Brazil

In Brazil we led one project and trained several practitioners. See below for country related content.

Project

In August 2021, BSC began an engagement with Instituto Sonho Grande (ISG) in Brazil to build the capability of public servants working in secretariats of education in the states of Maranhão and Paraíba. 

Using PDIA to Improve Public Education in Brazil

August – December 2021

In this virtual action learning program, 60 public servants working across 11 teams, learned how to use PDIA to solve locally nominated problems, through action-oriented work. Over the period of four months, the teams constructed and deconstructed their problems, identified entry points and ideas to act upon, and undertook four iterations.  

At the end of the program 94% rated the overall quality of program as very good or excellent.  

A large conference room of Brazil participants looking at a screen projection of Matt Andrews

Project Photos

Project-Related Blog Posts

Using PDIA to Improve Public Education in Brazil by Salimah Samji

Materials available in Portuguese

PDIA Toolkit

Doing Problem Driven Work – Working Paper by Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock

Doing Iterative and Adaptive Work – Working Paper by Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock

Managing your Authorizing Environment in a PDIA Process – Working Paper by Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock

A Problem-Driven Approach to Education Reform: The Story of Sobral in Brazil – RISE Insight Note by Tim McNaught