Guest blog by Farah Ismail, LEG ’23 The main economic problem that concerns me about my country (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is the over reliance of its economy on one resource, fossil fuel. Saudi Arabia’s economy has always been very oil dependent, between the years 1970 and 2000 the oil economy was constantly between…Continue Reading Diversifying an Oil Based Economy in Saudi Arabia
Guest blog written by William Beebe, Peter Jerry, Yoman Kumbu, Roselyn Mambu, Marsh Narawec, Emos Sibu Poirei Literacy is the ability to read and comprehend things well so that the response, either through writing, speaking, or just listening, is understood by the audience. Illiteracy, on the other hand, is the absence of that ability, and…Continue Reading Reducing the Rate of Illiteracy in Papua New Guinea
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
Guest blog by Ron Gullberg, LEG ’23 Lions and camels and hippos, oh my! The Leading Economic Growth (LEG) course provided the necessary tools – and wild kingdom metaphors – to navigate the complexities of identifying and addressing binding constraints to growth in Wyoming as a state and in communities….Continue Reading Economic Resilience in Wyoming
Our French PDIA toolkit has been updated to include translated BSC book chapters as well as links to all toolkit videos with French subtitles available….Continue Reading Updated French PDIA Toolkit
Guest blog written by Cameron Artango, David Kaling, Nadia Kun, Sharlyne Mangai, and Emmanuel Tomarum Youth Unemployment stands to be a great issue in present Papua New Guinea. In Team Survivors, we worked on addressing part of this issue through the Greater Sepik Labour Mobility Program in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. As individuals who…Continue Reading Upscaling Recruitment in the Greater Sepik Labour Mobility Program in Papua New Guinea
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
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
We are excited to see the PDIA methodology being utilized and adapted in many countries around the world. In an effort to continue making our tools and materials more accessible, we have translated our PDIA Toolkit into other languages including French, German, Indonesian, Khmer, Portuguese, and Spanish. We are delighted to announce the PDIA Toolkit…Continue Reading PDIA Toolkit Available in Arabic!
Guest blog by Langa Kopio, Herry Mek, Frank Awape, Linson Karu, Joe Willie Over the past 7 weeks our team has been working on our problem statement, which is the ‘Lack of Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting on the Capital Investment Budget (CIB) in Papua New Guinea’. We started off with the lack of governance in…Continue Reading Lack of Monitoring and Reporting on the Capital Investment Budget in Papua New Guinea
