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Apply for our Leading Economic Growth Executive Program!

  • Publication date September 9, 2024
Global map view with countries highlighted in blue where LEG participants are

We are offering Leading Economic Growth online again from September 30 – December 6th 2024. Application deadline is September 20th, 2024. Stimulating growth is the top economic priority for many countries and localities around the world. Yet many are trapped, lacking the productive capability to solve problems and expand to new industries to drive development. New growth strategies…Continue Reading Apply for our Leading Economic Growth Executive Program!

The Voice Inc Welcomes BSC to PNG 

  • Publication date August 12, 2024
Group photo of Matt Andrews with The Voice Inc team members

This week, Matt Andrews is visiting Papua New Guinea in a continuation of BSC’s work with The Voice Inc (TVI). Professor Andrews and the Building State Capability team have been working with TVI for the past three years, leading PDIA online action learning programs which aim to build the capability of local leaders to create…Continue Reading The Voice Inc Welcomes BSC to PNG 

New Podcast: Reflections on Applying PDIA to PFM in Africa

  • Publication date June 3, 2024
Danielle Serebro presenting at a CABRI conference in South Africa

We have released a new episode in our podcast series A Decade of Building State Capability. In this episode, BSC Director Salimah Samji interviews Joana Bento and Danielle Serebro, Programme Managers at Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI). They discuss the Building Public Finance Capabilities (BPFC) programme, developed by BSC in collaboration with CABRI in…Continue Reading New Podcast: Reflections on Applying PDIA to PFM in Africa

PDIA Toolkit Available in Arabic!

  • Publication date May 7, 2024
Arabic PDIA toolkit cover

We are excited to see the PDIA methodology being utilized and adapted in many countries around the world. In an effort to continue making our tools and materials more accessible, we have translated our PDIA Toolkit into other languages including French, German, Indonesian, Khmer, Portuguese, and Spanish. We are delighted to announce the PDIA Toolkit…Continue Reading PDIA Toolkit Available in Arabic!

Apply for our Implementing Public Policy Program!

Building a bridge

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? Are you trying to improve implementation? If so, you are not alone. Join with peers from around the globe for a dynamic, highly engaging blended learning format of Implementing…Continue Reading Apply for our Implementing Public Policy Program!

Redefining Development Policy and Management

  • Publication date February 12, 2024
Flags of the world

written by Matt Andrews I teach international development policy and management courses – to degree program and executive students. Twenty years ago, my classrooms were dominated by people from what we used to call (and still call) ‘developing countries’. These are typically poorer countries in the global south, that are the prime customers of development…Continue Reading Redefining Development Policy and Management

Applying PDIA to Education Systems

  • Publication date January 29, 2024
Sierra Leone Team working

BSC has been exploring how the PDIA methodology can help build capability to improve the implementation of education policies and programs. In 2022, the team developed a custom PDIA for Education Systems online action learning program for Education Development Trust (EDT), funded by United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The goal of this…Continue Reading Applying PDIA to Education Systems