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Supporting Inclusive Growth
Promoting inclusive growth
Economic growth can reduce poverty. However, growth does not always lead to more and better jobs or increased income. The poor, particularly poor women and youth, do not always share the benefits of growth. Poverty and inequality remain key challenges.
 
We support policy-oriented research that promotes inclusive growth, enhancing opportunities for all, while reducing inequalities.
 
We are especially interested in research which aims to:
  • facilitate growth with decent jobs
  • enhance small and medium sized enterprise development, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
Such research needs to address gender dynamics.
 
If you are interested in the program, download the program prospectus in English, French or Spanish.
 

News

IDRC 2014 Research Awards

10/06/2013

IDRC is one of the world’s leaders in generating new knowledge to meet global challenges. We offer a number of research awards providing a unique opportunity to enhance research skills and gain a fresh perspective on crucial development issues...

Call for Proposals: Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa

17/04/2013

Emerging political developments in the Middle East and North Africa may result in either the advancement of women’s rights and roles in a more democratic society or to back-sliding and regression as new social players and ideologies come to the...

Events

Poverty, Jobs, and Institutions: Canadian Development Economists meet in Montréal

30/05/2013

The Canadian Economics Association (CEA) is holding its 47th Annual Meetings, May 30–June 2, 2013 in Montréal, Canada. Once again, the Canadian Development Economics Study Group (CDESG) will host meetings at the CEA forum to discuss new trends...

The End of Inequality in Latin America?

29/05/2013

The Canadian Development Economics Study Group (CDESG) and IDRC are hosting a joint presentation on May 29, 2013, on the “The End of Inequality in Latin America?”Dr Leonardo Gasparini, director of the Center for Distributive, Labor and Social...


Featured Publication

BUILDING NEW COMPETITION LAW REGIMES<br>Selected Essays

BUILDING NEW COMPETITION LAW REGIMES
Selected Essays

This book focuses on the development of competition law institutions. It also provides case studies that examine the development of these institutions against the backdrop of the debate on the global convergence of competition law and the limits...

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Growing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe

Migrant entrepreneurs are an important force in the informal economy in southern Africa, but their role is often invisible to policymakers and researchers. New research on the contributions of these migrant entrepreneurs will help to raise their …

Latest Results

Under changes to India's constitution, Indian women are gaining a stronger political voice. Legal reforms are encouraging women to contribute to economic growth and investments in community growth.    A three-year study conducted by the National...
Women’s political participation leads to stronger local economiesZimbabwe’s data on poverty part of Southern African poverty reduction effortsProviding jobs for the “missing middle”</br>in IndiaAging populations may improve the standard of livingEntrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle East

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Zimbabwe continues to experience high levels of poverty and unemployment. IDRC is supporting the University of Zimbabwe’s Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) as it explores the multiple dimensions of the country’s challenges and generates...
Women’s political participation leads to stronger local economies Zimbabwe’s data on poverty part of Southern African poverty reduction effortsProviding jobs for the “missing middle”</br>in IndiaAging populations may improve the standard of livingEntrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle East

Latest Results

With steady economic growth throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, there seemed to be an abundance of jobs in India. Jobs were available in service industries like information technology and in the large-scale manufacturing operations of...
Women’s political participation leads to stronger local economiesZimbabwe’s data on poverty part of Southern African poverty reduction efforts Providing jobs for the “missing middle”</br>in IndiaAging populations may improve the standard of livingEntrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle East

Latest Results

Recent research has shown that worldwide population changes could increase economic growth and promote equity across generations. Researchers have developed a system to quantify economic flows across different age groups. These “National Transfer...
Women’s political participation leads to stronger local economiesZimbabwe’s data on poverty part of Southern African poverty reduction effortsProviding jobs for the “missing middle”</br>in India Aging populations may improve the standard of livingEntrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle East

Latest Results

Despite reforms, labour markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been unable to absorb the growing number of job seekers. Women and educated youth are particularly vulnerable to high unemployment. However, data on entrepreneurship and...
Women’s political participation leads to stronger local economiesZimbabwe’s data on poverty part of Southern African poverty reduction effortsProviding jobs for the “missing middle”</br>in IndiaAging populations may improve the standard of living Entrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle East
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