Deadline: 14-Nov-21
The International Growth Centre (IGC) and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) are pleased to announce a new call for proposals focused on Bangladesh under the ‘Transformative Economic Policy Programme (TEPP)’ to support the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to deliver an effective, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable response and recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis.
The IGC’s research focuses on sustainable growth policies in developing countries. Sustainable growth refers to countries developing their potential in an inclusive way that improves social, environmental, and economic well-being for all, including for future generations.
Transformative Economic Policy Programme (TEPP) is a 2-year long programme funded by UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) with the aim to support the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to deliver an effective, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable response and recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis.
TEPP will influence, inform, and support GoB through a three-pronged approach:
- Generate policy-relevant data, research, and analysis to inform policy and its implementation.
- Support local think tanks to stimulate demand for policy action.
- Provide technical assistance to partner governments focusing on champions of change within the government.
Themes
Particularly interested in projects that address these issues through one of the four themes, all of which play a crucial role in building resilience and promoting sustainable growth.
- Green growth and recovery: Support the current policy and reforms agenda of the government to promote sustainability across economic recovery, bring impactful and sustainable changes, and to maximise ambition on climate action.
- Inclusive and resilient job creation: Support job creation for the poor, particularly women, as this is crucial for making the economic recovery inclusive and for sustained poverty reduction over the medium term; also focus on creating jobs that are green and resilient to climate change.
- Domestic resource mobilisation (DRM): Focus on issues where there are gaps in existing support from development partners and on revenue policy.
- Strengthening COVID-19 economic schemes: Strengthen the government’s economic package to support businesses and jobs and to help the extreme poor meet their basic needs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Under this call, The IGC strongly encourages researchers to submit proposals through a managing research institution/organisation (University, NGO, etc). They will only accept proposals submitted by an individual researcher that is not institutionally affiliated in exceptional circumstances. The IGC and its country offices do not count as managing institutions.
- A single institution is allowed to submit multiple proposals during the same call for proposals. A single researcher can also be included in more than one proposal. If multiple proposals are submitted, the researcher and/or institutions involved should have the capacity to conduct the research according to the proposed timescales.
- Applicants should read the TEPP research priorities on the IGC website to ensure that their proposal is eligible for funding. The IGC will not fund projects that are:
- purely qualitative,
- not grounded in sound economics research principles.
- Applications that are in line with TEPP research priorities, based in Bangladesh, empirically rigorous, advance the knowledge about inclusive growth policy, and have strong value for money are favoured.
For more information, visit https://www.theigc.org/bangladesh-tepp/
