Smart Policy and Innovation – Transforming government with the power of data and experimentation

Smart Policy and Innovation - Transforming government with the power of data and experimentation

2019mon11mar7:30 pmmon7:30 pmSmart Policy and Innovation - Transforming government with the power of data and experimentation7:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Event Details

Businesses that use data to drive decision making can build deep connections with their customers, but what about our governments?  At a time when the use of fact-based decision making is under threat, hear about the real and dynamic impact of field experiments to drive innovations and impact in the public domain.  Smart policy intervention is not just about adding digital interfaces to old ways of delivering services but rather a new way of integrating technology and data purposefully to drive better decision making in governance.

Spanning education, workforce skill development, socioeconomic mobility for women, experts from Evidence for Policy Design (EPOD) at Harvard Kennedy School along with the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP) have been at forefront of this work in Pakistan.

  • Education: Increased test scores and learning outcomes by about 42% and spurred competition among schools to increase quality.
  • Vocational Training: 3x more likely for a woman to complete skills development course with in-village centers, 2x more likely with group transport.
  • Tax Collection: Performance based incentives to increase tax collection and widen the tax base (40+% in the growth rate of tax revenues).
  • Capacity Building: 200+ entry level and 1600+ senior bureaucrats trained to use data and evidence in decision making.

We’ll compare and contract with how data is used in the State of Massachusetts.

Speakers for this event

  • Asim Khwaja

    Asim Khwaja

    Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) faculty Professor

    Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) faculty Professor

  • Deanna Ford

    Deanna Ford

    EPOD Executive Director

    EPOD Executive Director

  • Michael Rybicki

    Michael Rybicki

    Senior Advisor to the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security for the State of Massachusetts

    Senior Advisor to the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security for the State of Massachusetts