International Growth Centre (IGC) promotes demand driven researches with specific focuses on enhancing economic growth in developing countries. IGC is directed and organized by hubs at London School of Economics (LSE) and Oxford University in England, and operates in several countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and many others.

The IGC-Bangladesh program is hosted by Economic Research Group in Dhaka. It is in the process of formulating a strategy to respond to long-standing policy questions, such as governance, non-traditional export prospects beyond garments, rationalization of the tax system, poverty alleviation (including the impact of microcredit), and improvements in social indicators. The program is also looking at short- to medium-term work on climate change, urbanization under intense population density and skill formation in a rapidly expanding labor force.