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Integrating Immigrant Parents into Society in Helsinki through PDIA

Publication date June 10, 2024

Guest blog by Johanna Marttila, Mari Luolamaa, Laura Leino, Mia Kivioja, Antti Lehto-Raevuori Parents from multicultural / immigrant backgrounds are isolated and segregated. That´s why parents are not adapting into society. Meri-Rastila is facing a large-scale urban renewal project which will see the construction of new homes for up to 4, 400 new residents and…Continue Reading Integrating Immigrant Parents into Society in Helsinki through PDIA

Organizing for Success: Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Post-War and EU Integration

Publication date June 5, 2024

Guest blog by Dmytro Lyvch, LEG ’23 As you may probably know,  Ukraine is now facing one of the biggest challenges of the decade – full scale war that has its dramatic outcomes for the society and economy of Ukraine (GDP has dropped by 29% in 2022; total damages and losses accounted for ca USD…Continue Reading Organizing for Success: Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Post-War and EU Integration

Limited Broadband Infrastructure in Nigeria

Publication date May 31, 2024

Guest blog by Aliyu Aboki, LEG ’23 One of the best decisions I have made in a long time was applying for and gaining admission into the Harvard Leading Economic Growth course. It has given me the ability to analyse my growth problem, Nigeria’s Limited Broadband Infrastructure, as if it is like a 2015 journey…Continue Reading Limited Broadband Infrastructure in Nigeria

Hiring Personnel for the City and County of Honolulu, USA

Publication date May 20, 2024

Guest blog by Krishna Jayaram, IPP ’23 The Implementing Public Policy Course taught me that a successful and sustainable approach to truly complex problems requires me to be out of my comfort zone of being in command (and control) and therefore on target and on time. Instead, I have to approach issues with an open…Continue Reading Hiring Personnel for the City and County of Honolulu, USA

Applying PDIA to Land Conflicts in Uganda

Publication date May 10, 2024

Guest blog by Smith T. Matsiko, IPP ’23 This article gives a practical application of Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) on the implementation challenge of deconflicting land in Uganda, providing the progress made and insights about the problem of land conflicts in Uganda as well as key lessons learnt from SLAAC policy intervention. Further insights…Continue Reading Applying PDIA to Land Conflicts in Uganda

Doing Recycling Differently in Jordan

Publication date May 8, 2024

Guest blog by Tim Kornprobst, LEG ’23 The past 10 weeks have been an inspiring for me. Thanks to the Leading Economic Growth Program, I have better understood the complexity of an important challenge: Recycling in Jordan. Prior to the course, as a researcher and advisor, I have worked with the methods of the Center…Continue Reading Doing Recycling Differently in Jordan

Low Rate of Female Employment in STEM in Costa Rica

Publication date May 1, 2024

Guest blog by Lilliana Carranza, LEG’23 One of the main lessons learned in addressing the growth challenges in my country was to eliminate the idea that successful external recipes will lead us to solve local problems. This practice is very widespread in Latin America where the recipes of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank,…Continue Reading Low Rate of Female Employment in STEM in Costa Rica

Second Chances for Indiana: Key Learnings and Insights

Publication date April 19, 2024

Guest blog by Andrea Cuellar, Fabio Ostermann, Nanditha Menon As a team working on the problem of high recidivism in Marion County, Indiana, we have been through an enriching journey utilizing the Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) framework. This course has broadened our understanding and provided valuable insights into tackling this complex issue, using coherent small…Continue Reading Second Chances for Indiana: Key Learnings and Insights

Improving Saudi Arabia’s role in International Space Legislation

Publication date April 10, 2024

The al Khobar water tower photographed after dusk. Saudi Arabia

Guest blog by Khaled Emam, Tim Freeman, Sergii Telenyk, Anupama Thekkinkat Vadukkoot When we started our PDIA journey in the first week of the spring term, we knew little about the rollercoaster of learning that we were about to board. Although we come from different parts of the world, study distinct fields, and work in…Continue Reading Improving Saudi Arabia’s role in International Space Legislation

Solidarity for Humanity in Papua New Guinea

Publication date April 9, 2024

Guest blog written by Jean Kupo, Leah Wagi, Judy Gelua and Carrietta Anne Goye One of the key learnings from this course is the PDIA process. We have learnt that it is a step-by step process of solving complex problems by clearly identifying the problem and its causes, identifying entry points, and taking small steps…Continue Reading Solidarity for Humanity in Papua New Guinea