About IPC-IG

Introduction

The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), formerly the International Poverty Centre, is a partnership between the Poverty Practice of the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP and the Government of Brazil. Located in Brasilia, IPC-IG facilitates South-South learning with the aim of expanding developing countries’ knowledge and capacities to design, implement and evaluate effective policies towards the attainment of high inclusive growth. IPC-IG is a hub for South-South dialogue on applied research and training on development policy.

IPC-IG’s work aims at equipping policymakers from developing countries with the skills necessary to formulate socially inclusive policies and to learn from successful policy experiences in the South. Strengthening capacity for policy analysis and implementation in the field through South-South learning is one of the services provided by IPC-IG to the development community and UNDP Country Offices.

The creation of IPC-IG in Brazil corresponded with a decentralization effort undertaken by UNDP with the purpose of bringing knowledge services closer to UNDP partners around the world. It joins the Democratic Governance Centre (Oslo, Norway) and the Drylands Development Centre (Nairobi, Kenya) as part of UNDP's effort to decentralize its key practice areas and build up substantive capacity for policy analysis and implementation in the field.

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UNDP

UNDP is the United Nation's global network to help people meet their development needs and build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working as a trusted partner with Governments, civil society and the private sector to help them build their own solutions to global and national development challenges.

Our commitment to development makes us advocates of change, and our global  presence keeps UNDP close to development issues, resources and knowledge. Countries draw on the knowledge not just of the people of UNDP but also of our broad circle of partners, together encompassing a world of development experience.

The Secretariat for Strategic Affairs at the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil (SAE)

SAE is an essential organ of the Presidency of the Republic established under the Act # 11.754. SAE  is headed by the State Minister Chief of Strategic Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic and is in charge of directly assisting the President of the Republic in national planning and execution of long-term public policies towards national development. The work of the Secretariat consists of long-term national planning; discussion of strategic options for the nation, considering the current contexts and the possibilities of the future; coordination with the government and society to formulate a national strategy for long-term development; and support the implementation of Federal Government proposals.

Our partnership with the Brazilian Government

IPC-IG benefits from the support of the Brazilian Government through the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic (SAE), which also hosts the IPC-IG office. Visit the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs’ website at: SAE

Our organisation

IPC-IG is organised under the following structure:

• Social Protection and Cash Transfers
• Social Inclusion
• Institutional and Technological Innovation
• Inclusive Growth
• Agricultural Development
• South-South Learning
• Communications, Outreach and Advocacy
• Publications
• Operations and Management
• Information Technologies (IT)

The Executive Council

The new Memorandum of Understanding between UNDP and the Brazilian Government also explains the creation of an Executive Council that will guide the IPC-IG’s annual work plans. This Board is composed of representatives from the following institutions:

• Secretariat of Strategic Affairs at the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil (SAE/PR)
• Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE)
• Poverty Practice at the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP New York
• IPC-IG
• Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea)

Our staff

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