Low Student Participation in STEM Careers in the Dominican Republic
Guest blog by Abel Capellan Almonte, IPP ’25 I entered IPP with a simple story in my head: students “don’t like” STEM. After months of PDIA, I think that story […]
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Strengthening Healthy School Nutrition Policy in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Guest blog by Mariam Alkarbi, IPP ’25 When I joined the Implementing Public Policy (IPP) program, I was eager to work on an issue close to my heart: improving school […]
Highlights from the 2025 Implementing Public Policy Program
In June, we welcomed 36 practitioners from 16 countries to Harvard Kennedy School for the on-campus portion of our Implementing Public Policy (IPP) Executive Education program. This program ran from […]
Apply for our Leading Economic Growth Executive Program!
We are offering Leading Economic Growth online again from September 29 – December 5th 2025. Application deadline is September 8th, 2025. Stimulating growth is the top economic priority for many countries and localities […]
Zoning in on the Problem: Using PDIA to Build Affordable Housing in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Guest blog by Melissa Velez, IPP ’23 Since early 2020, the City of Allentown, in Eastern Pennsylvania, has been working on a complete zoning code rewrite. The plan has been […]
Event: PDIA in Tunisia and Jordan
Earlier this year, 21 IPP alumni from 15 countries gathered in Bahrain for our first Implementing Public Policy (IPP) community of practice seminar for the Middle East and North Africa […]
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Are you a public policymaker frustrated with the limited impact of your government’s policies? Do you see many policy ideas starting out with promise but ending up incomplete or ineffectively implemented? […]
Unpacking Complexity in Tunisia’s Waste Management: A Journey through PDIA
Guest blog by Lobna Jeribi, IPP ’24 Discovering the Power of Small Steps Reflecting on my journey through the IPP program, I feel like I’ve been on a quest – […]
Insufficient Financing for Energy Transition in Africa
Guest blog by Mekalia Paulos Aklilu, IPP ’24 The last 6 months have been truly insightful as I embarked on the ‘IPP journey’. I thought I knew sufficiently enough about […]
Using Zoning to Reduce the Affordable Housing Crisis in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Guest blog by Melissa Velez, IPP ’24 The experiences and learning within the Implementing Public Policy course helped me to look deeper into the problems faced within my city, gave […]