Infusing fresh blood using PDIA in Nigeria’s Blood Services
Guest blog by Adaeze Oreh When I signed up for the Harvard Kennedy School Implementing Public Policy programme, I thought I knew quite a bit about my policy challenge! I was […]
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Creating Space for Better Post-Covid Public Policy Spending
written by Matt Andrews Governments across the world are struggling with the many policy challenges wrought by Covid-19. While this pandemic is not yet over, many are already thinking about […]
Embracing flexibility to untangle longstanding policy issues in Nigeria
Guest blog by Tabia Princewill As a Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria, I have experience working in a large, complex bureaucracy and I decided […]
Falling in love with the problem, not the solution
Guest blog by Kyle Novak “Fall in love with the problem, not your solution.” It’s a maxim that I first heard spoken a few years ago by USAID’s former Chief Innovation […]
Helping Current and Future Adolescent Girls Requires Bailing Out the Boat but Also Fixing the Hole
Guest blog written by Michelle Kaffenberger, Kirsty Newman, Marla Spivack Guaranteeing quality education for every girl requires a two-pronged approach: bailing out the boat and fixing the hole in its […]
Panama Embassy official writes about promoting US-Panama trade ties
Guest blog by Franklin Morales, Head of Commercial and Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Panama in the United States. A few years ago, I became a diplomat of my […]
Food security in Burien, WA during COVID-19 pandemic
Guest blog by Kevin Schilling COVID spread within three months of my first term on Burien City Council. When I ran for the office a few months prior to that, my […]
A Hands-on Deconstruction of Youth Unemployment in Kenya
Guest blog by Moses Sitati When I received a work email asking for my interest in taking the Leading Economic Growth course, I quickly had a look and was not entirely […]
Developing State Capacity in a Weak State
Guest blog written by Dr Himanshu Jha Dr Himanshu Jha is a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. What engenders state […]
What Scrabble-playing Monkeys Have to Do with Contractors in Texas: Lessons from Leading Economic Growth
Guest blog by Maggie Jones Finding contractors in Texas right now is hard. Really hard. Finding contractors to work on a niche federally-funded home repair program with lots of red tape […]