International Growth Centre

International Growth Centre
Founded2008
Typeeconomic research
Location
Area served
22 countries
Key people
Paul Collier, Robin Burgess, Anthony Venables, Jonathan Leape, Edward Glaeser, Oriana Bandiera
Parent organization
London School of Economics, University of Oxford
Websitetheigc.org

The International Growth Centre (IGC) is an economic research centre based at the London School of Economics, operated in partnership with University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government.

The centre was launched in December 2008 and is funded by the Department for International Development.[1][2][3][4] The IGC is led by Jonathan Leape, along with directors Robin Burgess,[5] Sir Paul Collier,[6] Anthony Venables, John Sutton and Chang-Tai Hsieh.[7][8]

The centre runs 15 country offices in 14 partner states and directs a global network of over 1,000 researchers.[9] IGC research is based around four research themes: state, firms, cities, and energy.[10] These research programmes are led by 10 Research Programme Directors. Since its foundation the IGC has supported over 650 research projects.[11] The IGC has also responded to specific government requests for advice in countries such as Malawi, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka.

IGC country programmes are led by Country Directors working with dedicated Lead Academics, supported by locally based Country Economists. IGC country programme teams are based in the offices of think tanks or government bodies within the relevant country.[10]

IGC researchers include Esther Duflo, Nicholas Bloom, Rachel Glennerster, Lant Pritchett, John Van Reenen, Nicholas Stern,[12] Dean Karlan, Edward Miguel, and Maurice Obstfeld.[13]

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  2. ^ "UK launches Growth Centre to tackle global effects of credit crunch". lse.ac.uk. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  3. ^ "Economic growth in developing countries". gov.uk. GOV.UK.
  4. ^ "International Growth Centre". Blavatnik School of Government. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Professor Robin Burgess". lse.ac.uk. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  6. ^ "Paul Collier". bsg.ox.ac.uk. Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
  7. ^ "Chang-Tai Hsieh". chicagobooth.edu. University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
  8. ^ Venables, Anthony. "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Anthony J Venables.
  9. ^ "Countries". theigc.org. The IGC.
  10. ^ a b "Structure". theigc.org. The IGC.
  11. ^ "About". theigc.org. The IGC.
  12. ^ "Professor Lord Nicholas Stern". lse.ac.uk. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  13. ^ "Researchers directory". theigc.org. The IGC. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2014.