Building State Capability: Review of an important (and practical) new book
Guest blog by Duncan Green Jetlag is a book reviewer’s best friend. In the bleary small hours in NZ and now Australia, I have been catching up on my reading. […]
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Dealing with a wicked hard problem in India
Guest blog post by S. Nagarajan I recently joined the PDIA online course, inspired by attending the launch of the Building State Capability Book at the Center for International Development […]
Active and adaptive planning versus set plans in PDIA
written by Matt Andrews A colleague asked me two questions in response to last week’s blog on initiating PDIA: “It does not sound like you develop a thorough plan for […]
Initiating PDIA: Start by running…and then run some more
written by Matt Andrews “Once there is interest, how do you start a PDIA project?” Many people have asked me this question. They are often in consulting firms or donor agencies […]
PDIA and Authorizers with an itch
written by Matt Andrews “How do you decide where to work on a PDIA project?” This is probably the most common question I have been asked with respect to PDIA. After […]
Toward a new theory and practice of building state capacity
Guest blog by Archon Fung I just want to begin by expressing my profound pride about the new book by Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock: Building State Capacity: […]
Download the new PDIA book for free
written by Salimah Samji We are delighted to inform you that our PDIA book entitled, “Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action” was just published by Oxford University Press. The book presents […]
Doing development differently: two years on, what are we learning?
On 17 November 2016, ODI, in collaboration with the Building State Capability program at Harvard University, convened a private workshop bringing together a number of actors from academia, civil society, […]
PDIA Notes 2: Learning to Learn
written by Peter Harrington After over two years of working with the government of Albania, and as we embark on a new project to work with the government of Sri […]
PDIA: It doesn’t matter what you call it, it matters that you do it
written by Matt Andrews It is nearly two years since we at the Building State Capability (BSC) program combined with various other groups across the developing world to create an […]