@article {1275261,
	title = {Learning to Engage New Investors for Economic Diversification: PDIA in Action in Sri Lanka},
	year = {2017},
	abstract = {Many countries, like Sri Lanka, are trying to diversify their economies but often lack thecapabilities to lead diversification programs. One of these capabilities relates to engaging new\&nbsp;investors{\textemdash}in new sectors{\textemdash}to bring their FDI and know-how to a new country and kick-start\&nbsp;new sources of activity. This paper narrates a recent (and ongoing) initiative to establish this kind\&nbsp;of capability in Sri Lanka. The initiative adopted a Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)\&nbsp;process, where a team of Sri Lankan officials worked with Harvard Center for International\&nbsp;Development (CID) facilitators to build capabilities over a six-month period. The paper tells the\&nbsp;story of this process, providing documented evidence of the progress over time (and describing\&nbsp;thinking behind the PDIA process as well). It shows how an investment engagement approach\&nbsp;can emerge in a reasonably limited period, when a committed team of public officials are\&nbsp;effectively authorized and engaged. The paper will be of particular interest to those thinking\&nbsp;about investor engagement challenges and to those interested in processes (like PDIA) focused\&nbsp;on building state capability and fostering policy implementation in public contexts.},
	author = {Matt Andrews and Ariyasinghe, Duminda and Krishantha Britto and Peter Harrington and Nelson Kumaratunga and M.K.D. Lawrance and McNaught, Tim and Hemadree Naotunna and Ganga Palaketiya and Poobalan, Anisha and Dilip Samarasinghe and Prasanjith Wijayathilake}
}
