On the back of Covid-19, high inflation and the uncertainty of climate-related disasters and other crises, many governments – particularly in low-income countries – are reverting to old-fashioned growth strategies.
This often involves export-oriented growth and industrialisation with a primary focus of increasing GDP. In some cases, it involves supporting economic transformation through large, formal investments in infrastructure, health, education and public-private partnerships to enable workers to move from agriculture to non-agriculture (especially to manufacturing and services), and from less to more productive sectors.
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Vidya Diwakar also convenes the specialist short course ‘Poverty-focused Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation’, which is currently running with participants from around the world. You can register your interest on the course webpage to receive updates about future iterations.