Inclusive Growth (IG)

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Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating strategies and policies to tackle poverty and inequality; address climate change; and promote job creation.

Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences or equivalent experience.
It is strongly recommended that applicants complete the online Inclusive Growth (IGx) course, the online Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFIx) course, or any subset of modules of the IGx online course (e.g. Inclusive Growth – Concepts and Indicators (IGx-CI), Inclusive Growth – Fiscal Policy (IGx-FP), Inclusive Growth).

Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development (ICD).
Designed to increase participants’ understanding of inclusive growth and give analytical and operational tools to evaluate, measure, and monitor how macroeconomic policies can affect growth, climate change, poverty, inequality, and job creation.
Covers challenges to inclusion from longer-term structural trends such as demographics and climate change.
Lectures introduce basic concepts of inclusive growth with a special focus on long-term sustainability.
Workshops offer participants an opportunity to apply concepts and design inclusive growth strategies, drawing from country case studies.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Interpret measures of poverty and inequality.
Analyze the role of macroeconomic policies in supporting growth, tackling climate change, promoting equality, and reducing poverty.
Identify obstacles to inclusive growth and prioritize reforms.
Design an inclusive growth strategy for their own country.