Waste is becoming a make-or-break issue for cities—hurting health, clogging drains, driving emissions + swallowing budgets. This #UrbanOctober, IGC is sharing research + solutions to improve waste management in cities🌍 Follow for blogs, resources & tools: www.theigc.org/topics/waste #EconSky

Can global fashion brands help clean up Bangladesh’s rivers? New evidence shows exporting to multinationals improves water quality near garment factories—proof that responsible sourcing works. Read more: www.theigc.org/blogs/bangla...

🚨 Job alert! If you love the buzz of global events, then take a look at our latest vacancy: IGC Events Manager. Find out more and apply now at: www.theigc.org/about/careers - deadline closes 17 October 2025.

🌍 How can economics shape climate action? Join our Policy Session on COP at #LSEEnvironmentWeek Mon 22 Sept | 🕓 16:00–16:45 BST With Sherry Rehman & Ijaz Nabi (Chair) 🔗https://www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-week-2025 #ClimatePolicy #COP2025 #Econsky

🌍 Only 3 days to go until #LSEEnvironmentWeek! 📆22–25 Sept Join us online via Zoom to explore innovation, climate solutions & sustainable growth with leading economists & experts. Registration & programme: lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

This year's #LSEEnvironmentWeek will take place next week on 22-25 September! There's still time to register and explore the fantastic conference programme: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-... @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @theigc.bsky.social @poid-lse.bsky.social

🌍 From Jan 2026, the EU’s #CBAM will tax carbon-intensive imports, including aluminium. Should Mozambique adopt a carbon tax, delay alignment, or go first and lead on climate? Learn more about some strategies: theigc.org/blogs/mozamb... #CarbonPricing #Econsky

How can timely information help communities during floods? Join Prof. Stefan Leeffers @ucl.ac.uk for the next NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at #Quelimane 2025 Webinar on: Information and Floods 📅 Mon, Sep 1 | 1pm (PT) / 2pm (Moz)📍Teams More info: bit.ly/46XjbDQ

How will CBAM impact Mozambique’s economy? Join the NOVAFRICA–IGC @ Quelimane webinar series (1 Sept – 20 Oct) for insights on: 🔹 Economic development 🔹 Climate change & flooding 🔹 Tax & urban policy 🔗 www.theigc.org/events/novaf... #Mozambique #ClimatePolicy #SustainableGrowth

⏰Just 2 hours to go! The BREAD-IGC virtual PhD course is about to begin with our largest ever cohort. ✅ Registered? Get ready to log in💻 ✍️ Not yet? There’s still time: www.theigc.org/events/bread... Full line-up on the website, here is a snapshot of what's coming up ⬇️ #EconSky

Bangladesh exports £16.5B of garments to Europe but at huge environmental cost. Join us at #LSEEnvironmentWeek to discuss: 🌱Are we using water wisely? 🌱Is greener fashion possible? 23 Sept | 12:30 BST / 5:30pm Dhaka 🔗 theigc.org/events/lse-e... #SustainableFashion #Econsky

🌍 Keynote: Climate & Macro Join us online to explore how climate change & policy affect the global economy. 25 Sept ⏰1:30pm - 2:30pm BST @swatidhingra.bsky.social, Diego R. Känzig 🎤 Chair: Chetan Ghate Register: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-... #LSEEnvironmentWeek #Macroeconomics

The BREAD-IGC virtual PhD course starts in just 48 hours with our largest-ever group of participants! 🎉 If you’re in development economics, this must-attend course is a game-changer - just read the testimonials from our last course below. Find out more: www.theigc.org/events/bread... #EconSky

💸 Keynote: Climate Finance Join us online to explore how financial markets can accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. 24 Sept ⏰1:30pm - 2:30pm BST 🎙️ Harrison Hong & Patrick Bolton 🔗 Register: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-... #LSEEnvironmentWeek #ClimateFinance

🔥#LSEEnvironmentWeek 2025 Keynote: Fires Wildfires are a growing global challenge. Join us online to explore the economics of fires & potential policy responses. 🗓️23 Sept ⏰1:30pm - 2:30pm @patrickbaylis.bsky.social 🔗Register: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

Local tax compliance is a key challenge for revenues & governance. 🎙️ Join Prof. @wsandholtz.bsky.social @NovaSBE for the next NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at Quelimane 2025 Webinar on: Willingness to Pay Local Taxes 📅 Mon, Sep 15 | 1pm PT / 2pm Moz 📍 Online via Teams: bit.ly/48awYHy

#LSEEnvironmentWeek 2025: Biodiversity Join us online to explore the urgent challenge of #biodiversity loss & the economic innovations needed to address it. 22 Sept | 2:45pm - 3:45pm BST 🎙️@bardharstad.bsky.social Register: lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

⏳ Time is running out! Register now for the FREE Bread-IGC PhD course on social protection starting on 16 Sep. Open to anyone with a foundation in PhD-level coursework. 🗓️ Weekly for 12 weeks ⏰ 1.5 hours | 2pm BST 🌍 Thousands have registered worldwide Learn from the very best ⬇️

🌍Digital trade is central to #Rwanda & #Uganda’s growth strategies, but rules aren’t keeping pace. 📉ICT goods exports are just 0.9% (Rwanda) & 0.15% (Uganda) Our new IGC-supported research calls for clearer rules & better coordination. www.theigc.org/blogs/digita... #DigitalTrade

🌱Valuing nature in a changing climate Tue 23 Sept📍LSE campus + online Leading experts incl. Larry Kramer, Juliano Assunção, Jim Leape, Rohini Pande & Robin Burgess. 🔗Register: lse.ac.uk/events/valui... More of the programme: lse-environment-week.com/environment-... #LSEevents #LSEEnvironmentWeek

🌍 As the world gears up for COP30, join us at our #LSEEnvironmentWeek Public lecture "COP30 & the sustainable growth agenda" 22 Sept Ticket will be available from 8 Sept: lse.ac.uk/events/cop30... Explore the programme: lse-environment-week.com/environment-... #LSEEvents #ClimateAction

At the "Taxing Smarter" conference, IGC’s Juliana Oliveira-Cunha spoke with/ Ndola Mayor Jones Kalyati on boosting #propertytax collection. He called for: 💡Digital records 💡Political will & policy 💡Capacity building of tax officers Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfrx...

Pakistan cities face a dual challenge: rapid urbanisation & climate risks 📄Our new Growth brief: lays out insights on green infrastructure & smart planning → www.theigc.org/publications... Also the latest CDPR podcast dives on urban climate realities → www.cdpr.org.pk/podcast/citi...

📢 Still time to register! The FREE Bread-IGC PhD course on social protection runs weekly for 12 weeks. ⏰ 1.5 hours | 2pm BST 🌍 Thousands worldwide already registered 🎓 Grounded in research, data, and expertise for real-life social protection issues. Don’t miss out—register now:

How do taxpayers interact w/ tax officials? Evidence builds trust, lowers enforcement costs & boosts revenue. Zambia’s new ZRA #datalab allows researchers to shape smarter #taxpolicy & stronger institutions. 🔗 www.zra.org.zm/building-an-... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV7M... #TaxingSmarter

🏆Congrats to Laura Montenbruck on winning the IIPF Young Economists Award! Her study in Freetown- alongside an ICTD, @logritax.bsky.social & @theigc.bsky.social property tax reform work- shows how better info on public services can boost tax compliance. 📜Read her blog: www.ictd.ac/blog/does-in...

The News international reported on Punjab's #propertytax reform, a replacement of its 66-year-old Annual Rental Value system. The landmark reform builds on IGC research on property tax utilisation, helping shape a more transparent & efficient system. thenews.com.pk/print/133379... #PolicyImpact

Kikubo Lane News cited Oxford’s Prof. Stefan Dercon at the IGC Economic Growth Forum in Kampala, warning that Uganda risks stagnation if it relies too heavily on aid and natural resources. kikubolane.com/2025/08/29/o...

Join us for #LSEEnvironmentWeek! The programme is now live: 🌱Keynote lectures on biodiversity, climate finance & fires 🌱Public lectures on COP30, climate finance & natural capital 🌱World-class academics & policymakers. 🔗https://www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-week-2025 #Sustainability

Can #Pakistan tackle urban traffic, through 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 mass transit systems? 🚆Mass transit systems may offer environmental benefits over #econgrowth. In our blog, Hina Shaikh draws on research to unpack Pakistan’s mobility challenges.🛺 theigc.org/blogs/traffi...

🌍We are hiring a Head of Climate & Growth Initiative at LSE. Shape research & policy on sustainable growth in developing countries. Full-time | £53,949–£69,073 Webinar: 29 Aug, 15:00 UK 📝 Apply by 14 Sep www.theigc.org/about/careers #ClimateAction #SustainableGrowth

⌛ Just three weeks to go to engage with global experts in development economics as part of the BREAD-IGC virtual PhD course happening this Sept. Thousands have already registered, will you sign up too? Check out our past testimonials below and register: www.theigc.org/events/bread...

Hundreds (really, thousands) of past students vouch for the BREAD-IGC virtual PhD course. This Sept, you too, can join them and learn from top minds in development economics including Nobel Prize laureate Abhijit Banerjee. Register today, it's free: www.theigc.org/events/bread... #EconSky

Great endorsement @jealleniv.bsky.social 🙌 for the BREAD-IGC virtual PhD course — the upcoming September course is on social protection and features a Nobel Prize winner, world-renowned economists from MIT, World Bank, Princeton and more #EconSky It’s free to join ⬇️ www.theigc.org/events/bread...

AI will not transform governments overnight. But used wisely, it can make capable systems + effective. From Zambia’s labour surveys to policymaking, small, low-risk steps show how AI can move from promise to practice in LMICs. Read more👉 theigc.org/blogs/promis... #AI

🌍 How can economics help solve the 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀? To warm-up for #LSEEnvironmentWeek 2025, we’re spotlighting 4 insights from IGC’s climate & environment research: Save the date & join us in rich conversations to use economics to address the climate crisis. 🔗 theigc.org/events/lse-e...

📢 Call for applications: We have a fellowship opportunity for Sierra Leonean PhD/Master's students & junior researchers! Work on: 🌾 Rice self-sufficiency & food security 📊 Economic reforms for inclusive growth Apply by 29 Aug 👉 theigc.org/call-applica... #SierraLeone

We're hiring an IGC Policy Economist (Cities), based at LSE London. Work w/ our Cities that Work team, generating research projects, engaging w/ global partners & shaping urban policy in LMICs. 💼Salary from £43,277 📅Apply by 31 Aug 🔗 theigc.org/about/careers #DevEcon #UrbanPolicy

A chance to learn from some of the world’s leading development economists? Yes please! 🎓 Join Rema Nadeem, Benjamin Olken, and other top JPAL researchers for the free BREAD-IGC virtual PhD course on social protection. Apply now: www.theigc.org/events/bread...

📢Call for papers: Young Researchers Workshop at Yale Join us on 23 Oct for an event ahead of the Firms, Trade & Development Conference. Open to post-PhD researchers Deadline: 7 Sept 2025 Travel funding available! theigc.org/call-papers-... @yaleegc.bsky.social #DevEcon

🎬Watch these highlights from #LSEEnvironmentWeek 2024, where research met policy to tackle climate change. Registration for 2025 opens soon! Join us 22–25 Sept for global & local conversations on sustainability. youtube.com/watch?v=7E8d... @cep-lse.bsky.social

⚡Hundreds have signed up and places are filling up fast on our free virtual PhD course on social protection. Dive into issues facing develoment economists of today with leading academics around the globe including Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee. Find out more: www.theigc.org/events/bread...

🚀 Can light-touch accelerator programmes improve startup outcomes? In Bangladesh, an IGC-backed study found that they: ✅Provided + mentor engagement ✅Greater investment readiness ❌No short-term gains in revenue or funding 🔗 www.theigc.org/blogs/bangla... #Startups #Bangladesh

🚨 Exciting news! IGC Ethiopia has signed an MoU w/ AAU to power up policy-relevant research on firms, cities, energy & state effectiveness. A big step for evidence-based policymaking and local research leadership! www.theigc.org/news/igc-eth... #PolicyResearch #Africa

Join us for the seminar ‘Uncovering dirty profits: the global allocation of extractives’, hosted by Tax for Growth. Don’t miss out on the chance to hear why profit shifting matters. Register here: www.theigc.org/events/tax-t...

How will AI shape the future of taxation? At the 45th CATA Conference, the Tax4Growth team presented on how AI can be used in tax administrations & what foundations need to be in place to make the most of AI and Big data. www.catatax.org/post/day-1-w... #TaxForGrowth #CATA2025

🌱 Save the Date 🌍 LSE Environment Week 2025 📅 22–25 Sept | London Meet economists, policymakers & researchers & discuss how to tackle climate, energy & environmental challenges. 🔗 lse-environment-week.com/environment-... #LSEEnvironmentWeek #Sustainability

Join Tax 4 Growth team at 2pm BST on Thursday, 7 August. We’ll be hosting our final tax talk! 💻 In this session, we’ll delve into how multinational companies shift profits to low-tax jurisdictions, depriving LMICs of critical public revenue. Register🔗 theigc.org/events

🚨Registration is open! Join us at the Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025. Delighted to host this conference w/ @yaleegc.bsky.social on 24–25 Oct at Yale University (& online). Explore cutting-edge research on #firms, #trade & #development. Register:

We're hiring: Publications Assistant (Part-time), based in London. Fixed-term to March 2026. ✅Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We're looking for someone w/ strong editorial skills & excellent attention to detail. Apply by 15 Aug 2025 theigc.org/about/careers