVID-19 and informality in sub-Saharan Africa: Containing an economic crisis

Egas Daniel, Camilla Sacchetto

Blog

The costs of urban giants in sub-Saharan Africa

Sebastian Kriticos

Blog

Enabling microenterprise development in sub-Saharan Africa through the provision of financial services

Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson, Sarah Green, Anthony Keats 28 Feb 2019

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