Inclusive Growth (IG)
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- Published: July 31, 2025
Upcoming offerings
| Start date | End date | Location | Delivery Method | Session No. | Primary & (Interpretation) language | Apply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2027 | March 5, 2027 | Dalian, China | [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) | CT 27.01 | English (Chinese) | Invitation |
| May 17, 2027 | May 28, 2027 | Vienna, Austria | [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) | JV 27.16 | English | Apply online by February 14, 2027 |
Course overview
- The Institute for Capacity Development 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.
- The course 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 hands-on experience in applying concepts and designing inclusive growth strategies, drawing on country case studies.
Target audience and qualifications
- 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.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences or equivalent experience.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the 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.
Syllabus and instructional approach
- The course is presented by the IMF's Institute for Capacity Development and is designed to increase participants’ understanding of inclusive growth concepts and to provide analytical and operational tools to evaluate, measure, and monitor how macroeconomic policies affect growth, poverty, inequality, and job creation.
- Lectures introduce the basic concepts of inclusive growth, with a special focus on long-term sustainability.
- Workshops offer participants the opportunity to apply concepts and design inclusive growth strategies, drawing from country case studies.