Infrastructure

Designing and Optimizing a Supply Chain: Keeping Drivers Safe in the Winter

Publication Date: June 30, 2020

Supply chain management impacts the delivery of both products and services for public and private sectors.  Road salt for winterization illustrates the challenges associated with supply chain management from snowfall variability to product...

The “Garbage Lady” Cleans Up Kampala: Turning Quick Wins into Lasting Change Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: June 30, 2020

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2181.0. In 2011, at the newly formed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Judith Tumusiime, an impassioned technocrat who prided herself on operating outside of politics, was charged with...

The “Garbage Lady” Cleans Up Kampala: Turning Quick Wins into Lasting Change (Epilogue)

Publication Date: June 30, 2020

This epilogue accompanies HKS Case 2181.0. In 2011, at the newly formed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Judith Tumusiime, an impassioned technocrat who prided herself on operating outside of politics, was charged with transforming a...

The “Garbage Lady” Cleans Up Kampala: Turning Quick Wins into Lasting Change

Publication Date: June 30, 2020

In 2011, at the newly formed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Judith Tumusiime, an impassioned technocrat who prided herself on operating outside of politics, was charged with transforming a “filthy city” to a clean, habitable,...

The Quest for Achieving Financial Inclusion: M-Pesa Versus UPI

Publication Date: February 3, 2020

In 2019, World Bank analyst Abebi Eke had a difficult assignment: decide whether to recommend that the World Bank, in line with its commitment to expanding financial inclusion to the world’s poor, lend its support to a particular digital...

Restructuring Mass Transit in Singapore (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 6, 2020

In July 2016, Singapore’s Minister for Transport announced that Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd (SMRT) had agreed to sell its trains, tracks, and other operating assets to the government for $1 billion. SMRT would continue to operate and...

Evaluating the Impact of Solar Lamps in Uganda

Publication Date: August 26, 2019

IDinsight, an evaluation company founded by graduates of the Harvard Kennedy School, designs and conducts evaluations that best suit the needs of clients across the developing world, offering timely and rigorous evidence to help decision making...

Untapped Potential: Renewable Energy in Argentina (Sequel)

Publication Date: October 6, 2020

In 2015, Mauricio Macri became President of Argentina and declared solving the energy crisis one of his top priorities. When Macri attempted to raise utility tariffs, however, he faced loud protests from citizens. In search of solutions to...

Untapped Potential: Renewable Energy in Argentina

Publication Date: August 23, 2019

In 2015, Mauricio Macri became President of Argentina and declared solving the energy crisis one of his top priorities. When Macri attempted to raise utility tariffs, however, he faced loud protests from citizens. In search of solutions to...

Integrating Renewable Energy in Argentina

Publication Date: May 21, 2019

In 2015, Mauricio Macri became President of Argentina and declared solving the energy crisis as one of his top priorities. When Macri’s administration attempted to raise utility tariffs, however, it faced loud protests from citizens. In...

Detroit’s Troubled Waters: Race, Politics, Bankruptcy & Regionalism

Publication Date: December 22, 2017

Regional governance, by contrast to municipal or state control, is the best level of government to tackle certain public functions—or at least, so it seems to most urban planners. Yet in many parts of the United States, it is all but...

Choosing the Road Less Traveled: How Cycling Took Hold in Copenhagen

Publication Date: December 18, 2017

In the first two decades of the 21st century, Copenhagen has vaulted to international attention for its enthusiastic bicycle culture and infrastructure. While it’s tempting to dismiss this accomplishment as inherently easy because it took...