Guest blog written by Leticia Born, IPP 2021 It took me some time to really understand what PDIA (Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation) is all about. By the end of the IPP Online I was able to expand my thinking beyond having access to useful tools that will support me in identifying realistic ways of thinking about…Continue Reading PDIA — or for me, Please Do It Atypically
Guest blog written by Alfonso Blanco Bonilla I have the honor of leading the Latin American Energy Organization since 2017. OLADE is the international organization formed by 27 LAC countries, represented by their governments, to act in support of the development of the energy sector in the Latin American and Caribbean región (LAC). During my…Continue Reading PDIA to accelerate energy transitions and net zero economies in LAC
Guest blog written by Bernadette C Bainimarama I signed up for this course with the belief that I would learn strategies to implement policies for problems that I assumed I knew the solutions to. What I did not expect was that I would learn so much more than that – not only about my problem,…Continue Reading Civil service expenditure in Fiji
Guest blog written by Francis Anatogu My Expectations of IPP Online CourseAs the Head of the Secretariat of the National Committee for the implementation of the AfCFTA for Nigeria, I was conscious of the national debate that stalled Nigeria’s entry into the Continental Free Trade Area and the eyes of the entire country on what…Continue Reading Resolving Nigeria’s inability to export locally made autos to the African market under AfCFTA
Guest blog by Dr. Naser Salmeen I am currently working as a Policy Enforcement Manager in the telecommunication and digital regulatory authority (TDRA) in the UAE. My role with (TRDA) specifically focuses on developing related enforcement policies and processes, and assessing the compliance of concerned departments within TDRA’s issued regulatory enforcement framework. Additionally, according to my…Continue Reading Understanding Implementing Challenges: PDIA to address inconsistent regulation in UAE telecom and digital authority
Guest blog written by Malak Abedalthagafi “One size fits all” interventions have limited impacts in modern medicine. Rapid advances in genomic technologies are making genome sequencing more affordable and readily available. We now find ourselves at a tipping point. The cost of sequencing is falling, and it is now quick and efficient enough to inform clinical…Continue Reading Genome sequencing in Saudi Arabia
Guest blog written by Rana Abbas Growing in a post-conflict country that faced enormous shocks and suffered drastic political, social, and economic changes over the past forty years, motivated me to enroll in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Implementing Public Policy course. Over the past five years, I worked with government institutions and leaderships to support…Continue Reading Paving the way for economic diversification in Iraq
Guest blog written by Julio Spiegel IPP through PDIA showed us a process to avoid the very frequent situation where good people with good intensions and good ideas fail in the implementation of the Policy. After taking Leading Economic Growth, I received an email suggesting I take IPP to complement my learnings, and in my…Continue Reading Addressing unemployment in Panama
Guest blog written by Rose Riley I was encouraged by my CEO to sign up for the IPP course. He had completed an economic complexity course at Harvard in 2018 and had shared some of the approach with me at that point. He was aware this approach would align well with my existing way of…Continue Reading A shortage of affordable rental and workers accommodation in Western Australia
Guest blog written by Catalina Mesa Ramirez The best decision at the right time. When we felt that a pandemic had overtaken us, when we observed that despite scientific progress in the creation of the long-awaited vaccine against Covid 19, its different sub-classifications were still a threat to humans and even more importantly, becoming vulnerable…Continue Reading Implementing good decisions in my life: Applying IPP to the judicial system in Colombia
