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Addressing the High Rate of Objection of Property Valuation Assessments in Uganda

  • Publication date March 25, 2024
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Guest blog by Gilbert Kermundu, IPP’23 As I reflect on my journey through Implementing Public Policy (IPP) program, my challenge focused on the regulatory gaps in property valuation in Uganda. Despite existing legislative pieces like the Land Act Cap 227, Land Acquisition Act Cap 226 and the 1995 Constitution, a principal legislation addressing valuation practices…Continue Reading Addressing the High Rate of Objection of Property Valuation Assessments in Uganda

Developing a Holistic Approach in Education to Improve Students’ Wellbeing and Academic Achievement in Lebanon

  • Publication date March 20, 2024
Faces of children, including a beautiful smiling girl, sitting in their neighborhood in the old city of Sidon, Lebanon.

Guest blog by Hilda El Khoury, IPP’23 The main key learnings from this course were many; among them I can name “taking risks on things we care about, and disappointing people in a way they can absorb”. This message became a continuous alarm for me, I keep assessing what could be the threshold of people…Continue Reading Developing a Holistic Approach in Education to Improve Students’ Wellbeing and Academic Achievement in Lebanon

Reforming Governance Process for Accelerating Economic Reforms in Azerbaijan 

  • Publication date March 15, 2024
Azerbaijan cityscape

Guest blog by Vusal Shikhaliyev, IPP’23 The aspirations for accelerating economic reforms required a new approach in the reform governance process to enable a much faster process desired by the government to improve the business environment and attract investments into non-oil sector.  …Continue Reading Reforming Governance Process for Accelerating Economic Reforms in Azerbaijan 

Empowering Singapore’s Young Innovators: Navigating Challenges in Resource Mobilization using PDIA

  • Publication date March 11, 2024
Singapore cityscape

Guest blog by Tingyu Wu, IPP’23 Embarking on this PDIA (Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation) program has been quite a ride, and it’s changed my life in unexpected ways. Let me give you some context—I’m not your typical politician or government official. By day, I’m a co-founder of a marketing consulting company, keeping busy with the usual…Continue Reading Empowering Singapore’s Young Innovators: Navigating Challenges in Resource Mobilization using PDIA

Improving Students’ Wellbeing and Learning through a Social Emotional Learning Policy in Lebanon 

  • Publication date March 6, 2024
Children in school smiling

Guest blog by Nahla Harb, IPP’23 The IPP course was very enriching and a life changing experience for me. The key learnings encompassed a wide range of tips of knowing what and knowing how, starting from PDIA, a creative approach in policy making to the communication and the leadership styles. …Continue Reading Improving Students’ Wellbeing and Learning through a Social Emotional Learning Policy in Lebanon 

Addressing the Labor Shortage in the State of Wyoming 

  • Publication date March 4, 2024
Cityscape in Wyoming

Guest blog by John Jenks, IPP’23 The policy implementation challenge that I worked on during the Implementation Public Policy (IPP) course was the shortage of workforce in the State of Wyoming that discourages new firms from entering the state, inhibits existing firms from growing or expanding, and/or contributes to existing firms closing shop and moving…Continue Reading Addressing the Labor Shortage in the State of Wyoming 

Policy Design and Implementation in Rwanda: Against All the Odds 

  • Publication date February 26, 2024
Rwanda cityscape

Guest blog by Ronald Mutabazi, IPP’23 Friday, 27th May, 2022 looked like another ordinary working day. I was to attend a meeting on projects implementation in the Ministry of Finance. We discussed a long list of them, with boring stories of why their implementation was rated “on-track”, “on-watch”, “off-track”, blah, blah, blah… I had seen…Continue Reading Policy Design and Implementation in Rwanda: Against All the Odds 

Failure of Effective Curriculum Implementation in Lebanon

  • Publication date February 23, 2024
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Guest blog by Hyam Ishac, IPP’23 I have been assigned as the president of the center of educational research and development (CRDP) for more than 1 year. From that time until now, I am leading the process of curriculum development in Lebanon. During this time, CRDP, with different stakeholders were working on developing the national SEL…Continue Reading Failure of Effective Curriculum Implementation in Lebanon