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ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FINANCE AND
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE… long- term sustainability. The team conducted a literature review on existing coalition models a e team’s report …
News
In a new report, Prof. Paul Light Opens Path to Improved Government Performance… eight public opinion surveys from 1997 to 2016, a deep review of underlying patterns by the Pew Research Center in …
Capstone Projects
DEVELOPING A ROADMAP FOR PROGRAM EXPANSION… for nonprofit expansion. The team produced a literature review, environmental scan, and recommendations to inform …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Kalliope Vourakis (MPA-HPAM 2023)… with a quick huddle to align the team, share updates, and review patient volume expectations. As part of the leadership …
Capstone Projects
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON NEW YORK CITY’S MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING… building owners in NYC by conducting a literature review, stakeholder interviews, and financial modeling. The …
Capstone Projects
Improving MRA's Medical Supply Donation Program in KenyaMedical Relief Alliance's medical supply donation program facilitates the coordination and transportation of donated medical supplies and equipment from the United States to health centers in the Transmara district in southwestern Kenya. MRA asked the …
Capstone Projects
Improving MRA's Medical Supply Donation Program in KenyaMedical Relief Alliance's medical supply donation program facilitates the coordination and transportation of donated medical supplies and equipment from the United States to health centers in the Transmara district in southwestern Kenya. MRA asked the …
Publication
Is Microfinance an Effective Strategy to Reach the Millenium Development Goals?The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have galvanized the development community with an urgent challenge to improve the welfare of the world's neediest people. This paper reviews the mounting body of evidence showing that the …
Capstone Projects
Next-generation Donor Engagement Strategies… community. The team conducted a comprehensive literature review of college-aged giving patterns and marketing …
Capstone Projects
Analysis of Physician Billing Write-off's for Montefiores Faculty Practices… and Anesthesiology) through actual account review and process flow analysis, the Capstone team …
Capstone Projects
Engaging Citizens through Participatory Public Expenditure Management… design. To this end, the team conducted a literature review and prepared case studies of participatory …
Capstone Projects
Engaging Citizens through Participatory Public Expenditure Management… design. To this end, the team conducted a literature review and prepared case studies of participatory …
Capstone Projects
EXPANDING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT… of an online advocacy hub. The team conducted a literature review to research best engagement practices, including …
Capstone Projects
PROGRAM ANALYSIS: MEASURING ECONOMIC IMPACTSThe Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (BCC) fosters economic development in Brooklyn by supporting local businesses and entrepreneurs. BCC enlisted a Capstone team to develop statements to quantify the economic impacts of its loan assistance, job placement, …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Quamid Francis (MPA-PNP)… As part of a four-member team, we embarked on a case study review of a public-private partnership (PPP) between a … Through our fieldwork in Ghana and an in-depth literature review, our team was able to come up with recommendations on …
Capstone Projects
Membership assessment to inform strategic growth… surveying and interviewing members, a SWOT analysis, and a review of best practices. The team also conducted an …
Publication
Street standards as parking policy: rethinking the provision of residential street parking in American suburbs… street standards in the U.S. Based on literature review and a national survey of 97 principal cities in the …
Capstone Projects
Volunteer Opportunities Would Have to Find Me: A Hospital Marketing Plan to Attract Baby Boomer Volunteers… strategies work. Research design included a literature review, program review, analysis of the boomer generation, focus groups with …
Publication
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: A View from the South BronxThis study seeks to understand the perspective of Black and Hispanic/Latino residents of the South Bronx, New York, on the causes of persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes. In particular, it focuses on how people who live in this …
Publication
A Room of One’s Own or A Room with a View? Housing and Educational StratificationThis study attempts to understand the role that housing plays in the system of social stratification. First, it generates a model of how housing outcomes are stratified along dimensions of socioeconomic status and race. Second, it asks what role housing …
Capstone Projects
ENCOURAGING INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN NIGERIA'S INFORMAL SECTOR… of interest, the Capstone team completed a literature review and time-series quantitative analysis around what …
Publication
Is Retirement Being Remade? Developments in Labor Market Patterns at Older AgesThis chapter investigates non-traditional work and retirement patterns among older individuals in the Health and Retirement Study. It first reviews the evidence on retirements that initially involve bridge jobs or some form of partial retirement. It then …
Publication
Street Vendors, Television Extras, Walmart Stockers, and More: Worker Subjectivity and Labor Processes in Atypical WorkThis essay reviews Enrique de la Garza Toledo’s anthology on atypical work, titled Trabajo no clásico, organización y acción colectiva (Vols. 1 & 2) and situates it within the larger tradition of Latin American sociology of work. It argues that the …