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Kathleen Wetzel ApltauerCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? The courses I teach include International Capstone: Advanced Projects, Economics of International Development, and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning in Global Affairs. My evaluation work focuses on …
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Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in New York CityThe year 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the creation of New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), which has the authority to designate areas as historic districts and to designate individual, interior and scenic landmark sites. The LPC …
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Survival and Death in New Orleans: An Empirical Look at the Human Impact of KatrinaHurricane Katrina has been interpreted as both a “metaphor” for the racial inequality that characterizes urban America and as a purely “natural” disaster that happened to strike a predominantly Black city. To resolve these conflicting interpretations, the …
Capstone Projects
Youth and Rites of Passage in Sierra Leone: An Evaluation of UNESCO Foresight’s Local Scoping ExerciseAnticipation and Foresight is an emerging field within UNESCO, contributing to UNESCO’s mission of achieving sustainable development throughout the world in the form of Local Scoping Exercise (LSE) workshops. LSEs are workshops customized to fit local …
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Reducing Cancellation and No-Show RatesThe Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center services 100,000 patients annually, providing expertise in hip, knee, foot, ankle, shoulder, hand, and spinal care, as well as sports medicine and oncology. However, fluctuations in the …
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Evaluation DesignOvercoming Obstacles Life Skills is a program of the Community for Education Foundation that develops students’ socioemotional skills to help them improve academic achievement, graduate from high school, and prepare for college and a career. Observing the …
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The Reactivation of QueenswayThe Institute for Rational Urban Mobility (IRUM) was seeking to reactivate four-miles of railroad track running through central Queens. The plan called for a track reactivation design solution and the creation of a direct connection from the Midtown …
Faculty Profile
Amy Ellen SchwartzAmy Ellen Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Education, and Economics. During her tenure at NYU, Dr. Schwartz held the role of Director of the NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy. She also taught courses in public finance and …
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Big Data: The Role of Education and TrainingThe Jarmin and O'Hara piece describes a turning point in statistical data collection and dissemination. The federal agencies can no longer bear the full burden of producing and disseminating data for public policy research. Public policy researchers and …
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Manan ShahFor over 15 years, Manan has cultivated an international career, living, working, teaching, traveling, and running in over 55 countries across 5 continents. He is the Founder and CEO of 1619 Advisors, a boutique advisory firm for global health, patient …
News
Student Spotlight: Sai Srihas Borra (MPA-HPAM 2026)Sai Srihas Borra (MPA-HPAM 2026) is an active member of the NYU and Wagner communities, serving as co-chair of the Wagner Health Network and as Social Sector Leadership Diversity Fellow through the NYU Changemaker Center. How did your bachelor's degree …
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Tomas SotoDr. Soto holds a PhD in Clinical/Community Psychology from DePaul University and an MPH in Public Health from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He currently is an Independent Consultant. As a consultant, he served as lead evaluator for …
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Commentary on China’s Response to the Coronavirus PandemicAn epidemic is like a fire: its origin and the conditions under which it spreads determine the extent of damage. The initial outbreak and epidemic of Covid-19 began in China in November, 2019, before spreading to the rest of the planet. It seems to us, …
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New York Transportation JournalThis issue of the New York Transportation Journal explores the theme of change, on a number of levels and perspectives. We have just concluded an historic election cycle which has brought significant political change to the nation. Recent developments in …
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Infant Mortality and Income in 4 world Cities: New York, London, Paris and TokyoObjective: We investigated the association between average income or deprivation and infant mortality rate across neighborhoods of four world cities. Methods: Using a maximum likelihood negative binomial regression model that controls for births, we …
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Race-Based Neighborhood Projection: A Proposed Framework for Understanding New Data on Racial IntegrationThis paper outlines the race-based, neighbourhood projection hypothesis which holds that, in choosing neighbourhoods, households care less about present racial composition than they do about expectations about future neighbourhood conditions, such as …
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School-based strategies to prevent violence, trauma and psychopathology: The challenges of going to scaleChildren's trauma-related mental health problems are widespread, largely untreated and constitute significant barriers to academic achievement and attainment. Translational research has begun to identify school-based interventions to prevent violence, …
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Financial development and pathways of growth: State branching and deposit insurance laws in the United States from 1900 to 1940This paper studies the effect of state-level banking regulation on financial development and on components of state-level growth in the United States from 1900 to 1940. We use these banking laws to assess the findings of a large recent literature that has …
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Nonprofit and For Profit Partnerships: Rationale and Challenges of Cross-Sector ContractingIncreasingly, nonprofit, for-profits, and public organizations have been cooperating in producing and distributing a wide range of goods and services. In many cases, the partnerships have arisen from the recognition that different activities are best …
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Does the Structure and Composition of the Board Matter? The Case of Nonprofit OrganizationsThis article discusses some of the key differences in board behavior between nonprofit organizations and for-profit firms using a relatively new dataset from New York City nonprofits. We provide evidence on the broader role that nonprofit boards play for …
Capstone Projects
Diversifying Revenue Streams in the Arts Impact SpaceSing for Hope is a nonprofit organization dedicated to harnessing the performing arts to transform lives. Each year, the Pianos Festival acts as a throughline for their programming in public spaces, schools, and hospitals, placing artist-designed pianos …
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Examining the Effects of Public Financial Management on Service Delivery in KenyaThe Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is an independent, global think tank that undertakes cutting-edge research and analysis to generate evidence, ideas, and solutions for a sustainable and peaceful world. ODI is conducting work to examine how public …
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Strategies for Corporate Donor AcquisitionGoodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey (Goodwill NYNJ) is a social enterprise that collects and sells donated goods and empowers individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment to gain independence through the …
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"Microfinance"Microfinance has become a widely used tool to provide credit to areas and populations that traditionally lack access to conventional banking services. Originating as a poverty alleviation mechanism, microfinance has grown in scope and design as a larger …