The Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) research programme was launched with a virtual inception workshop on the 4th and 5th June 2020, with an introduction to the intellectual framework of the project, a discussion of its key research themes and two keynote lectures: the first by Professor Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund; and the second by Professor Kaushik Basu of Cornell University, and former Chief Economist at the World Bank.