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NYU Wagner graduate elected Mayor of Bogotá, ColombiaCarlos Fernando Galán will soon put his NYU Wagner education to work in Bogotá, where he has been elected Mayor of the Colombian capital. A 2019 graduate of NYU Wagner's Executive MPA Program , Galán takes office January 1, 2024. He received a plurality …
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NeON Arts: Illustrating Impact at the IntersectionsThe Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) brings together community organizations, government agencies, local businesses, and community residents to connect probation clients who live in target neighborhoods to opportunities, resources, and services. …
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Objectives for CTE Internships for New York City High School StudentsWhile leaders across city government have a strong desire to significantly increase the number of internships available to high school students, there are competing views about the specific objectives of these internships. Career and Technical Education …
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Nonprofit Voter EngagementCommon Cause NY provides a voice for citizens in support of open, honest, and accountable government at all levels. Community Votes, a nonprofit organization, partners with community-based social service organizations to conduct nonpartisan voter …
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Climate EconomicsEconomics—misguided market forces—is at the core of most environmental problems. Economics—guiding market forces in the right direction—is also fundamental to the solution. In this course we develop some of the fundamental economic tools for environmental …Publication
Emergency response and public health in Hurricane Katrina: What does it mean to be a public health emergency responder?Since 9/11, federal funds directed toward public health departments for training in disaster preparedness have dramatically increased, resulting in changing expectations of public health workers’ roles in emergency response. This article explores the …
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Developing an Engagement Plan for a Disaster Recovery GroupThe Westchester County Long-Term Recovery Coalition (WCLRC) is a group of community organizations that came together in 2011 to facilitate coordination around the provision of long-term practical aid. The coalition had established bylaws and coordinated …
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Big Data: The Role of Education and TrainingThe Jarmin and O'Hara piece describes a turning point in statistical data collection and dissemination. The federal agencies can no longer bear the full burden of producing and disseminating data for public policy research. Public policy researchers and …
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From First-Person Inquiry to Second-Person Dialogue: A Response to the European-American Collaborative Challenging WhitenessThe Collaborative raises three areas in which more dialogue would be useful. First, they express a desire for more data about how I was seen by my informants of color. They use that point to raise broader questions about validity: How can I, as a white …
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Solar Energy Expansion in TanzaniaThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) supports local development and government reform in developing countries. UNCDF has a special interest in municipal finance, offering models that unlock public and private resources to fund investments …
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NYU Wagner Remains No. 1 in Urban Policy, Retains Top-10 Rankings in Six Specialties in Latest U.S. News and World Report RankingsWith New York City as our students’ living laboratory, NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service was once again named the No. 1 graduate urban policy program in the nation in the latest U.S. News and World Report Graduate School Rankings , …
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Incremental charges, costs, and length of stay associated with obesity as a secondary diagnosis among pregnant womenTrasande L, Lee M, Liu Y, Weitzman M, Savitz D. …
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Analyzing Traffic Management Issues in Lima, PeruAs urbanization and population continue to increase in Latin America, the capacity of existing transportation systems to provide safe, clean, and effective transportation will be surpassed. In turn, those functions dependent on transportation economic …
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Analyzing Traffic Management Issues in Lima, PeruAs urbanization and population continue to increase in Latin America, the capacity of existing transportation systems to provide safe, clean, and effective transportation will be surpassed. In turn, those functions dependent on transportation economic …
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About NYU Wagner NYU Wagner's mission is to empower public service leaders to create and to implement innovative policies with sustainable impacts on the public good. Our faculty, through their research, teaching, and public service, transform approaches to resolving …
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Development of a predictive model to identify inpatients at risk of re-admission within 30 days of discharge (PARR-30)Objectives To develop an algorithm for identifying inpatients at high risk of re-admission to a National Health Service (NHS) hospital in England within 30 days of discharge using information that can either be obtained from hospital information systems …
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Enhancing and accelerating social science via automation: Challenges and opportunitiesTal Yarkoni, Dean Eckles, James Heathers, Margaret Levenstein, Paul Smaldino and Julia Lane …
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Fiscal Decentralization and Intergovernmental Relations in Developing Countries: Navigating a Viable Path to ReformThe trend toward greater decentralization of governance activities, now accepted as commonplace in the West, has become a worldwide movement. Today s world demands flexibility, adaptability, and the autonomy to bring those qualities to bear. In this …
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Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit OrganizationsThis is one of the only books available that addresses financial and managerial accounting within the framework of the three major areas of the public sector. Clear and comprehensive, Finkler's unique and accessible text provides the fundamentals of …
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Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit OrganizationsOne of the few books that addresses financial and managerial accounting within the three major areas of the public sector � government, health, and not-for-profit�the Second Edition provides the fundamentals of financial management for those pursuing …
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Income Is Not Enough: Incorporating Material Hardship Into Models of Income Associations With Parenting and Child DevelopmentAlthough research has clearly established that low family income has negative impacts on children's cognitive skills and social-emotional competence, less often is a family's experience of material hardship considered. Using the Early Childhood …
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Open Science Framework PreprintJulia Lane, Tal Yarkoni, Dean Eckles, James Heathers, Margaret Levenstein, Paul Smaldino …
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IMPROVING BENEFITS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTUREEducation Reform Now (ERN) is a non-partisan, nonprofit think tank and advocacy organization that promotes increased resources and innovative reforms in K-16 public education, particularly for students of color and students from low-income families. ERN’s …
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INVESTING IN MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), in partnership with the International Municipal Investment Fund (IMIF) and other local capital financing programs, utilizes a range of blended finance models to support local government investments in …