During large research engagements like the one conducted by the Growth Lab at Harvard’s Center for International Development in Sri Lanka from 2016-18, the research team produces many presentations, research notes, and other deliverables that share research findings incrementally with government counterparts. The Growth Lab team uses a variety of types of deliverables with the aim of developing adaptive collaborative...

Prepared by Daniela Muhaj and Jessie Lu

Three Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) students spent this past summer in Albania as Growth Lab interns, working with local counterparts to develop and implement programs on the ground and making the leap from the classroom to learning policy in practice. Recently, we hosted our interns – Damian Galinsky, Uriel Kejsefman, and Shivani Mishra – in a panel discussion to talk about the work they conducted and its role in the broader Growth Lab Albania strategy. They spoke to their experiences living and working in Albania as well as to lessons learned when trying to translate academic and theoretical insights into policy actions. Key highlights from this conversation are summarized below.... Read more about Learning Policy in Practice: Insights from the Growth Lab Summer Interns in Albania