Leading Civic Engagement: Three Cases

Publication Date: June 7, 2021

These three cases are stories of city officials leading civic engagement and public participation in pursuit of public goals. From a variety of different positions in city government, the protagonists in each case departed from typical...

By Design: The Thinking Behind Uruguay Crece Contigo Betting on the Power of Personal Connection (B)

Publication Date: May 20, 2021

This is the second case in a two-case set that explores why likeminded policymakers in Uruguay and Chile, focused on the same basic problem, made very different choices in designing a government program to tackle it. Overall, this case pair...

By Design: The Thinking Behind Uruguay Crece Contigo Planners Mull Ambitious Early Childhood Model in Chile (A)

Publication Date: May 20, 2021

This is the first case in a two-case set that explores why likeminded policymakers in Uruguay and Chile, focused on the same basic problem, made very different choices in designing a government program to tackle it. Overall, this case pair...

Architect, Pilot, Scale, Improve: A Framework and Toolkit for Policy Implementation

Publication Date: May 12, 2021

Successful implementation is essential for achieving policymakers’ goals and must be considered during both design and delivery. The mission of this monograph is to provide you with a framework and set of tools to achieve success. The...

Cuna Más: Peru’s Home Visiting Program Evolves into a Comprehensive Early Childhood Development Strategy

Publication Date: May 5, 2021

The first case in this series describes the creation and initial expansion of Cuna Más, a national home visiting program in Peru. This second and final case in the series picks up a few years after Cuna Más was launched and charts...

Crianca Feliz: Brazil’s Ambitious Early Childhood Program

Publication Date: April 30, 2021

In October 2016, Brazil launched one of the largest home visiting programs in the world—Criança Feliz (or Happy Child). The flagship program aimed to reach the country’s most vulnerable pregnant women and young children. Even...

Change at the Speed of Trust: Advancing Educational Opportunity through Cross-Sector Collaboration in Louisville Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: March 19, 2021

This Practitioner Guide accompanies HKS Case 2215.0. At the turn of the twenty-first century, Louisville, Kentucky, found itself in the middle to the back of the pack among peer cities along a number of key measures of prosperity and quality of...

Change at the Speed of Trust: Advancing Educational Opportunity through Cross-Sector Collaboration in Louisville

Publication Date: March 19, 2021

At the turn of the twenty-first century, Louisville, Kentucky, found itself in the middle to the back of the pack among peer cities along a number of key measures of prosperity and quality of life. Since then, two consecutive mayors had advanced...

Growing Pains: How a Dutch Cross-Agency Team Took on Illegal Marijuana Production in Residential Areas Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: March 16, 2021

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2213.0. In June 2015, a task force convened in the Netherlands to consider cross-sectoral approaches to fighting organized crime in the south of the country, particularly in the homegrown marijuana...

Growing Pains: How a Dutch Cross-Agency Team Took on Illegal Marijuana Production in Residential Areas

Publication Date: March 16, 2021

In June 2015, a task force convened in the Netherlands to consider cross-sectoral approaches to fighting organized crime in the south of the country, particularly in the homegrown marijuana industry. From that larger group, five professional...

Driving Change in São Paulo Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: March 9, 2021

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case No. 2214.0. In 2016, after many months of negotiation, the City of São Paulo approved a new ordinance regulating Transportation Network Companies (TNC). The new regulation allowed citizens to...

Driving Change in São Paulo Epilogue

Publication Date: March 9, 2021

This epilogue accompanies HKS Case No. 2214.0. In 2016, after many months of negotiation, the City of São Paulo approved a new ordinance regulating Transportation Network Companies (TNC). The new regulation allowed citizens to take...