[1][2][3][4] The IGC is led by Jonathan Leape, along with directors Robin Burgess,[5] Sir Paul Collier,[6] Anthony Venables, John Sutton and Chang-Tai Hsieh.

[11] The IGC has also responded to specific government requests for advice in countries such as Malawi, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka.

[13] For each partner country, the IGC supports a team of resident economists who respond to specific policy demands on issues of economic growth.

The programme focuses on five areas of research: i) state effectiveness ii) firm capabilities iii) food security iv) infrastructure development, and v) sustainable urbanisation in Bangladesh.

In 2014 IGC Ethiopia jointly sponsored a small grants scheme for junior researchers with the Ethiopian Economics Association.

IGC Ghana has funded research in areas such as macroeconomic stability, agricultural productivity, private sector development, education and skills acquisition and natural resource management.

IGC Bihar has funded research on literacy, vocational training, economic policy, and public finance.

[19] In 2013, the IGC South Asia Growth Conference was held in Delhi which addressed schooling, public sector and programme design, macroeconomics and finance, firms and investment, and health.

Following initial engagement in 2011 and consultations with Liberian stakeholders in 2012, IGC officially established its Liberia office in February 2013, based in the Ministry of State Without Portfolio.

Liberia's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Axel M. Addy, spoke as part of IGC Growth Week 2014 in London.

The IGC has organized several events in Mozambique, including a workshop on management practices in the manufacturing sector, and a forum on economic growth.

It operates under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (Rwanda) which requires that it "produce demand-driven research outputs that strengthen the evidence base for policy-making relevant to Rwanda’s long-run growth", with a focus on research and analysis under four main thematic areas: agriculture, infrastructure, macroeconomic policy and finance, and trade and industry.

Research conducted by the IGC has found that the number of rice traders in some Ebola-hit areas of Sierra Leone has fallen by nearly 70% between 2012 and late 2014.

The programme is structured around three main pillars: responding to crisis, natural resource management, and addressing isolation, diversification, and job creation.

Professor John Sutton, an IGC researcher, delivered the Gilman Rutihinda Memorial Lecture at the Bank of Tanzania and urged the country to integrate local firms into gas multinational supply chains.

Its priority areas include natural resource management and monetary policy, the regional integration process, raising income and inclusive growth.

IGC Uganda research has included analysis of integration of economic activity within the East African Community, the evolution of public expenditure priorities in light of natural resource revenues, and the options and strategies for financing fiscal deficits within the country.

IGC research showed that eight out of ten Rwandan farmers in the study are not willing to adopt fertilisers as they are perceived as low quality.

They hypothesised that this intervention may spur voluntary tax compliance by allowing firms to be recognised by their neighbours and peers.

[44] The IGC's cities research programme is led by Edward Glaeser (Harvard University) and Gharad Bryan (London School of Economics and Political Science).