Leading Economic Growth – Page 4 – Building State Capability

Growing through Understanding: Tackling Namibia’s Income Inequality Problem

Publication date November 20, 2023

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

Rapid Inflation and its Implication in the UAE

Publication date November 14, 2023

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

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

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

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

A Lesson on Complexity, Curiosity, and Modesty

Publication date September 18, 2023

Guest blog by Albeck Yair, LEG’23 While it seemed at the beginning of the program that we all in our working group are facing the same problems, along the program we have realized how different the solutions are, which highly depend on the particular context. That led me to the first takeaway, which is that problems are…Continue Reading A Lesson on Complexity, Curiosity, and Modesty

Integrating Refugees into the Polish Labor Economy

Publication date September 15, 2023

Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw, Poland train station

Guest blog by Piotr Arak, LEG’23 In successful businesses it is typical to try out new things and evaluate the outcome because you can earn more money if you find a better solution. Governments are not so different and public officials can use similar tools as the fishbone diagram or the 5-why approach to make…Continue Reading Integrating Refugees into the Polish Labor Economy

Exploring Economic Complexity in South Africa

Publication date September 13, 2023

Guest blog by Yolanda Smit, LEG’23 Your problems are never what you think your problems are, and neither are your solutions. PDIA is helpful for problem identification and identifying the binding constraint but also as part of finding solutions. A key takeaway is that your problem is never what you think your problem is, and…Continue Reading Exploring Economic Complexity in South Africa