The International Growth Centre (ICG) encourages sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. ICG directs a global network of researchers and in-country teams in Africa and South Asia to create research and policy advice on vital growth challenges. ICG is based at the London School of Economics (LSE) and in partnership with the University of Oxford. The ICG is majority funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
Publications
Working Paper
Revisiting the demand and profitability of chemical fertilizers amid global fuel-food-fertilizer crisis: Evidence from Ethiopia
Journal Article
A multi-sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school-age children in rural Nepal
Working Paper
Africa cannot achieve the Malabo Declaration commitments: Statistical impossibility or logical fallacy
Events
Some Welfare Consequences of COVID-19 in Ethiopia
Cross-country experience so far shows that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses to combat are multidimensional. It is thus reasonable to expect the occurrence of these effects in Ethiopia. Findings of several studies will be reported during this webinar. The presentations focus on the impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of mothers and […]
Blogs
Can sports and life skills programs improve labor force outcomes for vulnerable youth?
By Lori Beaman, Sylvan Herskowitz, Niall Keleher, and Jeremy Magruder
Analyzing impacts of a program in Monrovia, Liberia.
What happens when you incentivize primary education in Uganda
By Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Ibrahim Kasirye, Adrienne Lucas, and Derek Neal
Incentives that hold teachers accountable for achievement can increase educational attainment when paired with adequate instructional resources, research shows.