State And Local

By emphasizing discussion of real-world examples, the case method is an ideal solution for training public leaders. The cases in our “Government” categories focus in particular on the workings and interactions of government agencies and entities at the local, national, and international level.

  • Teaching Case - Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (A)

    Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (A)

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    Publication Date: March 21, 2006

    When the first local cases of HIV were detected in 1996 among injection drug users in Pingxiang, a major transportation hub in southern Guangxi province on China's border with Vietnam, officials decided to keep the finding secret, fearful of...

  • Teaching Case - The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

    The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

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    Publication Date: February 21, 2006

    This case discusses the efforts by the state of Andhra Pradesh and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to provide water services to its poorest inhabitants--approximately 1.7 million people. Undermining this challenge is...

  • Teaching Case - City Renovation: New Images for Athens

    City Renovation: New Images for Athens

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    Publication Date: January 27, 2006

    In preparation for hosting the 2004 Olympics, the city of Athens, Greece embarked on an extensive renovation project, New Images for Athens, to beautify the city. In total, over 1,600 buildings received attention at a cost of over 4.5 million...

  • Classic Case - Pension Reform in California

    Pension Reform in California

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    Publication Date: January 01, 2006

    As February 2005 drew to a close, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger faced increasingly vociferous attacks from labor unions, and other interest groups, over his proposed public employee pension reform. California had been facing a...

  • Teaching Case - Wireless Philadelphia (Sequel)

    Wireless Philadelphia (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: December 20, 2005

    This case tells the story of the decision by the city government of Philadelphia to develop a publicly-owned competitor to private high-speed internet connection systems ("broadband"). The case describes both the city's rationale, its desire to...

  • Teaching Case - Wireless Philadelphia

    Wireless Philadelphia

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    Publication Date: December 20, 2005

    This case tells the story of the decision by the city government of Philadelphia to develop a publicly-owned competitor to private high-speed internet connection systems ("broadband"). The case describes both the city's rationale, its desire to...

  • Teaching Case - When Imperatives Collide: The 2003 San Diego Firestorm

    When Imperatives Collide: The 2003 San Diego Firestorm

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    Publication Date: October 31, 2005

    In October 2003, a confluence in southern California of low humidity, dead vegetation, and Santa Ana winds created the conditions for a firestorm--multiple fires that burned for some two weeks, scorched hundreds of thousands of acres, destroyed...

  • Teaching Case - The KIDSNET Story (Sequel)

    The KIDSNET Story (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: September 27, 2005

    This sequel accompanies the case 1800.0. In January, 1997, the Rhode Island Department of Public Health inaugurated KIDSNET, an effort to harness the power of information technology to ensure that all children in the state received proper...