b'P U LT E I N S T I T U T E forG L O B A L D E V E L O P M E N T 2020 - 2021A N N U A L R E V I E WThe 2021 MandelaINFLUENCING POLICY Washington Fellowship AND PRACTICE The Pulte Institute strives to not only help communities overcomeInaddition to the 62 academic, technical, and media publications challenges in the present, but also advocate for policy change toproduced in 2020-2021, our team has welcomed four new Policy create resilient communities in the future. This year we have takenand Practice Visiting Associates and hosted 14 external events Since 2014, the Pulte Institute has been a proud Institute Partnertangible steps to use our research and programmatic expertisedesigned to educate policymakers and practitioners in areas of for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young Africanto influence policy change that will help communities flourish. our thematic focus.Leaders. Funded by the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs and implemented by IREX, the 2021 Leadership in Business Institute at the University of NotreShaping the U.S. Fragility Dame challenged, motivated and empowered young leaders from 18 countries, including 11 women and 14 men.Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and with the health, safety,an engaging and professionally enriching program. Fellows workedStrategyand well-being of Fellows and Partners as the highest priority, the U.S. Department of State canceled the 2020 program and plannedwith South Bend entrepreneurs, businesses, and organizations a virtual Fellowship for 2021. While remaining in their hometo connect in small online groups in order to network, discuss countries, Fellows participated in virtual Leadership Institutes,pressing business issues, and serve the local community, all virtually.The Global Fragility Act (GFA), passed by Congress and signedNOTABLE PUBLICATIONS which included leadership training, networking, mentoring, andThe Fellows also connected as a cohort through virtual culturalinto law in 2019, requires the State Department, USAID, and professional development.activities, including a family night cooking challenge. other agencies to put in place for the first time a comprehensiveAND POLICY BRIEFSstrategy to address state fragility, violent conflict, and extremism, The University of Notre Dames Leadership in Business InstituteTo learn more about the Mandela Washington Fellowship atrelying on best practices that are key to more effective and connected with the 2021 cohort in new ways this year to provideNotre Dame, or the 2021 cohort, visit pulte.nd.edu/MWF. integrated U.S. policy. Honduras: Economic, Political and Social Issues In April 2020, faculty from the Keough School of Global AffairsTom Hare, Nova25 Fellows, 18 Countries gathered in a virtual roundtable to provide the U.S. DepartmentThe Liability of Poorness: of States Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations withWhy the Playing Field is Not Level for PovertyAngola Ethiopia Niger guidance on how to implement the new law. Amongst the NotreMike Morris, Journal of Poverty and Public PolicyDame contingent was the Pulte Institutes Paul Perrin, evidenceThe Long-run Elasticity of Labor Supply:Benin GuineaNigeria and learning director, and Tom Purekal, innovation and practiceNew Evidence for New York City TaxicabsBotswana Kenya Senegal program director. During the event, Perrin and Purekal joinedSwapnil Motghare, Labour EconomicsBurkina Faso Lesotho South Africa their colleagues in sharing best practices for promoting strategicNo time for moderate changepartnerships and effective dialogue within fragile states. Ray Offenheiser, Baltimore SunCabo Verde Madagascar Sudan In the following months, the United States Institute of Peace Democratic Republic of the Congo Mozambique Zimbabwe (USIP) convened a series of consultations with experts to produce aExploring womens childbirth experiences and perceptions of report on the implementation of the GFA. The report, Addressingdelivery care in peri-urban settings in Nairobi, KenyaDanice Brown Guzmn, Reproductive HealthSupport for the 2021 Fellowship Fragility in a Global Pandemic: Elements of a Successful U.S.To address Central American migrants, Strategy, includes an essay from Perrin and focuses on practical solutions for advancing the GFA, particularly around the issuethe US must confront its own pastof the process of defining and measuring success of GFA efforts.Tom Hare, The HillPerrin was also a contributor to the Keough Schools policyWant to stem migration from Central America? report, Principles and Methodologies for Strategic MonitoringTheres a better wayin Fragile States. Michael Sweikar, Washington Monthly2020 21'