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Enhancing Food Safety Regulation and Enforcement Responsibilities in MyanmarThe Myanmar Association for Public Policy (MAPP) is an independent think tank in Myanmar founded by public policy graduates who systematically formulate and introduce relevant policy recommendations to policymakers based on research and evidence. The …
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Does Participatory Budgeting Alter Public Spending? Evidence from New York CityThad Calabrese …
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Access and Cost: What the US Can Learn from Other Countries about HealthcareProfessor Victor Rodwin testifies at the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging on how the US healthcare system compares to other …
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URPL-GP.2415
Public Policy and Planning in New YorkNew York City is the nation's largest city, with a strong, active municipal government and an annual municipal budget of approximately $110 billion. The city charter provides the mayor with more power than the mayor of any other large city in the United …Publication
The Contextual Significance of Race and Place in Economic Markets: Lessons from an Online Field ExperimentJacob Faber, Max Besbris, Patrick Sharkey …
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URPL-GP.2645
Planning for Emergencies and DisastersThe consequences of disastrous events are escalating globally in terms of lives lost, injuries, adverse social conditions, economic costs, and environmental destruction. Furthermore, the rapidity of action required when an emergency arises poses unique …Publication
Persistent inequalities in health and access to health services: Evidence from New York CityIn Manhattan, the rate of hospital discharges for avoidable hospital conditions (AHC), a measure of access to timely and effective ambulatory care, fell by nearly 50 percent between 1999 and 2013. Despite this remarkable improvement, there has been …
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Too Many Americans Suffer from Financial Instability. Their Employers Can Help Fix ItJonathan Morduch and Timothy Ogden …
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Bringing Information Technology to InfrastructureOver the last decade, the development and operation of conventional infrastructure, such as transportation, water and power systems, has increasingly become dependent on information technologies (IT). Due to the rapid rate of advances in IT, especially …
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The evolution of infant mortality and neighbourhood inequalities in four world cities: 1988–2016Objectives: To determine the level of neighbourhood ine-qualities in infant mortality (IM) rates in the urban core of four world cities and to examine the association betweenneighbourhood-level income and IM. We compare our findings with those published …
Capstone Projects
Informing the Strategic Planning ProcessThe Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) engaged the Capstone team to conduct a comprehensive analysis designed to aid the agency in maintaining leadership in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration. In an effort to assist the …
Capstone Projects
Information Technology and City ServicesThe Citizens Budget Commission is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic organization devoted to influencing constructive change in the finances and services of New York City and New York State government. The Capstone team was asked to identify an area in which …
Capstone Projects
Feasibility of an Interagency Information NetworkThe Capstone team assessed the feasibility of a shared information network among geriatric service providers in Northern Manhattan. Information sharing among providers is currently informal and incomplete. This creates difficulties in coordinating care, …
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Where, When, Why, and For Whom Do Residential Contexts Matter? Moving Away from the Dichotomous Understanding of Neighborhood EffectsThe literature on neighborhood effect frequently is evaluated or interpreted in relation to the question, "Do neighborhoods matter?" We argue that this question has had a disproportionate influence on the field and does not align with the complexity of …
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Creative State: Forty Years of Migration and Development Policy in Morocco and MexicoAt the turn of the twenty-first century, with the amount of money emigrants sent home soaring to new highs, governments around the world began searching for ways to capitalize on emigration for economic growth, and they looked to nations that already had …
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The Impact of Business Improvement Districts on Property Values: Evidence from New York CityEllen, Ingrid, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Ioan Voicu. …
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Public Administration as a Discourse Community: Some Lessons from the U.S. Case for Latin AmericaOspina, S. …
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Transportation to Clinic: Findings from a Pilot Clinic-Based Survey of Low-Income SuburbanitesHealth care policymakers have cited transportation barriers as key obstacles to providing health care to low-income suburbanites, particularly because suburbs have become home to a growing number of recent immigrants who are less likely to own cars than …
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From Districts to Schools: The Distribution of Resources across Schools in Big City School DistrictsThis paper explores the determinants of resource allocation across schools in large districts and examines options for improving resource distribution patterns. Previous research on intra-district allocations consistently reveals resource disparities …
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Transportation to Clinic: Findings from a Pilot Clinic-Based Survey of Low-Income SuburbanitesHealth care policymakers have cited transportation barriers as key obstacles to providing health care to low-income suburbanites, particularly because suburbs have become home to a growing number of recent immigrants who are less likely to own cars than …
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From Districts To Schools: The Distribution Of Resources Across Schools in Big City School DistrictsThis paper explores the determinants of resource allocation across schools in large districts and examines options for improving resource distribution patterns. Previous research on intra-district allocations consistently reveals resource disparities …
Capstone Projects
Trenton’s Food Assets: Data Visualizations and Economic DevelopmentTrenton, the state capital of New Jersey, is a post-industrial city experiencing numerous challenges including high unemployment rates, a declining population, and high rates of residential and commercial vacancies. In addition to these challenges, access …
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Comprehensive Community Based Public Health From Jamkhed to San Francisco Libre and BackThe General Board of Global Ministries conducts off-site training to supplement the work of existing human service activities in developing countries. The intent of the off-site training is to foster self-reliance and better health through means that are …