Guest blog written by Bernadette C Bainimarama I signed up for this course with the belief that I would learn strategies to implement policies for problems that I assumed I knew the solutions to. What I did not expect was that I would learn so much more than that – not only about my problem,…Continue Reading Civil service expenditure in Fiji
Guest blog written by Francis Anatogu My Expectations of IPP Online CourseAs the Head of the Secretariat of the National Committee for the implementation of the AfCFTA for Nigeria, I was conscious of the national debate that stalled Nigeria’s entry into the Continental Free Trade Area and the eyes of the entire country on what…Continue Reading Resolving Nigeria’s inability to export locally made autos to the African market under AfCFTA
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 Julio Spiegel IPP through PDIA showed us a process to avoid the very frequent situation where good people with good intensions and good ideas fail in the implementation of the Policy. After taking Leading Economic Growth, I received an email suggesting I take IPP to complement my learnings, and in my…Continue Reading Addressing unemployment in Panama
Guest blog written by Susan Kiran Expectations I never imagined I would have the privilege of enrolling in a course from the Harvard University even though I had always harbored the dream of going to Harvard. When the IPP online opportunity was offered, I grabbed it instantaneously and I did not regret any single moment…Continue Reading Unsustainable civil service expenditure in Fiji
Guest blog written by Mamadou Mouctar Diallo The thousands of miles that separate Guinea from the United States and COVID 19 were overcome by technology to enable us to attend this public policy implementation training at the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School. When the opening bell rang in June, I knew I was about to embark…Continue Reading IPP: A master key to close problem doors and open solution doors for a better world
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 Cesar A. Mba Abogo I signed up for the Implementing Public Policy (IPP) course after having completed Leading Economic Growth (LEG), where my understanding of the economic growth challenges facing my country, Equatorial Guinea, had been literally reset. Attending LEG was a bit of cathartic therapy for me, as I had…Continue Reading Constraints faced by MSMEs hindering economic growth in Equatorial Guinea
Guest blog written by Matthew McNaughton, Gaurav Dutt, Mandy Le Monde, Anjanay Kumar, Yashila Singh What were some key learnings from this course? (about the PDIA process through addressing your problem) As we went along the process of PDIA, we learnt a lot about the process of understanding and deconstructing the problem, working in a…Continue Reading Ecuador’s reliance on fossil fuel exports
Guest blog by Osman Haruna Tweneboah My expectations for signing up for the programme I was actually excited to start the IPP programme at Harvard Kennedy School not only because of the brand name of the School, the popularity and the international respect accorded to the School, but I was also looking for a solution…Continue Reading Creation of jobs for youth through entrepreneurial development in Ghana
