written by Matt Andrews This post relates to the working paper, ‘Who Wins in the World Economy and English Football?’ The Question: ‘Can We Get Game Changing Growth?’ Governments are interested in addressing many problems. In our experience at Building State Capability (BSC), the number one problem always centers on the word ‘growth’. However, the problem is…Continue Reading Can States Promote Game Changing Growth?
How often do public policies really fail? A question to help you escape the policy futility trap
written by Matt Andrews Last week I blogged about the ‘public policy futility trap’ in which countries get stuck when a negative feedback loop institutionalizes itself in the public policy domain. Experiences of past policy failure erodes the confidence (of citizens and public officials) to deliver in future, which undermines the potential for positive future…Continue Reading How often do public policies really fail? A question to help you escape the policy futility trap
Implementing Public Policy: Is it possible to escape the ‘Public Policy Futility’ trap?
written by Matt Andrews Polls suggest that governments across the world face high levels of citizen dissatisfaction, and low levels of citizen trust. The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer found, for instance, that only 43% of those surveyed trust Canada’s government. Only 15% of those surveyed trust government in South Africa, and levels are low in…Continue Reading Implementing Public Policy: Is it possible to escape the ‘Public Policy Futility’ trap?
Bottom-up PDIA and the fishbone diagram – “a tool for life, not just for business”
Guest blog written by Rosie Pinnington and Iana Barenboim In Oxford Policy Management’s DFID-funded MUVA programme, informal female market sellers have been using the PDIA-inspired fishbone diagram to diagnose their own problems. This has helped them identify the factors that limit their businesses’ growth, allowing MUVA to be led by the views and experiences of the…Continue Reading Bottom-up PDIA and the fishbone diagram – “a tool for life, not just for business”
INOVASI’s experience with PDIA to solve the wicked hard problem of basic education in Indonesia
written by Mark Heyward During the first half of 2018, a group of 21 development practitioners from the Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI) program and partners, formed cross-program groups and completed the intensive, 15-week online course conducted by the Building State Capability program at Harvard’s Centre for International Development, called ‘Practice of PDIA; Building…Continue Reading INOVASI’s experience with PDIA to solve the wicked hard problem of basic education in Indonesia
“There is Rubbish Everywhere!”
Guest blog written by Sinit Zeru, Safiatou Diallo, Diaraye Diallo, Himideen Toure and Sophie Tidman Team Guinea successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in June 2018. This is their story. During a press conference held before his second term, Guinea’s President, Alpha Conde, eloquently summarised our team’s chosen challenge: “there is rubbish everywhere!” In the…Continue Reading “There is Rubbish Everywhere!”
Team Soedalan’s PDIA Course Journey: High Maternal Mortality in Dominican Republic
Guest blog by Ana de Apraiz, Alberto Nuñez, Eduardo Gomez and Sofia Guillot Team Soedalan successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in June 2018. They are a multidisciplinary team of development professionals with different backgrounds living in Spain. When we were asked to be part of the PDIA course sponsored by CID, most…Continue Reading Team Soedalan’s PDIA Course Journey: High Maternal Mortality in Dominican Republic
PDIA and Climate Change Adaptation
written by Tim O’Brien and Salimah Samji We launched a pilot course entitled “The Practice of PDIA: Adapting to Climate Change,” in September 2017. This was our first attempt at customizing our free, PDIA online course to a specific theme of development problems. Our motivations in choosing climate change adaptation as an anchor for the…Continue Reading PDIA and Climate Change Adaptation
Introducing The PDIA in Practice Series
written by Matt Andrews We have a small team in Pretoria this week for the second year of PDIA work with the Collaborative African Budget Initiative (CABRI). The work with CABRI will see us working with 6 more African countries on public financial management reform problems. This experience will increase the number of teams that…Continue Reading Introducing The PDIA in Practice Series
Using PDIA to Decode Growth in Honduras
From left to right: Jose Arocha, Matt Andrews, Marco Midence and Jorge Jimenez. Over the past 10 weeks, Matt Andrews has been working with a team of three mid-career students from Latin America on a project applying the problem analysis in PDIA to the challenge of growth in Honduras. We had shared their fishbone diagram in…Continue Reading Using PDIA to Decode Growth in Honduras