Subject: Update on the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program: Promoting Government Leadership and Performance
From: "Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program" <[email-masked]>
To: "David" <Sergeenko>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 12:45:10 +0000

Spring 2017

2017 Health Sector Strengthening Initiative Workshop Participants

Putting Policy Priorities into Practice: The Bureaucratic Challenge

Translating policy goals into programs is perhaps the most challenging part of government. Many a government minister has big ideas, not many of them see those ideas implemented during their often limited time in office. One reason is the gap between the political leadership in most government ministries and the professional civil service. Technically the minister is both political leader and chief operating officer, but in reality, the civil service generally see ministers as sojourners with bright ideas who come and go, while they keep the government running. Bridging the gap between political leadership and ministry officials is one of the objectives of the In-Country Follow-up Component of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program.

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Overall Confidence Impacts on 52 ministers from 2014-2016

Interim Five-Year Evaluation Shows Program Impact and Constraints

An ongoing five-year independent external evaluation of the Harvard Ministerial Program recently published an interim report. The report documents Program impact as well as limitations. The most obvious of these is the difficulty in directly attributing improvements in health delivery performance or increased budget for example to the Ministerial Program, even though in many cases ministers and officials ascribed these to the Program. An additional variable in the impact across countries is the strength and persistence of ministerial leadership and involvement. Focused, vigorous leadership is essential for getting things done in government.  READ THE FULL REPORT>>

Featured Videos

Interview: Dr. Frank Nyonator, former Ministerial Advisor on Health Systems Strengthening and Decentralization, Ghana

Keynote address: Prof. James Robinson, University Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Prioritizing Health and Education for Economic Growth

Presented with overwhelming historical evidence that countries characterized by more inclusive (aka democratic) and responsive governance institutions are more economically successful, ministers participating in the fifth Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum for Finance Ministers in April, were challenged by Chicago University Professor, James Robinson to reflect on the state of their own societies. Professor Robinson’s compelling arguments resonated with many participating ministers who are experiencing the sharp end of increasing political restiveness on the part of their predominantly youthful populations desirous of more inclusive and equitable institutional systems better geared to provide opportunities for meaningful economic advancement.

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The Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program is a joint initiative of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education in collaboration with Big Win Philanthropy, and with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the GE Foundation.

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