Robert Reich on the politics of cryptocurrencies, their influence on political systems, and the dangers of being back in the wild west finances of the 1920s
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A definition of politica economy analysis
Always a great definition of political economy analysis Read More »
Vietnam is one of 60 countries where UNDP has established Accelerator Labs. The aim is to instil innovation principles and approaches into the work of the projects that UNDP implements and into the way UNDP works. At the end of January, I went to Helsinki to participate in a two-day workshop on sensemaking and innovation
UNDP teams continue to publish interesting blog posts about their attempts to move to a system approach which include managing portfolio of projects or experiments.
UNDP and its systems journey Read More »
In this blogpost I look back at my international research and advisory work during 2019
Looking back at 2019 Read More »
Martin Dietz until recently led the HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation team implementing the Performing and Responsive Social Sciences (PERFORM) project in Serbia and Albania. The aim of the project was to test ways to strengthening the relevance of social sciences for social and political reforms in the two countries. The project has been funded by the
We need to prepare today the knowledge systems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Read More »
I am getting more feedback about the discussion paper published by Southern Voice that I have co-produced with Maria Malho, Vanesa Weyrauch and Fred Carden with support from HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, State Capability, Policymaking and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Do Knowledge Systems Matter?. The aim of the discussion paper is to identify the key questions we
I went for a run yesterday evening and listened to one episode of the World Economic Forum Series podcats series on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This episode (abstract and link to ScoundCloud below) focused on changes that may occur in the governance systems and to some extent the democratic principles that underpin them. These changes
The transformation of governance and policy systems in the digital age Read More »