The Building State Capability (BSC) program at Harvard's Center for International Development (CID) 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), 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.
A Decade of Building State Capability - Kirk Gibson
Learn more about BSC's engagement with The Voice Inc in Papua New Guinea.To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.
7/9/2024 • 19 minutes, 58 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Joana Bento and Danielle Serebro
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.To learn more about Rebecca and Prateek's PDIA journey, read their BSC blog post or read about PDIA in Action.
5/24/2024 • 38 minutes, 29 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Sampath Kumar
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.
1/18/2024 • 35 minutes, 26 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Ricardo Hausmann
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.To learn more about what's discussed in this podcast, visit Leading Economic Growth's webpage, read about our work in Sri Lanka and Albania, and visit the HKS Growth Lab website.
12/7/2023 • 18 minutes, 43 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Rebecca Trupin and Prateek Mittal
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.To learn more about Rebecca and Prateek's PDIA journey, read their BSC blog post or read about PDIA in Action.
12/6/2023 • 57 minutes, 8 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Cara Myers
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.To learn more about Cara's work, visit Mozambique School Lunch Initiative, read this BSC blog post, or read this HKS magazine article.
11/21/2023 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Michael Woolcock
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.
11/8/2023 • 27 minutes, 24 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Andrew Lawson
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.
11/2/2023 • 35 minutes, 36 seconds
A Decade of Building State Capability - Awa Touray
To learn more about Building State Capability (BSC), visit the website, access the PDIA toolkit, read BSC blog posts, and listen to the podcasts.
