Building State Capability - PDIA in Action

Broadening the Sense of ‘Us’: Exploring LEG Principles in Western Australia

January 18, 2023

Guest Blog by Pippa Hepburn, LEG ’22 When we started Leading Economic Growth (LEG) ten weeks ago, I was confused
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BSC 2022: The Year in Review

December 14, 2022

written by Salimah Samji Building State Capability (BSC) empowers public organizations to find local solutions to local problems and to
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Practicing the Art of Implementation

November 29, 2022

written by Salimah Samji Implementation is often the Achilles heel of good policy. Yet there is dearth of practical tools
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My IPP Journey in Louisiana: The World Got Smaller as the Process Deepened

October 28, 2022

Guest blog by Delery Rice, IPP 2021 The COVID pandemic offered many challenges and horrible outcomes for so many people
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BSC Video 1: Development as Four Fold Transformation

Published on January 17, 2014

In order to better understand and respond to implementation failure, it is instructive to start with a big picture summary of what we think most people believe “development” to be. In this introduction video, Michael

BSC/BSC Video Series

Introducing the BSC Video series

Published on January 17, 2014

written by Salimah Samji Since the inception of the Building State Capability (BSC) program, the team has made over 50 presentations around the globe at places like the World Bank, IDB, ODI, SIDA, DANIDA, OECD,

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New Year, New Logo

Published on January 7, 2014

Happy New Year! Building State Capability is the Center for International Development at Harvard University’s newest program. Since the inception, the team has published 13 UNU-WIDER working papers and made over 50 presentations around the

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Bridging the Capacity Gap in Burundi

Published on December 22, 2013

written by Salimah Samji The knee jerk reaction to building capacity is to organize more training workshops. These are taught by experts and held in fancy locations, with free-flowing food and refreshments. The attendees often

BSC/PDIA 101

PDIA: is not about perpetual muddling (Part 4/4)

Published on December 9, 2013

written by Matt Andrews This is the last of the four common excuses that I hear about why PDIA cannot be done in development. If you are interested, you can read the first, second and

BSC/PDIA 101

PDIA: does not necessarily take too long (Part 3/4)

Published on December 6, 2013

written by Matt Andrews This is the third of the four common excuses that I hear about why PDIA cannot be done in development. If you are interested, you can read the first and second

BSC/PDIA 101

PDIA: One can find or build political support (Part 2/4)

Published on December 4, 2013

written by Matt Andrews This is the second of the four common excuses that I hear about why PDIA cannot be done in development. If you are interested, you can read the first one. Excuse

BSC/PDIA 101

PDIA: International organizations have flexible instruments (Part 1/4)

Published on December 2, 2013

written by Matt Andrews Almost every time I give a presentation on PDIA (and I have given many), I hear excuses about why PDIA cannot be done in development. So, I’ve decided to set the

BSC/PDIA 101

The Studley Tool Chest

Published on November 27, 2013

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted to share the story of the image we chose for this blog – the Studley Tool Chest. Designed by piano maker Henry O. Studley (1838-1925), this toolbox is

BSC/PDIA 101

What’s in a counterfactual?

Published on November 12, 2013

written by Salimah Samji I am amazed by people’s obsession with the counterfactual, and how evidence cannot exist without it. Why are people so enamored by the idea of ‘the solution’ even though we have learned time

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Broadening the Sense of ‘Us’: Exploring LEG Principles in Western Australia

BSC 2022: The Year in Review

Practicing the Art of Implementation

My IPP Journey in Louisiana: The World Got Smaller as the Process Deepened

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Economic Growth

Governance

Education

PDIA 101

The Latest

BSC Video 1: Development as Four Fold Transformation

Introducing the BSC Video series

New Year, New Logo

Bridging the Capacity Gap in Burundi

PDIA: is not about perpetual muddling (Part 4/4)

PDIA: does not necessarily take too long (Part 3/4)

PDIA: One can find or build political support (Part 2/4)

PDIA: International organizations have flexible instruments (Part 1/4)

The Studley Tool Chest

What’s in a counterfactual?

Civil service expenditure in Fiji

PDIA to accelerate energy transitions and net zero economies in LAC

Resolving Nigeria’s inability to export locally made autos to the African market under AfCFTA

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Broadening the Sense of ‘Us’: Exploring LEG Principles in Western Australia

Why do public policies fail? Categorizing the challenges

Views of public policy implementation success and failure: Sharing my thoughts