Better Govs focuses on implementation. In this section you will find blogs that talk about everything that happens once you start a project. From how to get started, monitor progress, and the learning process of implementation. If you can’t find something contact me, I love to receive suggestions for new topics.
South Korea has been showcased as an exemplar in the global fight against COVID-19. The country’s testing capacity, combined with its ability to trace people who may have been exposed to the virus and treat patients, has been highlighted as the key to its success. What I find more interesting about Korea is not so much what they are doing but why they are doing it. Korea’s current success builds on previous failures, on the government’s ability to learn from past mistakes and to institutionalise those lessons.
Effective communication is an essential component of crisis response. In this article, I share three lessons from Korea, Colombia and Argentina regarding disaster response.
Politicians and civil servants think about public policy differently. This seems obvious, but understanding how and why their views and priorities are different is crucial to improve policy implementation. In this blog, I’ll use the example of housing reconstruction after Ecuador’s 2016 earthquake to highlight these two perspectives.
In this blog I share 3 lessons from my experience dealing with a crisis, Ecuador´s 2016 earthquake. I also prepared a cheat sheet with additional information and examples that complement this blog.
Paraphrasing Einstein, policy implementation should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. In this blog I summarize 5 actionable tips for effective policy implementation you can start using today.
