Building State Capability at Harvard University

Building State Capability Podcast

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The Building State Capability (BSC) program researches strategies and tactics to build the capability of public organizations to implement policies and programs. BSC has developed the Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) approach, a process of facilitated emergence which focuses on problems (not solutions) and follows a step by step process (not a rigid plan) that allows for flexible learning and adaptation. PDIA is a learning by doing approach that helps organizations develop the capability to solve complex problems while they are actually solving such problems.

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Building State Capability at Harvard University

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Episode 3: Designing a Problem-Driven Donor-Funded Project in Mozambique 25.06.2018 26:49

Interview recorded on June 25th, 2018.

Episode 2: Informing Budget Reform in Mozambique: The Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation Approach 06.06.2018 29:59

More about the PDIA in Practice Series: https://bsc.hks.harvard.edu/publications/pdia-to-inform-budget-reform-in-mozambique/ Interview recorded on June 6th, 2018.

Episode 1: Doing Development Differently 01.03.2018 18:01

CID Student Ambassador Emily Ausubel interviews Salimah Samji, Director of Building State Capability at Harvard University and Matt Andrews, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Director at the same program. Matt and Salimah talk about how the Building State Capability program came about, explain what the Program’s core methodology is and how it is being appli...