## Inclusive Growth - Concepts and Indicators (IGx-CI)

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**Canonical URL:** [Inclusive Growth - Concepts and Indicators (IGx-CI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/igx-ciol26-163)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.163
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027 Deadline extended

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.

### Course description
- Introduces concepts and dimensions of inclusive growth and the broader set of goals that policy makers should be concerned about.
- Reviews important theories and evidence on which policies can help boost growth.
- Determines whether growth helps to reduce poverty and whether there is a trade-off between raising growth and reducing inequality.
- Second half of the course focuses on measuring inclusiveness:
  - Starts with the most disadvantaged groups in how to measure poverty and then expands to other income groups to measure inequality.
  - Analysis focuses on monetary indicators of inclusiveness, income, and consumption levels.
- Also considers non-monetary dimensions of welfare, such as health and education levels.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Define inclusive growth and its many dimensions, distinguishing between outcomes and opportunities.
- Identify the linkages between growth, poverty and inequality.
- Discuss the merits and shortcomings of the above measures.
- Summarize an overall framework of inclusive growth and provide an overall diagnosis for a country to prioritize policy action.
- Define and calculate indices of poverty and inequality, including growth incidence curves.
- Identify indicators of inclusiveness that are non-income-based and explain multi-dimensional social welfare measures.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.163E)
- [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)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/igx-ciol26-163_