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New insights into food safety research teams… Reza Sattari, Julia Ingrid Lane, Jason Owen-Smith …
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Decentralization in Africa: Goals, Dimensions, Myths and ChallengesDecentralisation is a complex and often somewhat elusive phenomenon. Many countries around the world have been attempting- for several reasons and with varying degrees of intention and success-to create or strengthen sub-national governments in recent …
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Resource Allocation, Emergency Response Capability and Infrastructure Concentration Around Vulnerable SitesPublic and private decision-makers continue to seek risk-based approaches to allocate funds to help communities respond to disasters, accidents, and terrorist attacks involving critical infrastructure facilities. The requirements for emergency response …
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Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations.… A., Robert M. Purtell, Thad D. Calabrese, and Daniel L. Smith. …
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The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit ProgramsOne of the most dramatic findings to emerge from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC) is the tremendous growth in the number and variety of homeless assistance programs during the late 1980s and early 1990s. While …
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Does Federally Funded Job Training Work? Nonexperimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms… Harry J Holzer, Julia Lane, David Rosenblum, Jeffrey A Smith …
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Migration and development, global South / Mexico-MoroccoIn recent years, the relationship between migration and development has received renewed attention, and analysts, policy-makers, and development experts have returned to the question of how to use emigration to foster economic growth in countries and …
Capstone Projects
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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Residential on-site carsharing and off-street parking: The case of the San Francisco Bay AreaThis research explores the recent practice of connecting on-site carsharing service with off-street parking standards in multifamily developments; the San Francisco Bay Area, California, is used as a case study. If implemented well, such a policy could …
Faculty Profile
Dan PorterDan Porter is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He has spent ten years in educational non-profit followed almost twenty years as a start-up tech entrepreneur and investor where he …
Capstone Projects
Assessing the Safe Youth Worldwide Initiative in South Africa and the Dominican Republic and Strengthening MSCIs Organizational Capacity Building Technical Assistance for Partner Organizations in DeveloMargaret Sanger Center International (MSCI) seeks to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide by strengthening local partners in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific. The Capstone team worked with MSCI to enhance …
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Assessing the Safe Youth Worldwide Initiative in South Africa and the Dominican Republic and Strengthening MSCIs Organizational Capacity Building Technical Assistance for Partner Organizations in DeveloMargaret Sanger Center International (MSCI) seeks to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide by strengthening local partners in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific. The Capstone team worked with MSCI to enhance …
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Twenty-Something: Down and Out in the Other America?In recent years the factors influencing young people's transition to adulthood have become much more problematic. This edited collection of papers from Pennsylvania State University's fifth annual Family Symposium explores the main issues involved in this …
Capstone Projects
Community Interim Site Use Plan for the Hunts Point Riverside Campus for Arts and the EnvironmentTHE POINT Community Development Corporation is focused on youth development and community revitalization in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. THE POINT asked the Capstone team to develop an interim site plan for an undeveloped land parcel that it …
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The Feasibility of Developing Affordable Housing on New York City Public Library Sites"The perpetual demand for affordable housing in New York City, coupled with the lack of development sites throughout the five boroughs, have required developers to become creative in their site selection techniques. Consequently, Enterprise Community …
Faculty Profile
Hedieh FakhriyazdiHedieh Fakhriyazdi is the Chief Diversity Officer at White & Case where she is responsible for accelerating the Firm's diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts to further build a diverse work environment and nurture a culture of inclusion across their global …
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The Rise and Fall of a Micro-Learning Region: Mexican Immigrants and Construction in Center-South PhiladelphiaThis paper documents the rise and fall of a micro-learning region in Philadelphia. The central actors in this region are undocumented Mexican immigrants who until recently were able to draw on the intensity of their workplace interactions and their …
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Does Federally-Funded Job Training Work? Nonexperimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms… Julia Lane, Jeff Smith, Harry Holzer, Fredrik Andersson and David Rosenblum …
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NYU Wagner Team a Winner in National Invitational Public Policy Challenge… Alvin Irby (MPA 2015), James Leyba (MUP 2015), Tyeshia Smith (MPA 2015), and Sherese A. Ward (MPA 2015) will be able …
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"Unpredictability, risks, and uncertainty for the working classes: Developments from South to North"Jonathan Morduch [Interview] …
Capstone Projects
Preparation of a Concept Plan for a Model Resettlement Site in Metro ManilaThe Capstone team assisted the World Bank in the conceptualization and development of a model slumresettlement site that promotes the principles of affordability, livability, and economic and environmental sustainability for the urban poor. The model …
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Measuring the Degree of Integrated Tuberculosis and HIV Service Delivery in Cape Town, South AfricaTo address the considerable tuberculosis (TB)/HIV co-infected population in Cape Town, a number of clinics have made an effort of varying degrees to integrate TB and HIV services. This article describes the development of a theory-based survey instrument …