Over the last few decades, too many developing countries have had slow or negative progress in their ability to successfully implement policies. When governments are not able to implement pro-growth policies then higher-income jobs will always be few and far between.

Growth Teams coach governments to solve problems that hold back firms, and as a result generate good jobs where people get richer.

They help governments focus on the right, high-potential industries, identify the biggest barriers that hold back firms in those industries, and then take the right actions to unlock those constraints to economic growth.

Jonathan Mazumdar is the co-founder of Growth Teams, and for over a decade has advised governments and invested in early-stage ventures across Africa and India. Prior to this, he worked on investment and industrialization with the Government of Rwanda through the Tony Blair Institute. He launched and built Acumen Fund’s education portfolio and then helped start Sangam Ventures, India’s first dedicated cleantech venture fund. Jonathan began his career at J-PAL, working on an impact evaluation in rural Bihar. He got his MPA/ID from the Harvard Kennedy School.