Will the project "Growth Teams" receive receive any funding from the Clearer Thinking Regranting program run by ClearerThinking.org?

Below, you can find some selected quotes from the public copy of the application. The text beneath each heading was written by the applicant. Alternatively, you can click here to see the entire public portion of their application.

Brief project description

There are poor places in the world, not poor people. The fundamental challenge is how to boost productivity and human welfare in the places where poor people live, and the most powerful way to do that is through economic growth. In recent decades, economic growth accelerations in various countries have yielded gains in welfare and living standards 1,000-4,000 times as large as the most effective anti-poverty programs.

Growth Teams empowers developing country governments to problem solve for economic growth. We support developing country governments to translate the plethora of research and policy reports they receive into tangible actions on the ground. We provide technical support and managerial guidance to government staff and leaders to take these actions, and to monitor, learn from, and iterate on them–akin to a “lean startup” approach. Ultimately, we want governments to be able to create their own “flywheels” for promoting economic growth.

Here's the mechanism by which the applicant expects their project will achieve positive outcomes.

Evidence shows that the same growth policies have vastly different impacts across countries (e.g., Special Economic Zones), and that many policies in developing countries are not implemented as intended, or at all. Hence, the ability of governments to implement (i.e., translate strategy into action) and to learn over time matters hugely for economic growth.

We empower developing countries to problem-solve for economic growth. By facilitating them to take consistent action and to learn by doing, government agencies that we work with, such as ministries of industry and investment promotion agencies, will attract more job-creating investment and unlock constraints in high-potential sectors.

This will enable economic diversification over time, thus creating higher-quality, higher-paid jobs at scale–which in turn drive income gains and prosperity for people in poverty. The development experiences of countries like Botswana, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Korea, and Taiwan are testament to this.

Here you can review the entire public portion of the application (which contains a lot more information about the applicant and their project):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18AIgxjx6SQdCKVZSMCHfM8PJVk6fp9ejgffBA4Y2e7U/edit