We're a nonprofit founded on a simple bet: that the right people, inside government, armed with rigorous analysis and real delivery systems, can launch the industries that lift millions into prosperity.
Growth Teams grew out of years spent working with governments across Africa and South Asia, and the observation that good analysis only matters if leaders have the mandate and the systems to act on it. So we don't just advise. We form teams with reformers, run the model, and stay until industries launch.
Partnerships and government engagement with Fortify Health, a GiveWell-funded, Ambitious Impact–incubated nonprofit working at scale across India’s public-health systems. Applied policy research with the International Management Institute; Don Lavoie Fellowship at the Mercatus Center.
Each year we bring on a small cohort of summer fellows who work directly on live country projects. Past and present fellows:
Our work draws on leading thinking in growth and industrial policy, guided by an advisory board of economists and development scholars.






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Funders, governments, and development partners — if you're serious about launching new export industries, we'd like to hear from you.