Guest blog by Torres Luis Oliver Being part of this course was not only an academic experience, it was also a professional experience of great impact for the development of my skills as a professional in territorial development. In this sense, having spent ten weeks learning new methodologies and mechanisms to measure economic development and growth…Continue Reading Low local supply in global value chains in Chihuahua, MX
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 capacity in a weak state? How do weak states develop state capacity? And Under what conditions do policy paradigms succeed in historically weak states? In this…Continue Reading Developing State Capacity in a Weak State
Guest blog by John Miller Beauvoir As a field-tested international development professional who crisscrossed 15 countries in Africa and in the Americas to support policy implementation, I carry my fair share of disillusion, cynicism and frustration regarding the slow pace of change and the lack of effectiveness of foreign aid. This is a matter of significant…Continue Reading An insightful journey to self-discovery and public policy effectiveness in Haiti
Guest blog by Ken Bailey I have been privy to the legislative and public policy process for well over 10 years, mostly with an amateurish understanding and certainly lacking the tools to be consistently effective. Having muddled in this space for a number of years, I have been successful on many fronts, again more through tenacity…Continue Reading Navigating innovations in U.S. emergency services with PDIA
Guest blog by Puneet Balasubramanian I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit. – John F Kennedy (1962) The current global crisis caused by COVID-19 has once…Continue Reading The luxury of long-term planning in a predictable environment has outlived its shelf-life
Guest blog written by Giannis Skiadaresis Being part of this very exceptional course was a great opportunity for me to alter the way I was coping with challenges and to find solutions to problems that I was facing in my day-to-day work. Implementing Public Policy was a very unique chapter in my personal development, which coincided…Continue Reading ‘IPP helped my transition from the private sector to the public sector’
Guest blog written by Murtala Mohammad Abubakar The understanding of Public Policy Implementation became a necessity for me after my appointment as the Senior Special Assistant on SDGs to the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. My career path has, up till then been in the Private sector where the main aim is profiteering as…Continue Reading Encouraging Nigeria’s youth to engage in agribusiness
Guest blog written by William Young There is nothing in the United States of America that policy does not dictate. In a world where politics touches nearly every aspect of our lives, we are surrounded by public policy. How do we get to that point? The point where policy is implemented into our daily lives, known…Continue Reading Reimagining policing and passing reparations in Asheville, NC
Guest blog written by Cindy McCormick Before this course, as an engineer that’s spent most of my career in the private sector, and four years working in municipal government, I never really thought much about ‘public policy’ and wasn’t even sure what it meant. My new boss of six months thought it would be a good…Continue Reading Implementing the Vision Zero plan in Lancaster, PA
Guest blog written by Bethany Dill, Isabel Mejia Fontanot, Kent Shi, Kerianne DiBattista MLD103, otherwise known as “PDIA in Action”, is a one-of-a-kind experience at HKS. On day one, we were randomly assigned teammates we would spend the next 7 weeks working with and given a problem to focus on. Quickly, we needed to get…Continue Reading Implementing Reparations in Asheville, North Carolina
