Building a 15-minute city in lower income neighborhoods – with people, not for people
Guest blog by Joyce Pan Huang, IPP ’23 As someone new to the public sector in the last two years, I leapt at the opportunity to attend the Implementing Public […]
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Improving reading proficiency and learning outcomes in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Guest blog by Salamatu Idris Isah, IPP ’23 PDIA: Learning by Doing and Getting it Right Working in a public space has never been easy, especially when you are saddled […]
Effectively tackling industry-level climate risks to ensure inclusive participation in the green economy by all organizations
Guest blog by Chiu Hao Chen, IPP ’23 My Odyssey with PDIA In a time overshadowed by rising tensions among nations, unprecedented increases in natural disasters, and the world’s collective […]
New Podcast: Authorizer Reflections on Using PDIA in Meghalaya, India
We have released a new episode in our podcast series A Decade of Building State Capability. In this episode, BSC Director Salimah Samji interviews Sampath Kumar, Health Secretary and Development […]
Reflections on IPP and Returning to Work
Guest blog by Marcio Paes Barreto, IPP ’23 As my course Implementing Public Policy (IPP) ended I recognized a familiar feeling that relates to my experience leading NOLS wilderness expeditions. […]
Developing a Harmonized Legal and Regulatory Framework for Reforming Public Sector Pay in Sierra Leone
Guest blog by Sonia Umu Karim, IPP ’23 One of my favourite quotations, which I came across during my secondary school years and which has kept me going through many […]
New Podcast: Applying PDIA in Meghalaya, India
We have released a new episode in our podcast series A Decade of Building State Capability. In this episode, BSC Director Salimah Samji interviews Rebecca Trupin and Prateek Mittal, MPAID […]
New Podcast: Applying PDIA in Mozambique
We have released a new episode in our podcast series A Decade of Building State Capability. In this episode, BSC Director Salimah Samji interviews Cara Myers, who we met in […]
Event: They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Survival in Urban Nigeria
The informal transportation network, characteristic of many African cities, is notoriously dangerous. In Lagos, drivers are constantly threatened and forced to pay bribes; they suffer health problems like hypertension and […]
The developing world needs to get ‘shoveling’
Guest blog by Yaveneshaa Madurai, LEG’23 The Harvard Kennedy School Leading Economic Growth (LEG) programme challenged me in quite a different way, than I’m ‘used to’. As a Strategist, I’m […]