2023 – Page 2 – Building State Capability

Event: Reflecting on a Decade of Building State Capability around the World

Publication date November 10, 2023

Salimah Samji presenting to audience members

Over the past decade, we have engaged with over 3,500 practitioners in 148 countries. At a recent event, our team discussed the evolution of PDIA and its pedagogical methods, as well as shared reflections on their journey of building capability and igniting change. The event featured a presentation reviewing our work since 2012 and featured…Continue Reading Event: Reflecting on a Decade of Building State Capability around the World

New Podcast Series: A Decade of Building State Capability

Publication date October 31, 2023

This past year, Building State Capability (BSC) celebrated its 10-year anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, we are very excited to launch our new podcast series, A Decade of Building State Capability. This series will feature interviews with practitioners who reflect their engagement with Building State Capability over the past 10 years and their experience using…Continue Reading New Podcast Series: A Decade of Building State Capability

Learn from our PDIA Case Studies

Publication date October 27, 2023

Our case studies allow you to learn more about how Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) works in practice. Navigate to our website to access cases on the following topics with more coming soon:…Continue Reading Learn from our PDIA Case Studies

Lack of Infrastructure Funding for Communities in Wyoming

Publication date October 24, 2023

Guest blog by Kiley Ingersoll, LEG’23 Over the course, there are so many ideas and take aways I learned. However, one of the most valuable was the relationships I gained with not only my Wyoming Business Council team members who also took the course, but with my group members. As we were working in our…Continue Reading Lack of Infrastructure Funding for Communities in Wyoming

Insufficient Housing in Western Australia

Publication date October 19, 2023

Guest blog by Jason Whiteaker, LEG’23 I came into this program thinking about how the program would help me identify solutions to the growth challenges being faced by my region. Within the first two weeks my thinking had completely changed, moving away from the solution-based approach and very much focusing on identifying the problem /…Continue Reading Insufficient Housing in Western Australia

Discover and Learn from our Self-Paced Guides

Publication date October 16, 2023

A person's hand writing notes with phone and laptop on table

Did you know that the PDIA Toolkit is not the only guide we have available on our website? In an effort to make more tools and resources accessible, we added self-paced guides to our website, putting you in the driver’s seat of your learning journey. You can explore blogs, videos, and podcast collections on the…Continue Reading Discover and Learn from our Self-Paced Guides

Reducing Income Inequality in South Africa

Publication date October 12, 2023

Aerial image of income disparity in South African neighborhoods

Guest blog by Sibusiso Thami Gambi, LEG’23 A key learning from the course is that, simply put: context matters. One cannot simply apply “best practices” blanketly. There is a ready example in South Africa’s public spending on education. The country’s spending (as a share of GDP) is higher than the OECD, but education outcomes have…Continue Reading Reducing Income Inequality in South Africa

Building Coalitions and Empowering Local Leaders in Papua New Guinea

Publication date October 6, 2023

written by Salimah Samji 31 Developmental Leaders from across seven provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG), working to reduce Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (SARV) and other complex problems, who successfully completed the PDIA online program were honored at an event held in Port Moresby on August 23, 2023. The program was offered by The Voice…Continue Reading Building Coalitions and Empowering Local Leaders in Papua New Guinea

How does a resource-rich state collaborate to increase economic confidence?

Publication date October 3, 2023

Guest blog by Kristin Fong I’ve enjoyed the Leading Economic Growth (LEG) course immensely and some of the key takeaways I’ll continue to utilize regularly in the future are (1) the power of asking questions, (2) doing the hard work of listening before proposing solutions, and (3) airing hypotheses with partners from different backgrounds and…Continue Reading How does a resource-rich state collaborate to increase economic confidence?

Exploring how Shenzhen can increase circular/regenerative entrepreneurship

Publication date September 26, 2023

Guest blog by Gordana Kierans, LEG’23 Due to my four years at the Shenzhen Technology University in China, where I taught, among other subjects, the circular economy and systems thinking, I decided to focus my project within this programme on implementing the circular/regenerative entrepreneurship. Shenzhen is a megacity with over 17 million inhabitants, 99% of…Continue Reading Exploring how Shenzhen can increase circular/regenerative entrepreneurship