Inclusive Growth (IGx)

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Start date	End date	Location	Delivery Method	Session No.	Primary & (Interpretation) language	Apply
May 1, 2026	April 15, 2027	Course conducted online	Online Training	OL 26.161	English	Apply online by April 1, 2027

This online course aims to deepen participants' understanding of the relationship between macroeconomic policies and reforms, competitiveness, and growth.
The course examines the different channels through which economic policy reforms could promote inclusive and job-creating growth.
The course explores the roles of knowledge acquisition, capital accumulation, and productivity growth in driving long-term economic growth.
The course critically examines how policies support growth, their distributional impacts, and the influence of institutions on economic outcomes.
The course draws on theory, cross-country empirical studies, and case studies of experiences in several regions of the world.
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.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.

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

Interpret measures of poverty and inequality.
Explain the role of fiscal policy in supporting inclusive growth and highlight best practices for designing tax policies and expenditure programs to foster inclusion.
Assess inclusiveness of the labor market, including from a gender perspective.
Describe how advances in technology may affect inclusion in the labor market.
Explain why good governance is important for inclusive growth.
Identify the key risks to sustainable and inclusive growth.

Conceptual and practical focus:
- Examines the conceptual framework and practical policies for achieving strong, sustainable, green, and inclusive growth.
- Learn how to formulate a plan to build a resilient, green, and inclusive economy and monitor how macroeconomic policies can affect growth, poverty, inequality, and job creation.
Instructional methods:
- Draws on theory, cross-country empirical studies, case studies, and workshops with hands-on experience.
Expected participant capabilities:
- Ability to design inclusive growth strategies informed by country case studies and to evaluate policy trade-offs and distributional impacts.