The core of PDIA: Understanding and dissecting the problem
Guest blog by Ajay Chaudhry To be honest when I joined the IPP online, it was purely an experiment in COVID days. The idea was to engage myself more constructively and […]
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The survival of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India using PDIA
Guest blog by Tapasya Obhrai Nair The journey through the IPP course has been like the pilgrims’ progress. Every stop has given some insight and revelation and shown the path to […]
Developing State Capacity in a Weak State
Guest blog written by Dr Himanshu Jha Dr Himanshu Jha is a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. What engenders state […]
HIV: Patient Safety and Infection Prevention in India
Guest blog by Vijay Yeldandi Why IPP? Honestly because I needed a navigator! After 25 years of doing public health work in India focusing on HIV Infection Prevention, I realized that […]
To Increase Girls’ Schooling, Improve Girls’ Learning
written by Michelle Kaffenberger, Danielle Sobol, Deborah Spindelman, Marla Spivack A new paper shows that girls who are learning are more likely to stay in school. Improving learning could be […]
Improving Nutritional Outcomes in India
Guest blog written by Saachi Bhalla When I applied for the IPP online course, I was hoping to help strengthen my understanding and capacity for policy analysis and to spend dedicated […]
Becoming Comfortable with Complexity: Maternal Mortality in Meghalaya
Guest blog written by Rebecca Trupin, Prateek Mittal Our PDIA journey began with our authorizer, a senior bureaucrat in the State Government of Meghalaya, sharing a document with us about […]
Motivation Sustains Passion the PDIA way
Guest blog written by Upamanyu Basu I am a career bureaucrat from India and my job responsibilities have always revolved around implementing public policy – whether in my postings in […]
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 […]
Solving the Problem of Blood Transfusion in India
Guest blog written by S. Subash, Vimala Devi Vidya and J. Ravishankar This is a team of physicians working as District Blood Transfusion Officers for Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) living […]