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| International Research and Growth Institute |
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| Address: | W.400 Riverside Avenue, Suite 500
Spokane |
| Contact: | Peter Clarkson |
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Company description:
The International Institute for Research and Growth(IRGI) is an autonomous world wide and new agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development and growth.Through its research, IRGI stimulates dialogue and contributes to policy debates on key issues of social development within and outside all national and international systems.
IRGI's mission is to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into the problems facing the management of economies in developing countries including sub-Saharan Africa.That mission rests on two basic premises. First, that development is more likely to occur where there is sustained sound management of the economy. Second, that such management is more likely to happen where there is an active, well-informed group of professional economists to conduct policy-relevant research. Specifically, then, IRGI intends to:
-Enhance the capacity of locally based researchers to conduct policy-relevant economic inquiry,
-Promote the retention of such capacity, and
-Encourage its application in the policy context.
Donor governments, private foundations, and African and international organizations would support the IRGI programme, which has two primary components: research and training. The IRGI Research Programme uses a flexible approach towards improving the technical skills of local researchers, allowing for regional determination of research priorities and strengthening national institutions concerned with economic policy research. The programme also fosters closer ties between researchers and policy makers. The Training Programme supports both master's and doctoral level studies in economics and helps improve the capacities of departments of economics in public universities across the continent. A comprehensive communications and outreach strategy encourages the application of IRGI products to economic policy making.
Publication and dissemination of IRGI research results would receive considerable attention.It is expected that IRGI would build a critical mass of highly credible research that would enhance the professional stature of the network both locally and internationally. Apart from the highly regarded series of refereed IRGI Research papers and other publications, many collections of project papers have been published in joint ventures with esteemed academic presses. Individually, many members of the network would see their work published in international scholarly journals. This expectation is further shown by the large number of requests through IRGI and directly for involvement of the researchers in various professional undertakings internationally and locally, including for regional ministerial consultations, joint projects with international financial institutions and other high level activities.
On the policy front, senior policy seminars would provide a forum for the discussion of policy-oriented syntheses of IRGI research and for obtaining feedback from policy makers on the IRGI research agenda. There would be seminars,national economic policy workshops are also very useful tools for promoting policy dialogue. In some countries these have become annual national events and are largely self-financed. Involvement of some of the senior researchers in policy advisory roles has grown considerably as confirmed by a questionnaire administered to the network. Internationally, the network is increasingly used as a sounding board for major policy considerations by multilateral financial institutions and other donor agencies.
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