Tag: LEG

Assess your Authorisation, Acceptability, and Adoption while Implementing Public Policy

Guest blog by Kingsley Emu, IPP 2021 I have taken four courses in the Executive Education Program of the Harvard Kennedy School in the last six years. These are Public Financial Management in a Changing World (PFM), Leading Economic Growth (LEG), Creating Collaborative Solutions: Innovations in Governance (CCS), and Implementing Public Policy(IPP)—the most impactful one for…Continue Reading Assess your Authorisation, Acceptability, and Adoption while Implementing Public Policy

Applications for our Leading Economic Growth Executive Program are Open!

We are offering Leading Economic Growth online again from October 3 – December 9th 2022. Application deadline is September 12th, 2022. Stimulating growth is the top economic priority for many countries and localities around the world. Yet many are trapped, lacking the productive capability to solve problems and expand to new industries to drive development. New growth strategies…Continue Reading Applications for our Leading Economic Growth Executive Program are Open!

Building ownership for growth strategy in Mexico

Guest blog by Agustin Filippo Economic development is predicated under the assumption that it is possible to lift people out of poverty, which is the reason that attracted so many people to the field (myself included). Countries that managed to succeed end up with a diversified and sophisticated product mix. More importantly, these economies are…Continue Reading Building ownership for growth strategy in Mexico

Supporting women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan

Guest blog by Renata Rubian I have truly enjoyed my experience with the Harvard Leading Economic Growth course. It is a pleasure to experience the dynamics between the brilliant duo – Prof. Ricardo Hausmann and Prof. Matt Andrews – given their approaches and explanations are complementary. Some of my key take away include: (i) Understanding…Continue Reading Supporting women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan

Breaking down an insurmountable challenge in Afghanistan

Guest blog by Gonzalo Pizarro I joined the Leading Economic Growth (LEG) executive education course along with two colleagues from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with a growth challenge which seemed clear yet insurmountable: Providing the city of Kabul, in Afghanistan with an economic growth strategy after the government collapse, deterioration of security, massive…Continue Reading Breaking down an insurmountable challenge in Afghanistan

Addressing economic growth in the Middle East

Guest blog by Anton Osin The course has been a journey, and it has exceeded my expectations as it provided me with deeper understanding of several economic concepts and gave me exposure to HKS faculty and peers students from across the globe. The intensity of this course and the volume of information gradually transformed into…Continue Reading Addressing economic growth in the Middle East

Improving economic complexity and diversity in Afghanistan

Guest blog by Rishi Chakraborty There are several key learnings that I will take away from this course. The first key learning for me was the novel way of thinking about development from the perspective of economic complexity and diversity, especially in terms of production/exports through the analogy of the forest with “branches”, “peripheries”, and…Continue Reading Improving economic complexity and diversity in Afghanistan