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. […]
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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 […]
Apply for our Strategies for Inclusive Growth Executive Program!
We are offering Strategies for Inclusive Growth at the Harvard Kennedy School from April 28 – May 3rd 2024. Application deadline is March 25th, 2024. Paths to economic prosperity are rapidly evolving. […]
New Podcast: Ricardo Hausmann Reflects on his Engagement with BSC
We have released a new episode in our podcast series A Decade of Building State Capability. In this episode, BSC Director Salimah Samji interviews Ricardo Hausmann, Rafik Hariri Professor of […]
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 […]
Low Private Sector Investment in Liberia
Guest blog by Marcus B. Zarway, LEG’23 Through the course, I learned many things; especially things related to my past and present work, as well as totally new ideas. I […]
Growing through Understanding: Tackling Namibia’s Income Inequality Problem
Guest blog by Anna Niita Etuna Nahambelelwe Shatika, LEG’23 Embarking on the Harvard course on Leading Economic Growth has been a transformative 10-week journey. Throughout the course, I gained invaluable […]