Girls and Poverty in Kenya
Guest blog written by Jaynnie K Mulle, Meital Tzobotaro, Rosemary Okello-Orale, Stephen Brager, Warren Harrity. This is a team of five development practitioners who work for USAID and Strathmore University […]
Building State Capability
Coordinating the National HIV Response in Nigeria
Guest blog written by Ime Michael Mukolu, Oluwaseun David Oshagbami, Rashidat Jogbojogbo, Sodipe Oluwaseun Oluwasegun. This is a team of four development practitioners who work for the National Agency for the […]
Solving the Wicked Hard Problem of Education Quality in Indonesia
Guest blog written by Rina Arlianti, Stephanie Carter, Murni Hoeng, Siti Ubaidah Idrus, Susanti Sufyadi, Aaron W Watson. This is a team of six development practitioners working for Indonesia’s Ministry of […]
Building State Capability in the Western Cape, Step by Step
Building State Capability (BSC) has been successfully applying its Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) methodology in various governments across the world, including in growth enhancing policy initiatives directly related to the […]
Lack of Student Engagement in Bastar District, India
Guest blog written by Nikhilesh Hari, Poona Verma, Sadashiv N., Vijay Siddharth Pillai This is a team of four development practitioners working for the PMRDF in India and an M.Phil […]
When is the next PDIA course?
written by Salimah Samji Over the past several weeks, the most frequently asked question has been, “when is the next PDIA course?” In the past 4 years, from November 2015 […]
The Thrills and Bliss of Working on PPPs in Nigeria
Guest blog written by Alinnor Doris Chibumma, Daniel Ayako Filibus, Emmanuel Philip Chorio, Mohammed Barma Adam, Patrick Egie Ederaro, Felix. O. Ogbera. This is a team of six development practitioners […]
Deconstructing ‘PDIA’ a Catchy Acronym in Development
Guest Blog by Lucy Peace Nantume, Robinah K Manoba, Maurice Olupot, Rebecca Kukundakwe. This is a team of four development practitioners working for the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) in Uganda. They successfully completed […]
The Mozambique School Lunch Initiative
Guest blog written by Cara Myers It was March of 2016 and the rains had completely failed for a second year in southern Mozambique. Farming families had no crops. Children […]
The problem with ‘best practice’: using PDIA to find solutions for Indonesian education
Guest blog by Mark Heyward Much is made these days of doing development differently, of adaptive programming, and thinking and working politically. Devpolicy Blog featured a series of articles on […]