Written by Tim McNaught and Anisha Poobalan Tourism is a strong contributor to Sri Lankan economic growth. The bulk of development in this sector has been in the south and west of the island. The northern and eastern regions, the areas most affected by the civil war and most in need of an economic boost,…Continue Reading PDIA in Sri Lanka: Learning to Develop a Sustainable Tourism Project
Guest blog written by Agnes Manthi, Beatrice Githinji, Constance Gichovi, Peter Onguka This is a team from Kenya working in the private sector. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in December 2018. This is their story. The course was quite eye-opening to the dynamics in play when it comes to solving problems. Working as…Continue Reading AgriFinance in Kenya
Guest blog written by Alejandro Rueda, and Sonia M This is a team from Colombia. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in December 2018. This is their story. Throughout 15 weeks, our team was able to identify the causes behind our problem, to elaborate on them, to design strategies, to iterate,…Continue Reading Family Farming in Colombia
Guest blog by Andrew Omoluabi,Folake Oluwayemisi Aliu, Saheed Mustafa, Ukeme E. Essien, Wakaso Semira,Oluyemisi Elizabeth Akpa This is a team working at WaterAid in Nigeria. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in December 2018. This is their story. Propelled by the quest to gain a deeper understanding of the sharp variations…Continue Reading Unravelling premature load bearing in Nigerian public institutions
Guest blog written by Priyanka Samaraweera The Land Team (L team) consisted of government officials from multiple departments in the Board of Investment, Sri Lanka. This team was formed as a continuation of the Targeting Team in Phase 2 of the PDIA Sri Lanka project. The Targeting Team identified new priority sectors to diversify the economy….Continue Reading PDIA in Sri Lanka: Evaluating Potential Sites for New Industrial Zones
Guest blog by Daniela Espinosa Alarcón, Gabriela Suarez Buitron, Luis Fernando Ochoa, Verónica Villavicencio Pérez This is a team working at the National Secretariat of Higher Education and Technology in Ecuador. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in December 2018. This is their story. Developing strategies based on identifying the…Continue Reading Higher Education Access in Ecuador
written by Matt Andrews We at the Building State Capability program (BSC) have been working directly with governments for over a decade now; focused on helping agents in those governments build their capability to deliver for citizens and society. We are not consultants. We do not write purely academic papers, offer technical advice, or work…Continue Reading PDIA for Delivery Facilitation
Guest blog written by Ganga Palakatiya The Investor Engagement team (I team) consisted of government officials working at the Board of Investment, Sri Lanka, to diversify the economy by engaging new anchor investors and attracting Foreign Direct Investors (FDI) in new sectors. This was part of a PDIA engagement from May 2016 to September 2017. I team…Continue Reading PDIA in Sri Lanka: Attracting Anchor Investors in Solar Panel Manufacturing
Guest blog by Coletah Ronah Kibai, Kirk Gibson, Pricillar Napoleon, Andrew Lepani, Hannah Athaliah James, Hercules Jim, Maliwai Sasingian Many members of this team work for The Voice Inc. in Papua New Guinea. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in December 2018. This is their story. Young people under…Continue Reading Lack of Youth Participation in Papua New Guinea
written by Matt Andrews There are many views on what constitutes success and failure in public policy implementation. I have been chewing on these a lot over the last couple of years as I try to make sense of the challenges of implementation and of knowing when implementation is going well or not. Here are…Continue Reading Views of public policy implementation success and failure: Sharing my thoughts
