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Economic Development Impacts of High-speed RailHigh-speed rail lines have been built and proposed in numerous countries throughout the world. The advantages of such lines are a higher quality of service than competing modes (air, bus, auto, conventional rail), potentially faster point-to-point times …
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Strengthening the Highway Trust Fund: Short-Term OptionsIn existence since 1956, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is the source of all Federal highway funding and roughly four-fifths of all Federal transit funding. With budgetary firewalls in place since 1998 as a result of the Transportation Equity Act for the …
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Alumni in Action: Creating a Nationwide Social Investment Program with the White House… Impact Bond that uses private investments for government projects. …
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Randomized trials in development economics: revolution or mirage?Development economists use RCTs in two distinct ways, on the one hand to measure the impacts of a project (implemented in the field by donors, NGOs, etc.), on the other hand to carry out experiments in real environments (by artificially varying a …
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Policy and Data StudioPolicy and Data Studio builds on the core courses, your advanced coursework, and is specifically meant to deepen your data and data analytic skills, in the content of a policy issue. Studio is a unique end event where you will use data to shed light on a …
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Alumni Spotlight: Coryn Grange (MPA 2021)Advancing democracy and voter engagement is at the heart of Coryn Grange’s (MPA 2021) work. As a current research associate with the Voting Rights Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and a former Parke Fellow with NYU Democracy Project at …
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Capacity Building through Capital Investment Plan Development in Four Bangladeshi Cities… workshops which identified priority infrastructure projects, the Capstone team further developed formal CIPs for …
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Ellen SchallDEAN AND MARTIN CHERKASKY PROFESSOR OF HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service 295 Lafayette Street, Room 2100A New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 998 - 7438 Email: ellen.schall@nyu.edu B.A., Swarthmore College J.D., …
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Creating Sustainable Solutions in Developing Countries through Gender Equality… and research of the organization’s impact evaluation projects focusing on women's economic empowerment in … Uganda's land co-titling, and Uganda's child nutrition projects,” she said. Handaa supported randomized controlled … international policy and the financing structure of public projects led her to apply for an MPA in Public and Nonprofit …
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Student Organizations… discussions, seminars, academic talks, community outreach projects, and a range of other activities. Joining is a great …
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About Walter StaffordA rigorous researcher; a man impassioned to strive for justice; a generous mentor and friend; and a gentle, modest, complex, and intellectual man—this was Walter W. Stafford. From academia to organizing to government to activism, and back again, Professor …
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Improving Process and Evaluation… strengthen rural communities by developing small business projects for villagers through its Pump Project, which …
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Refining World Connect’s Strategic Approach to Grant-MakingWorld Connect is a nonprofit that gives micro-grants to empower grassroots community organizations to improve health, environment, and employment opportunities for women and youth. World Connect is at a critical juncture in its development, seeking funds …
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Patient Portal Roll-Out at the William F. Ryan Community Health Center: How to Improve Usage?The William F. Ryan Community Health Center (Ryan Center) is a Federally Qualified Health Center providing care to low-income and underserved patients throughout Manhattan. The Ryan Center recently added a portal for patients to access health records …
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Rochelle Brahalla… As a DOT project manager, I worked on street improvement projects, mostly designing for active transportation modes on … process of engagement and outreach for transportation projects. How did your experiences at NYU Wagner prepare you …
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Nicolas Garcia Cordoba… roads, airports, and renewable energy plants, among other projects. How did your experiences at NYU Wagner prepare you …
Capstone Projects
New York University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine… The Resident worked on several projects with the Administrator of the Department of … to recruit new faculty members for the Division. Other projects also included collecting and managing data for an …
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New York University School of Medicine… The resident was involved in many ongoing and new projects within the Planning and Business Initiatives … of the online financial plan. The residents other projects included developing strategic recruitment checkbooks …
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Lutheran Medical CenterThe residency at Lutheran afforded an opportunity to work with senior-level management spanning across many areas of operations and regulatory affairs. The resident began the curriculum by engaging in various initiatives related to length of stay, from …
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Impact of Intergovernmental Transfers… that exist in Peru. The Capstone student worked on several projects with the University, primarily on the topic of …
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Impact of Intergovernmental Transfers… that exist in Peru. The Capstone student worked on several projects with the University, primarily on the topic of …
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Investigation into the Energy Consumption Implications of Alternative Locations for Low-Income Housing Developments in South African Urban AreasThe University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, under the coordination of Professor Daniel Irurah, is conducting a cost-benefit analysis investigating energy consumption patterns related to low-income housing location in South Africa. The project is …
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Local Government Fiscal Discretion in UgandaThe Government of Uganda began a rapid decentralization process in the early 1990s, devolving service delivery responsibility to Local Governments in an attempt to reduce poverty under the national development framework. The devolution of responsibility …
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Evaluating Two Innovative Employment Programs for Individuals on Probation in NYCThis Capstone project is an implementation evaluation of two innovative employment programs for individuals on probation in New York City. The programs, Employment Works and the New York City Justice Corps, are mayoral initiatives funded through the …