Governance

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Highlighting Experience and Learning in Nigeria

Guest blog written by Fatima Kakuri Coming to Harvard to do this course, my goal was to gain advanced thought and greater insight into public policy concepts, theories, elements, types […]

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The Big Stuck: Updated

written by Lant Pritchett The PDIA approach to building state capability grew out of a sense among practitioner/academics (or “pracademics”) that (a) organizational capability for implementation was key to success—as, […]

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Lost in Authorization in Japan

Guest blog written by Marcello Milanello   “The more you know who you are and what you want, the less you let things upset you”. Despite the advice from Bob […]

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Don’t be Afraid to Change

Guest blog written by Joshua Higginbotham Coming into the course, I felt overconfident in my own policy-making abilities. Now, I realize that I don’t know as much as I thought […]

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Engage with the People in the Place

Guest blog written by Julia Martin “PDIA is about engaging with the people in the place.” If I think back to the last few months, this line from Matt’s blog […]

Solving Complex Problems in Albany

Guest blog written by David Galin Coming into this course, I was under the impression it was going to help me better understand the nuances of implementing policy from a […]

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Improving Tax Compliance in Uganda

Guest blog written by Doris Akol My previous experience with public policy has hitherto been mainly as a formulator of organizational policies which are then implemented by other units and […]