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Quantifying spatial misclassification in exposure to noise complaints among low-income housing residents across New York City neighborhoods: a Global Positioning System (GPS) study… housing residents across New York City neighborhoods: a Global Positioning System (GPS) study …
Capstone Projects
Local Economic Development in Uganda and RwandaThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Swedish International Center for Local Democracy (ICLD) support capacity building and governance in developing countries, both to improve decentralization and to strengthen local public …
Capstone Projects
The Development of a Funding Matrix for Local GovernmentIn December 2000, the number of municipalities in South Africa was reduced from 843 to 284, as a result of demarcation to improve the efficiency of the public services provided by each municipality. Since then, the South African Department of Provincial …
Faculty Profile
Christopher Good… the Head of Higher Education & Nonprofit Finance in the Global Investment Banking division of the Royal Bank of …
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NYC AND NYU… most complex urban ecosystems—the place where local meets global. At Wagner, you'll interact with this environment in … have access to the wide-ranging opportunities of NYU's global network. … place to be a student—and a challenging one. NYU: A Global Network University New York University is the largest …
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Assessments of residential and global positioning system activity space for food environments, body mass index and blood pressure among low-income housing residents in New York City… Assessments of residential and global positioning system activity space for food …
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Alumni Spotlight: Shalane Yuen (MPA-PNP 2013)… ways of solving problems. When students engage with global perspectives, they grow into leaders who understand … of the world’s young people, which means the future of global innovation and progress sits on this continent. My …
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PADM-GP.2213
Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present… issues, the course considers immigration in local and global contexts. Because of the historical component to the … development. The exploration of those issues brings the global South into the course, and that investigation is …Course
URPL-GP.2665
Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries… The last three decades have witnessed a global proliferation of public sector restructuring, …Capstone Projects
Local Economic Development Planning in Takeo, CambodiaUnited Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) supports development through microfinance, infrastructure investment, capacity building, and technical advisory skills. Recently, UNCDF and the Royal Government of Cambodia released a national “Local …
Capstone Projects
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 …
News
Financial Access Initiative (FAI) Launches Research on Small Firms in the United States … a new arm of a larger, existing research initiative, the Global Small Firm Diaries, which has been active in 7 … including within the United States. Adding US data to the global project will afford researchers insight into these … to forces that are rapidly changing the shape of global and local economies,” said Jonathan Morduch, Professor …
Faculty Profile
Pam Kingpetcharat… as a strategy consultant and Manager at Dalberg Global Development Advisors. Her work history includes the US …
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Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment (SI3) Specialization… returns, developing solutions to address pressing global and local challenges. … all aimed at addressing significant domestic and global challenges. You’ll also develop the expertise to …
Alumni In Action
Gavin Silber… politics - can only be addressed through activism that is global as well as local. Being at NYU and in New York gave me … policy laboratory, and though my interest is more in the Global South, I found I learnt a tremendous amount through … YOUR CURRENT JOB. I helped to develop and now co-direct a global fellowship program called the Bertha Challenge. Every …
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Ellen Schall Experience Fund (ESEF)… Urban Arts Partnership US Dept. of State, Office of Global Partnerships World Research Institute WRI - Mexico …
Faculty Profile
Victor Vergara… building programs and urban development strategies in the Global South. For over 30 years he led and contributed to …
Faculty Profile
Shantae Edwards… social impact endeavors. In that same year she joined the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic …
Capstone Projects
Increasing Volunteer Management EffectivenessWomen's World Banking (WWB) is a global network of 40 microfinance providers and banks working in 28 countries to bring financial services and information to lowincome entrepreneurs. As the organization expands its strategic agenda, the need for …
Capstone Projects
DESIGNING AN INNOVATION HUB IN ETHEKWINI… World Bank Group’s Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice recognizes the essential role that local …
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International Policy and Planning Association Mission The International Policy and Planning Association (IPPA) at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is a student-led organization dedicated to enriching the Wagner experience by engaging students on international …
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URPL-GP.2666
Water Sourcing and Climate Change… In the coming decades, water will be the central issue in global economic development and health. With one in six … becoming both more scarce and more volatile as a result of global warming, we are likely to face a water crisis so … look at how water sources are changing as a function of global warming and increased population pressures, and then …Capstone Projects
ADDRESSING FOOD WASTE AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETSThe goal of Veggie Fruitful is to minimize the amount of leafy greens and tomatoes that farmers harvest and take to local markets but cannot sell due to their short life span. To understand the market, the Capstone team identified farmers in New York who …