State of the Field: How Government Agency Plans, Policies and Projects are Put into Action

Presented by the Urban Planning Program

November
30
12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
Private
Date:
November 30, 2020
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Online

Join Professor Salo Coslovsky for a lunchtime discussion on his new course, which examines how government agencies implement plans, policies, and projects under real-world constraints. Government agencies are some of the largest and most consequential organizations shaping contemporary life, especially for the poor. And yet, their outsized influence is rarely matched by an adequate amount of attention. Government agencies are grossly under-examined and often misunderstood. Worse, they are frequently dismissed as broken beyond repair. In contrast to this defeatist view, this new course examines how government agencies can deliver remarkable results even when subjected to multiple constraints. Its goals are twofold. First, students will learn to identify some of the variables that can improve government performance. And second, they will learn how to design plans, policies, and projects that are more likely to be properly implemented.

Salo Coslovsky is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service at NYU Wagner. His research analyzes how governments in developing countries build legal authority and use it to influence routine business practices. He is currently engaged in a fairly large research project devoted to devising a new economic development strategy for the Brazilian Amazon.

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