## Inclusive Growth (IG)

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**Canonical URL:** [Inclusive Growth (IG)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2024/igct24-12)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 24.12
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: September 2-6, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese

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### Training Program
- Target audience:
  - Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating strategies and policies to tackle e poverty and inequality; address climate change; and promote job creation.
- Session details:
  - Session No.: CT 24.12
  - Location: Shenzhen, China
  - Date: September 2-6, 2024 (1 week)
  - Delivery Method: In-person Training
  - Primary Language: English
  - Interpretation Language: Chinese

### Qualifications and Preparatory Recommendations
- Academic/experience expectations:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences or equivalent experience.
- Recommended preparatory online courses:
  - Inclusive Growth (IGx) course
  - Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFIx) course
  - Any subset of modules of the IGx online course (e.g. Inclusive Growth – Concepts and Indicators (IGx-CI), Inclusive Growth – Fiscal Policy (IGx-FP))

### Course Description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development (ICD).
- Purpose:
  - Increase participants’ understanding of inclusive growth.
  - Provide analytical and operational tools to evaluate, measure, and monitor how macroeconomic policies can affect growth, climate change, poverty, inequality, and job creation.
- Scope:
  - 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 allow participants to apply concepts and design inclusive growth strategies using country case studies.

### Course Objectives
Upon completion of the 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.

### Related IMF Training Offerings (examples listed)
- Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
- Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2024/igct24-12_