International Growth Centre (IGC)

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The International Growth Centre (IGC) is a global research centre with a network of world-leading researchers, country teams across Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East, and a set of global policy initiatives. Based at LSE and in partnership with the University of Oxford, it is majority funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

• Focus on inclusive and sustainable growth to tackle poverty. The IGC works to improve the productivity of people and firms as the backbone of economic development. IGC supports governments in transitioning to resilient and low-carbon pathways to growth and in protecting vulnerable populations from the negative effects of climate change.
• Partnership with policymakers. The IGC develops research in partnership with policymakers to have lasting impact on policy. IGC's in-country teams and global policy initiatives build long-term relationships with policymakers to better understand the development challenges they face and the questions they are trying to answer.
• Pathbreaking research. The IGC provides robust academic evidence to inform policy decisions. IGC research seeks to accelerate learning about effective policies by providing robust evidence of what works and by reframing policy questions to open up new approaches. This helps to strengthen existing policies, and enables the development of innovative and transformative policies in response to new challenges.

IGC focuses on four key themes (firms, cities, energy, state) that are critical to transforming the productivity of people and firms to ensure that growth is inclusive and resilient, and to placing countries on a sustainable growth path. Sustainable economic growth is viewed as the key catalyst through which developing countries can adapt to, and mitigate, climate change.

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London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London

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University of Oxford