The G²LM|LIC Programme is pleased to announce a 3-day course on evaluation methods joint with J-PAL MENA and UNICEF Egypt on November 11-13, 2024 in Cairo, Egypt. The target audience are postgraduate students, faculty members, and early career researchers in government and non-governmental organisations who would like to develop their skills in programme evaluation using…
G²LM|LIC Policy Meeting on April 18, 2024: Boosting Women’s Labour Force Participation – Evidence from Western and Sub-Saharan Africa
Thank you to all speakers, Andy Hinsley from FCDO for contributing the introductory remarks and all participants for an interesting discussion! The online workshop assembled recent empirical evidence on possibilities to improve the position of women in the labour market and their access to it in Western and Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses policy solutions. The…
New synthesis paper published!
A new G²LM|LIC synthesis paper by Michelle Rao and Gabríela Diaz-Pardo (both LSE) systematically reviews the literature on the impact of cash transfers on women’s employment and empowerment, covering 30 cash transfer programs on adult women across 19 lower and middle-income countries, using data from the G²LM|LIC Jobs of the World database. Find the paper…
G²LM|LIC Mentoring/H.E.R. – Career Structures in Economics
On March 6 and 7, a joint workshop of G²LM|LIC and LSE’s Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy (H.E.R.) took place at LSE in London. Eight mentees from the G²LM|LIC Mentoring Programme were selected to join a conference on Career Structures in Economics, to present their mentored paper and attend a session on research…
G²LM|LIC & BREAD Conference on Development Economics
On Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16, 2023 the G²LM|LIC and BREAD Conference on Development Economics took place in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference consisted of presentations of advanced stage research by senior or junior researchers, and presentations of early stage research by junior researchers. A special feature of the conference was that eight young…
Reminder: Call for Applications for FREE Online Development Economics Course
The IZA/FCDO Programme on Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) is sponsoring the ONLINE EVENT: “Development Economics Course”, January 15 – March 18, 2024. The course is free of charge for the participants. Application deadline is November 10, 2023. Watch the trailer for the course here! Students and researchers from Africa are…
Call for Applications: IZA/FCDO Online Development Economics Course
We are happy to announce that the IZA/FCDO Programme on Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) is sponsoring the ONLINE EVENT: “Development Economics Course”, January 15 – March 18, 2024. The course is free of charge for the participants. PLEASE NOTE: This course was previously announced for September – November 2023. Due…
Call for Papers: Joint G²LM|LIC/BREAD Conference
G²LM|LIC and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) are pleased to announce a joint Conference on Development Economics which will take place on Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16 in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference will consist of presentations of advanced stage research by senior or junior researchers, and presentations of…
G²LM|LIC Mentoring Programme
We are pleased to announce the launch of a mentoring programme for young researchers from low-income countries doing research in applied microeconomics. Mentees will have a unique opportunity to work with esteemed G²LM|LIC network mentors for guidance through a one-to-one mentorship to prepare a high-quality, publishable manuscript for a peer-reviewed journal. Please check the details here….
Call for Proposals 2023
We are pleased to announce the launch of the second open call for proposals within the G²LM|LIC programme (phase VI of the overall programme). Large- and small-scale research grants are offered on issues related to gender, labor and growth in LICs. The deadline for submission is April 10, 2023. Please check the details here. We…