International Growth Centre

How will AI shape the future of taxation?

At the 45th CATA Conference, the Tax4Growth team presented on how AI can be used in tax administrations & what foundations need to be in place to make the most of AI and Big data.
www.catatax.org/post/day-1-w...

#TaxForGrowth #CATA2025

@poid-lse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @ukri.org @erc.europa.eu ‪‪@cep-lse.bsky.social‬ @granthamlse.bsky.social

🌱 Save the Date 🌍 LSE Environment Week 2025

📅 22–25 Sept | London
Meet economists, policymakers & researchers & discuss how to tackle climate, energy & environmental challenges.

🔗 lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

#LSEEnvironmentWeek #Sustainability

Join Tax 4 Growth team at 2pm BST on Thursday, 7 August.

We’ll be hosting our final tax talk!

💻 In this session, we’ll delve into how multinational companies shift profits to low-tax jurisdictions, depriving LMICs of critical public revenue.

Register🔗 theigc.org/events

Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025 Upcoming Event Yale University, New Haven From 24 Oct 2025 at 09:00 to 25 Oct 2025 at 17:00

🚨Registration is open! Join us at the Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025.

Delighted to host this conference w/ @yaleegc.bsky.social on 24–25 Oct at Yale University (& online).

Explore cutting-edge research on #firms, #trade & #development.

Register:

We're hiring: Publications Assistant (Part-time), based in London.

Fixed-term to March 2026.
✅Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We're looking for someone w/ strong editorial skills & excellent attention to detail.

Apply by 15 Aug 2025
theigc.org/about/careers

Professional Diploma in Urban Development Empowering the African City Builders of Tomorrow

Applications for the Africa Urban Lab Professional Diploma in Urban Development for early-career professionals are closing soon.

Starts Nov 2025
📚 Urban Economics & Planning
Apply by 1 Aug: www.aul.city/professional...

#UrbanDevelopment #CityPlanning

Aligning the GHG Protocol towards corporate incentives for expanding clean energy access Discover how proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol’s emissions can reshape corporate incentives for clean energy access.

The GHG Protocol is being revised, but will new rules support energy access in fragile states?

Without flexibility for clean energy procurement, corporate buyers may walk away from places that need it most.

Read the new blog👇
www.theigc.org/blogs/ghg-pr...
#Scope2 #NetZero

Why CBAM matters for Mozambique’s industrial future Mozambique can harness the EU CBAM by leveraging clean aluminium and low-emission energy by adopting smart policy, emissions tracking, and carbon revenue use.

Mozambique’s aluminium is among the world’s cleanest. With the EU’s #CBAM starting in 2026, this is a chance to turn low emissions into global competitiveness – but only if Mozambique acts now.

🔗 theigc.org/blogs/why-cb...
#Mozambique #ClimateAction #Sustainability

Porque o CBAM é importante para o futuro industrial de Moçambique O Mecanismo de Ajustamento das Fronteiras de Carbono (CBAM) da UE representa uma oportunidade para Moçambique alavancar a sua matriz energética

O alumínio de Moçambique é dos mais limpos do mundo. Com o #CBAM da UE em 2026, Moçambique tem a oportunidade de transformar baixas emissões em vantagem competitiva – se agir já.

🔗 theigc.org/blogs/porque...

#Moçambique #Clima #Sustentabilidade

📦 Can subsidised loans fuel export growth?

In Rwanda, firms supported by the Export Growth Fund grew:

🔹 Revenue by 50%
🔹 Jobs by 30%
🔹 Tax payments enough to cover programme costs in 2 years

📖 Read the blog: theigc.org/blog/rwanda-...
#Rwanda #ExportGrowth #Development

We're proud to see FCDO spotlighting our Transformational Change methodology.

This framework tracks how research drives real-world impact.

Learn more about our case studies from Mozambique, Uganda & Ghana.

🔗 grtd.fcdo.gov.uk/igc-introduc...

#EvidenceForDevelopment

Call for Applications: IGC Jordan PhD Local Fellowship The Jordan PhD Local Fellowship offers economics students a three-month research opportunity in Amman, working with policymakers on evidence-based policymaking.

🚨 Applications now open: Jordan PhD Local Fellowship!
3-month paid research placement in Amman

🎓 For econ PhD students (and top Master’s) from Jordanian universities
Work with policymakers on real economic challenges

🗓️ Apply by 30 July: www.theigc.org/call-applica...
#PhDFellowship

Lessons from Ethiopia’s AGOA suspension amidst US tariff uncertainty Ethiopia’s AGOA suspension slashed US exports, triggered mass layoffs, and exposed trade risks, highlighting the need for strong job-loss support.

When Ethiopia lost AGOA access in 2022, over 11,500 garment jobs vanished.

New IGC research shows job-loss support works, but how it's delivered matters.

As US tariffs loom over Africa, Ethiopia's story offers vital lessons.
👉 theigc.org/blogs/ethiop...

#Trade #AGOA

In his Dawn op-ed Ijaz Nabi, IGC’s Pakistan Country Director, draws a link between economic strength & national security.

He tells the story of how decades of tariff distortions stalled productivity & why the Budget 2025-26 could be a turning point

📖https://www.dawn.com/news/1922997/tariff-reform

How can Jordan double women’s labour force participation and create 1M+ youth jobs in 10 years?

At IGC Jordan, we’re tackling tough questions with local insight & policy solutions.

📖Read more: theigc.org/.../jordan-l...
#Jordan #LabourMarket

⏳ Final call! Submit your paper for LSE Environment Week 2025 by 14 July, 23:59 GMT.

All econ fields welcome – climate, energy, policy & more
📍 In-person at LSE | ✈️ Funding available for presenters

🔗 Submit now: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

#EnvironmentalEconomics

LSE Environment Week LSE Environment Week is an annual conference on the economics of the environment & energy organised by the EEE Programme at LSE in partnership with IGC and POID.

Together with LSE’s EEE programme & the POID, we are proud to co-convene the fourth LSE Environment Week.

🌍 You have 5 days left to submit your paper!
22–25 Sept | 📍LSE London | Deadline: 14 July
💡 All econ fields welcome

🔗 Submit now: www.lse-environment-week.com
#EconSky

How Africa can make the most of critical minerals I recently moderated a panel hosted by the International Growth Centre and VoxDev, which examined how African countries can capitalise on their mineral wealth in the context of the global energy trans...

🔋How can Africa turn its critical minerals into lasting prosperity?

The challenge is turning demand into inclusive, sustainable growth.

Read the new blog by Shahrukh Wani: theigc.org/blogs/how-af...

Explore our new critical minerals page: theigc.org/keyword/crit...

@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social

Can participatory budgeting build government legitimacy and tax revenues in weak states? Digital Town Halls in Sierra Leone boosted legitimacy, but tax compliance rose mainly among ruling party supporters, revealing risks of political polarisation.

📱Did a digital town hall in Sierra Leone improve the public's perception of government?

Some polarising effects uncovered with our latest blog by @nmeriggi.bsky.social @julianpolsci.bsky.social @wilsonprichard.bsky.social & others 🤝 @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @logritax.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social

Seville 2025 and the power of local institutions Explore challenges for global leaders in financing for development, addressing tax reform, debt, and investment to close the SDG funding gap by 2030.

💸How can we close the SDG funding gap by 2030 in the face of shrinking aid? A mammoth task for leaders in Seville as they gathered for the Conference on Financing for Development this week.

Our blog dived into latest research in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone & DRC to see what it takes:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tax talks: Seminars with substance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The Tax for Growth team invites you to join them for six monthly online webinars running from March to August. The webinars feature discussions on topics of cutting-edge tax research with academics an...

📺 Starting in less than half an hour! Tune in now to find out how you can boost tax morale with the Mayor of Quelimane and new evidence revealed from Pakistan and Mozambique: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@gsos-lse.bsky.social 💚

Call for papers: LSE Environment Week 2025 The LSE Economics Department’s EEE, IGC, and POID programmes will host the fourth Environment Week from 22 to 25 September 2025.

The urgency of climate change pollution is undeniable.

🌍 Economists from all fields: Submit your paper for LSE Environment Week 2025 (22–25 Sept)

Co-hosted by The IGC, LSE EEE & LSE POID
Deadline: 14 July

www.theigc.org/call-papers-...
#ClimateEconomics

Evaluating the environmental impacts of large-scale afforestation in Pakistan Countries are investing in large-scale afforestation, but success depends on design. Pakistan’s Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Project offers key insights.

🌱 Pakistan’s Billion Tree Tsunami increased tree cover by 6% but what about the climate? Satellite & administrative data show:

📉Minimal temp/pollution change

🌧️Slight rainfall uptick (short-term)

❓Uncertain long-term impact

Explore afforestation in our latest blog:

Tax talks: Seminars with substance The Tax for Growth team invites you to join them for six monthly online webinars running from March to August. The webinars feature discussions on topics of cutting-edge tax research with academics…

How do you boost morale among taxpayers? Discover insights from a mayor & taxation experts this Thursday 3 July feat. Mayor of Quelimane Manuel de Araújo, Mazhar Waseem & @wsandholtz.bsky.social

Register now:

The seventh annual DFI Frontier Markets Forum: Towards resilient and sustainable frontier markets The IGC's State Fragility initiative co-hosted the 7th annual DFI Frontier Markets Forum at Oxford, focusing on resilient, locally driven development amid decli

The 7th annual DFI Frontier Markets Forum brought together DFIs, govs & experts to explore resilient, sustainable, locally led development in fragile settings.

Grateful to all who joined us in Oxford.

Read our statement🔗

Two digital platforms launched to enhance access to policy-relevant data The platforms are named: Bangladesh Energy Dashboard (BED) and Bangladesh Social Protection Dashboard (BSD)

🚀 Officially LAUNCHED: Two new public data dashboards in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Energy Dashboard and Bangladesh Social Protection Dashboard

Media coverage: www.thedailystar.net/business/new...

Access the dashboard 🔓 : www.theigc.org/data-sets/ba...

Tax talks: Seminars with substance The Tax for Growth team invites you to join them for six monthly online webinars running from March to August. The webinars feature discussions on topics of cutting-edge tax research with academics…

📢 Call for papers! The IGC & @yaleegc.bsky.social‬ invite submissions for the 2025 Firms, Trade & Development conference at Yale (24–25 Oct).

Deadline: 18 July
Funding for presenters is available

Submit your paper 👉 www.theigc.org/events/tax-t...
#EconSky #Trade