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Inclusive Growth (IG)

Inclusive Growth

This course aims to deepen participants' understanding of inclusive growth and equip them with analytical and operational tools-such as the Inclusive Growth Dashboard-to assess how macroeconomic policies affect growth, poverty, inequality, and job creation. It addresses economic opportunities and challenges arising from longer-term structural trends, including technological change (e.g., artificial intelligence), and demographic shifts. Lectures cover key concepts and metrics of inclusive growth, as well as fiscal, financial, and structural policies that support it - particularly those related to labor markets, human capital, and sustainable growth. Interactive workshops provide participants with hands-on experience in applying these concepts and designing inclusive growth strategies, drawing on country case studies. 
 

Topic : Structural Policies

Target Audience

Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning, including the monitoring and evaluating of policies aimed at reducing poverty and inequality, addressing the distributional impacts of technological change and promoting job creation. 
 

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Qualifications

Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences or equivalent experience.

 

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Course Objectives

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

  • Interpret measures of poverty and inequality. 
  • Analyze how macroeconomic policies can promote growth, reduce poverty, and address inequality.
  • Understand the growth and distributional impact of long-term structural trends such as artificial intelligence and demographic shifts and the associated policy challenges and implications
  • Identify obstacles to inclusive growth and design reform strategies tailored to their country context.
     
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Syllabus

This course, presented by the IMF's Institute for Capacity Development, is designed to increase participants’ understanding of the concepts of inclusive growth and give them analytical and operational tools to evaluate, measure and monitor how macroeconomic policies can affect growth, poverty, inequality and job creation. Lectures introduce the basic concepts of inclusive growth, with a special focus on long-term sustainability, and workshops offer participants an opportunity to apply the concepts and think about the design of inclusive growth strategies, drawing from country case studies.
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Upcoming Offering

Start dateEnd dateLocationDelivery MethodSession No.Primary & (Interpretation) languageApply
December 7, 2025December 18, 2025Kuwait City, KuwaitIn-person TrainingCE 25.38English (Arabic)Deadline passed
May 25, 2026June 5, 2026Vienna, AustriaIn-person TrainingJV 26.15EnglishApply online by February 22, 2026
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