Guest blog by Abdullah Altaleb, IPP’23 Prior to joining IPP, I knew that having some unknown unknowns in public policy work is inevitable. Knowing what you know is for sure beneficial but knowing what you do not know and turning that into something you know is invaluable. During the program, I was able to identify…Continue Reading Developing an All-Encompassing Regulatory Approach to Space Laws, Saudi Arabia
Guest blog written by Bibek Kandel, Sansar Dewan, Pratik Kunwar, Enitan Okediji “Not everything that matters is written down, it’s all in people’s heads and minds.” This very mantra, shared by Professor Matt Andrews during our initial Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) sessions in late January 2024, resonated deeply as we, Team Maya, embarked on…Continue Reading Navigating the Ukrainian Refugee Housing Crisis in MA using PDIA
Guest blog by Cindy Xin, Zeeshan Ali, Aleksandar Jakovljević, Kelly Jian The 6-week adventure of how four people who have never been to Zambia fell in love with the country and its challenges in attracting investment. January 2024. In our first week of the PDIA course, Salimah Samji (the Instructor) listed 8 possible topics that…Continue Reading InvestZambia and the Unknown Economics
Guest blog written by Hananiah Dickson, Nelson Kokoa, Jasmine Kuliniasi, Emmanuel Wanya In the heart of Papua New Guinea, where the rich tapestry of tradition and culture intertwines, our team: Radical Renaissance, stands resolute in our mission. Comprising four individuals from Art Activism PNG, we are on a quest to tackle a daunting challenge –…Continue Reading Empowering Papua New Guinea’s Youth through Art
Guest blog by Ig Ibert Bittencourt, IPP’23 The main lessons from this course were:…Continue Reading Improving Learning of K-9 Students in Brazil
Guest blog by Anna Rhee, Barkha Tripathi, Naomi Beyth-Zoran, Freddy Guevara Key Learnings from the Course Working in teams: As aspiring policy practitioners, we never thought as fundamentally and structurally about group-work as we did in this course. Oftentimes, work is not mobilized or its potential remains unmet because people are struggling to align and…Continue Reading Reimagining the Future of Wyoming
Guest blog by Alexandra Lastra Andrade, Bran Shim, Giovanna Lia Toledo, Mannat Singh, and Courtney Young “The Drive Alone Mode is too high.” In a span of just six weeks, our team was tasked with learning and applying Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) to understand what this statement meant to us—and what it meant for…Continue Reading Commuting Challenges in New Orleans: It’s been Quite a Ride!
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
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 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
