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
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
Guest Blog by Dina Alzubi, LEG ’22 Below are some key ideas/learnings that I took away from this course 1. Taking time to construct and deconstruct the problem is important: the course really emphasized for me the importance of spending enough time constructing and deconstructing the problem at hand. Tools like the fishbone diagram and identifying…Continue Reading Top Insights from “Leading Economic Growth”
Guest Blog by Iman Kharabshen LEG ’22 The main challenge facing Jordan is how to stimulate strong, real and sustainable economic growth that contributes to creating new jobs in the Jordanian national economy. The permanent advice received by all countries that suffer from high unemployment rates is to work to stimulate economic growth, as growth…Continue Reading Using PDIA to Examine Unemployment in Jordan
Guest blog by Rami Alhadid, LEG ’22 Most of the challenges that faces any country’s economic stance are complex and not easy to solve. However any complex problem can be break down to be manageable using robust toolkits, such as PDIA approach, Fishbone diagram, identifying the main binding constraint, AAA techniques…etc. The PDIA approach entails…Continue Reading Addressing growth challenges in Jordan
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 Ahmad Aljazaeri After many years working in the for-profit private sector, I moved about two years ago into a government-owned company that was set up several year ago to be an execution arm for what used to be called the Ministry of Labor. This company grew to be a huge enabler…Continue Reading Complexity is Simple with PDIA
Guest blog written by Razan Farhan Alaqil Joining the Implementing Public Policy course started as a “cool” yet very far idea during a ministerial meeting that I was attending. But then, I went back to my team, and we all truly thought “Why not?” Within a matter of weeks, I was registered for the course…Continue Reading Adding depth and dimension to public policy projects
