BSC/PDIA 101 If you want to Do Development Differently but it sounds too hard… Published on December 1, 2014 written by Matt Andrews Arnaldo Pellini recently wrote an interesting personal blog post about the Doing Development Differently workshop and manifesto. He concludes with, “I agree with these ideas and I can share and discuss these Read More »
BSC/PDIA 101 The PDIA Anthem Need help decoding the acronym PDIA? Check out the PDIA anthem. This Anthem uses the Instrumental from Mos Def – Mathematics. It Read More » November 27, 2014
BSC/PDIA 101 Introducing The DDD Manifesto We are delighted to release The DDD Manifesto as an outcome of the 2014 Doing Development Differently (DDD) workshop. In late October, Read More » November 21, 2014
Africa/BSC/Governance/Staff Picks Helping REAL Capacity Emerge in Rwanda using PDIA written by Matt Andrews What do you do if your government has been pursuing reforms for years, with apparent success, but your Read More » July 10, 2014
BSC/BSC Video Series BSC video 35: Functional indicators as a way to build capacity Data is an important part of state functionality. If states want to be capable they need to know where people are, how Read More » July 1, 2014
BSC/BSC Video Series BSC video 34: Measuring success – means or ends? Do appearances matter as much as action does? We often forget that governments exist to do and not just to be. We Read More » June 25, 2014
BSC/BSC Video Series/South Asia & Pacific BSC video 33: Multi-agent leadership in action Who leads? How do they lead? When do they lead? Why do they lead? Answers to these questions are very important in Read More » June 19, 2014
BSC/BSC Video Series BSC video 32: Who is the leader? In a study of successful change, we interviewed 150 people in 12 different places and asked them “who is the leader?” Instead Read More » June 17, 2014
BSC/BSC Video Series/South Asia & Pacific BSC video 31: Crawling together in Cambodia Everyone agrees that building the rule of law is important. But building the capability of a justice system is a long and Read More » June 12, 2014
BSC/BSC Video Series BSC video 30: Learning by crawling In development, external best practice is almost always used as a solution. In reality, however, finding solutions to tough problems is not Read More » June 10, 2014