When setting goals, set them so high that everybody realizes how impossible they are to reach, and that it is ok to fail. Minister Jala shared his reflections on starting and sustaining reforms encapsulated in “six secrets:”
While political economy is not a new concept to the Bank, it’s less common to explore the dynamic interplay of reform and political opportunities and the importance of consensus, the value of active leadership, evidence and data based management, attention to feedback loops and course correction. Minister Jala was very clear - politics and administration are not two ends of a spectrum, but are deeply intertwined.
Most delivery unit presentations focus on the structure and functioning of such units – the technical plumbing - but not this one.
Malaysia’s PEMANDU was established in September 2009 with the objective to oversee the implementation, assess the progress and facilitate the delivery of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), both of which are central to its plan of transforming Malaysia into a high-income nation by 2020.ĭelivery units at the center of government are a popular reform, reflecting an on-going search for better performing governments. In his recent presentation (video) at the World Bank, Minister Idris Jala - Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) - shared his “six secrets of transformational leadership,” reflecting on five years of leading Malaysia on a journey to deliver on its economic and social promises. From left: Minister Idris Jala, Malaysia William Dorotinsky, World Bank Īlberto Leyton, World Bank Melanie Walker, World Bank.
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