Action-Based Learning Projects:
MAP & Consulting Studio


Analyze best practices for public-private partnership (PPP) in Malawi and create a strategic framework for how to replicate and implement PPP models in other countries.
Project coordinated in partnership with the William Davidson Institute.
Investigate the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a smartcard based micro-payment ecosystem.
Project coordinated in partnership with the C.K. Prahalad Initiative.


IHS turned to the MAP Program for assistance in improving patient access to medicine in South Africa and other developing countries. The team addressed three separate objectives relating to a “direct delivery strategy” (DDS) for medicines: analyzing whether the national government could manage the system; considering the role of possible IT solutions to help the process; and recommending other countries where DDS could be implemented. The team produced a five-year and 10-year master plan.