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Sustainable Business Forum Market ResearchRainforest Alliance is an environmental nonprofit organization that works to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Rainforest Alliance is currently …
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Carpe Vitam: Leadership for Learning: Where Do We Go From Here?The Carpe Vitam: Leadership for Learning (LfL) initiative is an international project involving teams from Australia, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Greece, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This initiative specifically focuses on the role of school …
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Assessing the Adequacy of the Federal Employee Compensation Act: A Study of Federal Civilian Employees Deployed to Iraq and AfghanistanIncreasing numbers of federal civilian employees (FCEs) are being deployed to help aid reconstruction and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Working side by side with troops, FCEs engage in work that can put them at similar risk for injury …
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New York City and State Tax/Revenue RelationshipCitizens Union Foundation is a nonpartisan organization for good government which ensures New York local and state governments operate in a fair, open, and fiscally sound manner while informing and engaging its citizens. Citizens Union Foundation …
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Assessment of the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Community Workshop ProgramJamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) is a nonprofit organization that offers visual, performing and literary arts, arts education and artists? programs to encourage participation in the arts and to contribute to the cultural enrichment of the …
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Water and Sanitation Management in Cuenca: How Ecuador's Third Largest City Employs Strategic Partnerships and Local Ownership to Deliver Services to its Booming PopulationThe purpose of this Capstone project was to create a case study on water and sanitation development in Cuenca Ecuador, based on loans from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the Cuencan water utility company called ETAPA. To evaluate these …
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Creating a Strategic Plan for Reducing Road Traffic Injuries in AfricaAmend is a nonprofit organization addressing the epidemic of road-traffic injuries in African countries; its main service provides road safety education to school children, who bear a heavy burden of these injuries. Although Amend believes strongly in the …
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The Intersection of Incarceration and Food Insecurity in New York CityThe Fortune Society is a national leader in providing innovative, holistic services to formerly incarcerated men and women, as well as in operating a comprehensive alternative to incarceration program. Throughout the organization’s forty-year history, …
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Strategic Planning for the National African Immigrant & Refugee Women’s NetworkThree years ago, Sauti Yetu Center for African Women founded the National African Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Network (NAIRWN). This Network is comprised of African women who live across the United States, and aims to improve the lives of African refugee …
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Designing a Job Training and Career Readiness Program for Footsteps ParticipantsFootsteps provides educational, vocational, social, and emotional support to men and women seeking to explore the world beyond the insular ultra-orthodox communities in which they were raised. Although Footsteps offers informal job readiness support, many …
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Strategic Plan to Expand Ferry Service in the New York RegionThe Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA)—an umbrella nonprofit representing nearly 500 organizations—is a leader in public access, planning, and environmental work related to the New York Harbor. The Capstone team developed a stepbystep strategic …
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Commercial Fleet ProgramsThe New York City Department of Finance (DOF) is the primary revenue collection agency for City government. DOF currently offers four programs designed to facilitate summons closure for owners of commercial fleets. The programs range from simple …
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Family Background, Race and Labor Market InequalityFor decades, social scientists have relied on sibling correlations as indicative of the effect of “global family background” on socioeconomic status. This study advances this line of inquiry by drawing on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to …
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Passeggiata Nuova: Social Travel in the Era of the SmartphoneItalians have engaged in the tradition of the “passeggiata” for centuries. In villages and neighborhoods, residents come out each evening to stroll. On these strolls, they see and are seen, and they exchange pleasantries, gossip, and news. Today, however, …
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2004 DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN REZONINGBrooklyn Community Board 2 (CB2) is one of 59 geographically exclusive, independent New York City agencies that serve as the most local form of representative government. In 2004, the New York City Council passed the Downtown Brooklyn Rezoning plan, which …
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UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE IN MEXICO: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENTThe Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Carnegie) is one of the world's most highly regarded international affairs think tanks and the oldest in the United States. Carnegie's mission is to advance the cause of peace through analysis and …
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Local economic developmentThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) engaged a Capstone team to assist in the evaluation and development of a diagnostic toolbox capable of assessing local economic development (LED) in Least Developed Countries (LDC). The team developed a …
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Developing tools and cases to promote governance and democracy under decentralizationThe European Union Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities Thematic Program is being developed for the new cycle of E.U. development cooperation to support multi-actor approaches and inclusive partnerships for poverty eradication and sustainable …
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Developing tools and cases to promote public sector reform and service delivery under decentralizationThe European Union Thematic Program on Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities is part of EuropeAid’s Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) for 2014-2020. It is being developed to support multi-actor approaches and inclusive partnerships for …
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Research and evaluation of best practices for capital maintenance budgetHudson River Park, the second longest waterfront park in the United States, has transformed four miles of decaying piers and parking lots along Manhattan’s West side into a beloved, urban recreational paradise, attracting 17 million visits each year. …
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The impact of lacrosse: a preliminary analysis of the effects of a youth-serving nonprofitHarlem Lacrosse and Leadership (HLL) partners with middle schools to provide academic intervention, leadership training, high school admissions counseling, and lacrosse to at-risk youth. Founded in 2008, HLL has expanded from one to four middle schools, …
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PHD in Public Administration Interdisciplinary. Flexible. Powerful. Through theoretical and methodological training, NYU Wagner's doctoral students learn how to produce insights required for effective and equitable public and nonprofit programs and policies. Our program is …
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Cost Analysis of Ryan White Part A Services in New YorkThe New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) administers funding for a federal grant program, Ryan White Part A. The program provides medical and support services to people living with HIV, functioning as a “payer of last resort” that …
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Assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility in the PhilippinesThe Philippines has a history of philanthropic giving, particularly from large privately owned Filipino organizations. Today, many organizations have evolved from simple philanthropy to embedding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into their business …