Inclusive Growth (IG)
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- Session: CT 27.01
- Location: Dalian, China
- Dates: March 1-5, 2027 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese
Invitation and Logistics
- Session No.: CT 27.01
- Location: Dalian, China
- Date: March 1-5, 2027 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Chinese
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 Description
- Purpose:
- 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.
- Scope:
- Addresses economic opportunities and challenges arising from longer-term structural trends, including technological change (e.g., artificial intelligence), and demographic shifts.
- Content areas:
- Key concepts and metrics of inclusive growth.
- Fiscal, financial, and structural policies that support inclusive growth, particularly those related to labor markets, human capital, and sustainable growth.
- Methodology:
- Lectures covering core concepts and metrics.
- Interactive workshops providing hands-on experience in applying concepts and designing inclusive growth strategies, drawing on country case studies.
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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