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    July 13, 2022

    Guest blog written by Dana Radojević and Lauren Truong Four months ago, we set off on a journey across the

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    Institutional change is part of the theory of change of PDIA – scaling through the diffusion of new ways of

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Reducing plastic pollution into the oceans before it is too late

Published on May 23, 2022

Guest blog written by Yiming Dong, Nada ElSehemy, Daiana F. Molero, Pedro Ossa, Ena Solorzano  It was the beginning of the Spring semester. One Monday in late January was our first class of PDIA in

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Disaster Risk Management in Kenya

Published on May 20, 2022

Guest blog by Sohee Hyung, Diana del Valle, Najwa Maqbool, Mercedes Sidders, Zeineb ben Yahmed 1. What were some key learnings from this course? (about the PDIA process through addressing your problem) Over the 7-weeks

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Disruptive innovation is critical – but it is the opposite of what many people think it is

Published on May 19, 2022

Disruptive innovations need to be domestically led as even a disruptive innovation that has proved successful elsewhere will need to be modified and adapted to fit and scale in each new context. Disruptive innovation is

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Increasing the dynamism of the implementation of French public policies

Published on May 18, 2022

Guest blog written by Kanan Dubal, Jess Redmond, Ankita Panda, Arba Murati No amount of information or research can and did prepare us for the intensity and unlearning that the Problem Driven Iterative Approach (PDIA)

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Engaging youth in sustainable development in Barbados

Published on May 16, 2022

Guest blog written by Arpita Tiwari, Diana Ly, Emma Catalfamo, Hina Musa, Katherina Hruskovec Gonzalez, Morgan Benson  Early Days  The first PDIA meeting for the KEYS to Success team focused on one goal: getting to

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Examining Rising Teacher Shortages in the United States

Published on May 13, 2022

Guest blog by Razan Alayed, Aleena Ali, Ryan S. Herman, Cecilia Liang, Krizia Lopez There were many lessons to be extracted from this course and through applying the Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) approach to our

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Civic Education and Youth Political Engagement in Peru

Published on May 11, 2022

Guest blog by Nicah Santos, Ivy Wang, Rachel Diaz, and Malaika Toyo Six weeks ago, we came together because we wanted hands-on experience with a new approach to getting things done in development: PDIA. We

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Creation of jobs for youth through entrepreneurial development in Ghana

Published on May 9, 2022

Guest blog by Osman Haruna Tweneboah My expectations for signing up for the programme I was actually excited to start the IPP programme at Harvard Kennedy School not only because of the brand name of

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Can PDIA become a regular part of how a government works?

Published on May 5, 2022

Institutional change is part of the theory of change of PDIA – scaling through the diffusion of new ways of thinking and greater problem-solving know-how. And once a community of practice reaches critical mass across

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An unexpected journey: ‘One fish in your hand is worth more than two in the river’

Published on May 3, 2022

Guest blog by Raphaël Kenigsberg Integrate the Millennial generation into strategic decision-making and implementation During the Covid-19 crazy crisis, I had a dream, shared by many: what would the world look like after this unexpected

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