Unveiling Growth through Harvard’s LEG: A Journey of Learning and Transformation

Publication date June 14, 2024

Guest blog by Caroline Lee-Schmid, LEG ’23 Embarking on the Harvard Executive Leading Economic Growth program under Harvard’s Building State Capability Program tutelage was akin to setting sail on a transformative odyssey. Over the immersive 10-week period, the richness of learning experiences and insights gained was nothing short of extraordinary. It’s not just the knowledge gained…Continue Reading Unveiling Growth through Harvard’s LEG: A Journey of Learning and Transformation

Integrating Immigrant Parents into Society in Helsinki through PDIA

Publication date June 10, 2024

Guest blog by Johanna Marttila, Mari Luolamaa, Laura Leino, Mia Kivioja, Antti Lehto-Raevuori Parents from multicultural / immigrant backgrounds are isolated and segregated. That´s why parents are not adapting into society. Meri-Rastila is facing a large-scale urban renewal project which will see the construction of new homes for up to 4, 400 new residents and…Continue Reading Integrating Immigrant Parents into Society in Helsinki through PDIA

Organizing for Success: Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Post-War and EU Integration

Publication date June 5, 2024

Guest blog by Dmytro Lyvch, LEG ’23 As you may probably know,  Ukraine is now facing one of the biggest challenges of the decade – full scale war that has its dramatic outcomes for the society and economy of Ukraine (GDP has dropped by 29% in 2022; total damages and losses accounted for ca USD…Continue Reading Organizing for Success: Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Post-War and EU Integration

New Podcast: Reflections on Applying PDIA to PFM in Africa

Publication date June 3, 2024

Danielle Serebro presenting at a CABRI conference in South Africa

We have released a new episode in our podcast series A Decade of Building State Capability. In this episode, BSC Director Salimah Samji interviews Joana Bento and Danielle Serebro, Programme Managers at Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI). They discuss the Building Public Finance Capabilities (BPFC) programme, developed by BSC in collaboration with CABRI in…Continue Reading New Podcast: Reflections on Applying PDIA to PFM in Africa

Limited Broadband Infrastructure in Nigeria

Publication date May 31, 2024

Guest blog by Aliyu Aboki, LEG ’23 One of the best decisions I have made in a long time was applying for and gaining admission into the Harvard Leading Economic Growth course. It has given me the ability to analyse my growth problem, Nigeria’s Limited Broadband Infrastructure, as if it is like a 2015 journey…Continue Reading Limited Broadband Infrastructure in Nigeria

Productivity Growth and Job Creation in Guatemala

Publication date May 24, 2024

Guest blog by Jaime A. Garron B., LEG ’23 As a trained economist and international development practitioner with experience in diverse country settings, I can confidently say that common sense is perhaps the least common of the senses when it comes to public policy design and implementation, for a variety of reasons and circumstances. This…Continue Reading Productivity Growth and Job Creation in Guatemala

Diversifying an Oil Based Economy in Saudi Arabia

Publication date May 22, 2024

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

Reducing the Rate of Illiteracy in Papua New Guinea

Publication date May 21, 2024

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

Hiring Personnel for the City and County of Honolulu, USA

Publication date May 20, 2024

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

Economic Resilience in Wyoming

Publication date May 17, 2024

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