Why I Almost Left Local Government (and Why I Decided to Stay)
Guest blog written by Maggie Jones Public sector work is not for the faint at heart. Over a 48-hour period, you may experience a rollercoaster of emotions including: Inspiring others […]
Governance
Premature load bearing: a fresh look at the WDR 2011
Guest blog written by Paul von Chamier In 2011 the World Development Report shed some light on the extent of the challenges that drive premature load bearing, a concept discussed […]
Reform and Rebuild Nigeria
Guest blog written by Adepeju Francis-Abu, Beatrice Izeagbe Okpara, Kennamdi Charles Onwuliri, Lami Wendy Adams, Pemwa Danbaba. This is a team from Nigeria working for the Federal Ministry of Justice, Government […]
The Big Stuck in State Capability and Premature Load Bearing, Some New Evidence
written by Lant Pritchett In the book Building State Capability one of the explanations of the very slow progress shown in acquiring effective and capability administration in developing countries was […]
Unravelling premature load bearing in Nigerian public institutions
Guest blog by Andrew Omoluabi,Folake Oluwayemisi Aliu, Saheed Mustafa, Ukeme E. Essien, Wakaso Semira,Oluyemisi Elizabeth Akpa This is a team working at WaterAid in Nigeria. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of […]
PDIA for Delivery Facilitation
written by Matt Andrews We at the Building State Capability program (BSC) have been working directly with governments for over a decade now; focused on helping agents in those governments […]
Lack of Youth Participation in Papua New Guinea
Guest blog by Coletah Ronah Kibai, Kirk Gibson, Pricillar Napoleon, Andrew Lepani, Hannah Athaliah James, Hercules Jim, Maliwai Sasingian Many members of this team work for The Voice Inc. in […]
Budget Crisis in Nigeria
Guest blog written by Ajani Solomon Oluwatimilehin, Jil Faith Bandele, Olusegun Michael Bandele, Victory Oluwafunmilayo Bandele. This is a multidisciplinary team with different backgrounds living in Nigeria. They successfully completed the […]
Bringing PDIA to GTAC
Guest blog written by Lindiwe Ndlela, Subethri Naidoo, Xavier MacMaster This team works for the Government of South Africa. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended […]
Strengthening Capabilities in City Government
We work alongside other exciting initiatives at Harvard that also support state capability. One of these is the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership initiative. The following is a description of their work. Funded […]