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NYU Wagner’s 7th Annual Day of Service… that aims to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization by providing food, housing …
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Gentrification: It's complicated… schools, and to mediate "wrenching" extremes of wealth and poverty. “The government should not stop gentrification,” …
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Linda Gibbs named as Distinguished Visiting Urbanist at NYU Wagner for Fall, 2022… justice agencies, she spearheaded major initiatives on poverty alleviation, juvenile justice reform and obesity … York City has been the only top-20 city in the U.S. whose poverty rate did not increase while the national average rose …
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A Bold Vision for School DesegregationBy: Annie Gurvis (MPA PNP) In Spring 2019, Distinguished Visiting Urbanist Richard Buery presented a series of conversations about public policy in New York City. The third and final forum featured Council Member Brad Lander , who talked about his …
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day… available. Their experiences reveal new methods to fight poverty and ways to envision the next generation of banks for …
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Tuberculosis: History and Its Discontents… Linking TB stigma with the stigmas associated with poverty, HIV AIDS, incarceration, and gender within Mongolia, … to innovate based on who can pay the biggest price tag for the outputs, rather innovation must center the needs …
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Faculty Experts for Media… & Microcredit: Rajeev Dehejia Jonathan Morduch Poverty: Jonathan Morduch … Inequality, Race & Poverty …
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Children Facing Economic Hardship in the United States: Differentials and Changes in the 1990's… Finally, the paper also notes that the official measure of poverty tends to underestimate low-income rates. …
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Race/Ethnicity-Specific Associations of Urinary Phthalates with Childhood Body Mass in a Nationally Representative Sample… television watching, caregiver education, caloric intake, poverty–income ratio, race/ethnicity, serum cotinine, and age …
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Problems and proposals summary… values and objectives. Yet aims such as reducing poverty, improving sector outcomes, narrowing income … of impacts on public services, income distribution, and poverty levels. The government or an independent entity could …
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Creating Sustainable Solutions in Developing Countries through Gender Equality… “The [World Bank’s] mission to fight poverty is powerful to me. I grew up in a vulnerable … and evidence-based decision making, with an anti-poverty mission. Later, she plans to run for office in her …
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Study Co-Authored by Professor Victor Rodwin Finds Delhi's Health System Is Making Inadequate Progress… care have not been sufficient to overcome the crushing poverty and inequalities within Delhi. The Lancet reported, …
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Alumni Spotlight: Diana Mao (MPA 2008)… side of human trafficking is fueled by desperation and poverty. This experience shook me: how many children are sold …
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Policy Areas… November 15, 2023. Uber, DoorDash & Grubhub deliver poverty wages: app giants are trying to block NYC rules on …
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Your Alumni News for July 2017… WNYC News regarding the NYU Furman Center’s report on poverty in New York City and in the The Washington Post for …
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The Georgina and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Service Fellows Program… Policy Center’s Economic Policy Project, she analyzed anti-poverty tax credits, Child Tax Credit expansion efforts, and … eliminating barriers to resources, and decriminalizing poverty. Anna was a Dean's Honor Scholar at Tulane University …
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Projects - ICIS… SUBURBAN POVERTY, PUBLIC TRANSIT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND SOCIAL … ://www.utrc2.org/sites/default/files/Final-Report-Surburban-Poverty-Public-Trans-Eco-Opportunities.pdf NEW YORK STATE … Census data provides a basis to relate transit access to poverty conditions. ECONOMICS OF SECURITY – Part of the …
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Alumni Spotlight: James Stratford (EMPA 2021)… a product of the Bronx, New York. I grew up in and out of poverty and received assistance through programs like the NYC …
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NYC Housing Commissioner Vicki Been Discusses Affordable Housing Initiative at Urban Policy ForumVicki Been returned to NYU Wagner to discuss her role at the helm the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the ambitious city program to build and preserve 200,000 affordable apartment units in a decade’s time. The …
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In Memoriam: Professor Dennis C. Smith… to improve outcomes in education, public health, and poverty alleviation. Dennis earned his Ph.D. in political …
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Student Spotlight: Quamid Francis (MPA-PNP)… more on markets and policy interventions to eradicate poverty and inequalities, IGID concentrated more on the role …
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FALL 2022 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWS… an NYC nonprofit providing educational opportunities and poverty alleviation programs. Most recently, she led the …
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SUMMER 2022 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWS… an NYC nonprofit providing educational opportunities and poverty alleviation programs. Most recently, she led the …