This is the roundup of our most popular blogs of the year. Enjoy!
#5 The 5 M’s of Development by Harvard Professor Matt Andrews
How does change happen in development? This blog gives you five themes that emerge from Professor Andrews’ research and practical work that can help explain what is needed for big (or small) transformations to take place.
#4 Politicians vs Civil Servants
Politicians and public officials think about public policy differently. Understanding how and why their views and priorities differ is crucial to improve project implementation. This blog explains some of these differences with an example.
#3 Five practical steps to reach your goals in 2022 (and 2023)
Did you know that setting clear goals makes you ten times more likely to have a positive change after six months, compared to those that don’t set up any goals? Why not give it a try? This blog gives you 5 practical steps to set and reach your goals for 2022.
#2 A practical step-by-step guide to stakeholder mapping in the public sector
The success of your project doesn’t depend on you. At least not entirely. You need to engage others to get it done and think strategically about who gets involved and how. This blog shares a practical guide to doing a stakeholder analysis in the public sector.
# 1 Three types of decision-making in the public sector
When you work in government, you are making decisions all the time. But not all decisions are the same. Some are high-level policy decisions, and others are operational decisions, the kind that impacts our daily activities. This blog is about the three-level of decisions in the public sector and how they relate to each other.
Thanks for being part of Better Govs in 2022! If you have any suggestions of topics you would like to see next year leave them in the comments below.
