Public Policy is Not only about Ticking the Checkboxes
Guest blog written by Oluwole Pratt In terms of the quality and content of learning, I received what I was expecting from a world class faculty. What I didn’t expect […]
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Adapt, Learn and Win
Guest blog written by Kanoo Hana After the last few months listening, observing and learning we finally come to the end of this very interesting programme. I feel that we […]
Public Policy Problems are both Inevitable and Approachable
Guest blog written by Doran Moreland I was extremely excited to begin the course, mainly because I was looking forward to the opportunity to approach my problem in new ways. […]
Feeling Excited, then Misplaced, then Overwhelmed, then Inspired!
Guest blog written by Anna Doherty Rolling up on day one at the Kennedy School, alongside a global cohort of policymakers, I felt excited and then immediately overcome with imposter […]
RISE Launches Interactive Data Visualisations Estimating Long-Term Learning Losses from COVID-19 School Closures
Guest blog written by Carmen Belafi COVID-19 will exacerbate the learning crisis. Causing schools to close around the world, the pandemic disrupted education as we know it. But the COVID-19 shock […]
Leveraging Technology to Improve Forecasting and Monitoring of Local Government Budgets
Guest blog written by Ruth Huette Public budget uncertainty is a defining characteristic of the COVID-19 pandemic Last week, governments of France and Germany announced that their countries would enter […]
COVID Budgeting – Fiscal Response and Challenges
Guest blog written by Imaad Syed Most governments across the world responded to challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through fiscal and monetary support measures. Coordination and implementation issues aside, these […]
How Should Governments Manage Budget Cuts of 20% (or more) in 2021?
written by Matt Andrews The months of October, November and December are commonly busy in City Treasuries, Provincial Budget Bureaus and Ministries of Finance across the world. This is the time of […]
Will Government Budgets in 2021 involve more COVID-19 ‘Whack-A-Mole’?
written by Matt Andrews Governments started 2020, as they do every year, with budgets that set out plans for raising and spending public money. Then COVID-19 hit, disrupting even the best […]
COVID-19 is Poised to Exacerbate the Learning Crisis, Evidence from Long-term School Closures in Pakistan
written by Marla Spivack The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the policies adopted to mitigate its spread will be drastic everywhere and particularly grim in low- and middle-income countries.1 As economies […]