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Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia: A New Approach to an Old IdeaThe system for financing and delivering local public services in Indonesia, as in many developing countries, is highly centralized. Growing awareness of the weaknesses of the present system has recently generated much interest in decentralization and …
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Politics, Growth, and Inequality in Rural China: Does it Pay to Join the Party?Presents survey data of the household incomes of local officials in northern China and their relation to market liberalization, increases in consumer demand and the provision of local public goods. Description of the rank-and-file bureaucrats; Political …
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East Asian DecentralizesMore than ever, the future of East Asian countries depends on the capacity and performance of local and provincial governments, according to the World Bank report, East Asia Decentralizes. This decentralization has also unleashed local initiative and …
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Evaluating Project Effectiveness of the Healthy Villages InitiativeThe Uganda Village Project (UVP) works with communities to promote public health and sustainable development in rural communities of the Iganga district in southeast Uganda, through their Healthy Villages Initiative, which aims to improve healthcare. UVP …
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Monitoring Public Service Delivery Under Indonesias Emerging DecentralizationIn the wake of the 1997 Asian fiscal crises and the demise of the Suharto regime, the government of Indonesia has implemented a decentralization program that is considered the new hope for development and growth in the country. If local government …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative Launches, Driving Progress for Workers' RightsNYU Wagner students, staff, and community convened at the Puck Building to welcome Terri Gerstein and launch the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative , a pivotal program aimed at studying, supporting, and catalyzing government action to advance and protect …
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PADM-GP.2109
Legal Literacy: What Public Service Leaders Need to Know About the American Legal SystemThe United States is a very law-driven society, with many of the most important issues and disputes of the day ending up in the courts -- and in the newspapers. This course is designed to help public service students understand key aspects of the U.S. …Publication
The blind leading: Power reduces awareness of constraintsPrevious research has found that power increases awareness of goal-relevant over goal-irrelevant information. However, this work has failed to distinguish between goal-facilitating and goal-inhibiting information, both of which are goal relevant. The …
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Risk and Insurance in Transition: Perspectives from Zouping County, ChinaThis book explores the role of community in facilitating the transition to market relationships in economic development, and in controlling and sustaining local public goods such as irrigation, forests, grazing land, and fishing grounds. Previously it was …
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Auxiliary-task learning for geographic data with autoregressive embeddingsMachine learning is gaining popularity in a broad range of areas working with geographic data. Here, data often exhibit spatial effects, which can be difficult to learn for neural networks. We propose SXL, a method for embedding information on the …
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PADM-GP.2203
Economics of International DevelopmentWhile some countries have achieved unprecedented rates of economic growth in the past half century, other countries have experienced set-backs. For those that have seen rapid growth, economic changes have not always translated into proportional social …Capstone Projects
African Municipal Digital Radio Training Program: Kenya, Tanzania, and UgandaThe Capstone team developed a satellite radio-training course, comprised of five modules, aimed at citizens and local government authorities in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The modules will be broadcast in these countries with the intention of educating …
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African Municipal Digital Radio Training Program: Kenya, Tanzania, and UgandaThe Capstone team developed a satellite radio-training course, comprised of five modules, aimed at citizens and local government authorities in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The modules will be broadcast in these countries with the intention of educating …
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Marlon Williams… exchange, and development programs that cultivate global leadership and social innovation. I was also selected …
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Baseline Assessment of Egypt's Deconcentrated Health Sector: A Case Study of Beheira GovernorateThe Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI) is an AECOM/USAID project designed to support Egypt's emergent vision of a more decentralized government. USAID works at local and central levels of government to support Egypt's efforts towards …
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ASSESSING THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE ECOSYSTEM IN TANZANIAThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Local Development Finance team supports local governments and economies in public service delivery in the world’s least developed countries. UNCDF has been asked by the government of Tanzania to assist …
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Creating the Next Generation of Leaders through Quality Academic Instruction and Cultural Immersion When Jeff Robinson (MPA-PNP) learned that he could use his former experiences inside the classroom to eliminate learning loss and create a pipeline for student success from middle school to high school in his hometown, he knew he had the opportunity to …
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Copy CenterIf you only need a small copy job, Wagner provides local copiers onsite at the Puck Building, but for large jobs, you will need to contact the Wagner Copy Center, located on the 2nd floor of the Puck Building. In addition to copies, the Copy Center will …
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Adjunct Faculty GuideBy this point, you should have already made an appointment with Christian De La Rosa (christian.delarosa@nyu.edu) from Wagner's Human Resources team, and received a NetID (the user id that you used to login to the restricted area). The next step is to …
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"Revitalization Opportunities in Industrial Wallabout, Brooklyn An Economic Development Plan ""Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC (MARP) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore Myrtle Avenue in the neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, to a bustling, economically vital neighborhood commercial corridor. MARP …
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"Post Hurricane Commercial Revitalization of Biloxi, Mississippi ""Biloxi, MS, suffered extensive damage during hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Biloxi Housing Authority (BHA) has been spearheading revitalization and rebuilding efforts to restore the vitality and diversity that made Biloxi a great community. While many …
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Paul GetsosPaul G. Getsos is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Paul is a nationally recognized strategist and movement leader who has built organizations, led campaigns and delivered wins at …
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Assessing the non-financial impact of UNCDF infrastructure projects in TanzaniaSince 2008, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has supported local economic development initiatives (LED) throughout Tanzania via its Local Finance Initiative (LFI-T). Today, LFI-T is exploring ways to assess the non-financial impact …
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