Guest blog by Joshua Amaral, LEG’23 I was fortunate to be in a very diverse group, in terms of geographic location, industry, and experience. But given this, I was especially struck by the similarities, or common threads, that ran between all of our economic growth challenges. My challenge is a fairly small one in the…Continue Reading Enabling Emerging Developers to Increase Housing Development in New Bedford, MA
Guest blog by Ghada Abuzaid, LEG’23 Cities and countries can create vibrant economies out of the blues, putting in place the right ingredients, driven by the right people and institutions, using the right tools. But it takes a steep climb. It takes action, learning, agility and patience, trust and legitimacy to pursue higher scale the…Continue Reading Who Owns the Future and How to Lead Economic Growth in Egypt?
Guest blog by Wendy Koh, LEG’23 Throughout this course, I have gained valuable insights into the complexities of economic growth. Some key ideas and learnings that I will take away:…Continue Reading Economic Opportunities for Indigenous Communities in British Columbia
Guest blog by Fabian Klinge, LEG’23 The past ten weeks have been a fantastic learning journey for me. The course has managed to strike an ideal balance between policy and implementation – between cutting-edge theoretical approaches to analyzing growth challenges on the one hand, and practice-based strategies for bringing about change in real-world (development) settings…Continue Reading Diversification of the Export Economy in Bangladesh
Guest blog by Yaveneshaa Madurai, LEG’23 The Harvard Kennedy School Leading Economic Growth (LEG) programme challenged me in quite a different way, than I’m ‘used to’. As a Strategist, I’m used to delivering things that are ‘neatly processed’ – you choose your ‘weapon of choice’ (a previously developed strategy model by one of the ‘gurus’,…Continue Reading The developing world needs to get ‘shoveling’
Guest blog by Marcus B. Zarway, LEG’23 Through the course, I learned many things; especially things related to my past and present work, as well as totally new ideas. I have developed and implemented catalytic private sector (entrepreneurship) and other development projects successful, and now supporting government agencies in reforms for economic development, unknowingly applying…Continue Reading Low Private Sector Investment in Liberia
Guest blog by Anna Niita Etuna Nahambelelwe Shatika, LEG’23 Embarking on the Harvard course on Leading Economic Growth has been a transformative 10-week journey. Throughout the course, I gained invaluable insights and knowledge that will shape my approach to addressing the growth challenges faced by Namibia. In this blog, I will share key ideas and…Continue Reading Growing through Understanding: Tackling Namibia’s Income Inequality Problem
Guest blog by Tariq Alsuwaidi, LEG’23 The realization that addressing inflation is essential to achieving sustainable economic development is one of the most important things that may be gained from taking this course. For instance, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suffered from the negative impacts of excessive inflation, such as a drop in buying…Continue Reading Rapid Inflation and its Implication in the UAE
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
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
