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Bringing Innovation to ParatransitAccess-A-Ride, New York City’s paratransit program, provides door-to-door transportation service at the same cost as a transit ride for passengers who are unable to use the city’s fixed-route buses and subways. Access-A-Ride is costly for its operator, …
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Alexander NiyazovDr. Niyazov is currently the Senior Director, Global Value and Evidence, Pipeline Oncology Team Lead at Pfizer Oncology. In this role, he oversees a team of outcomes researchers who generate evidence to demonstrate the value proposition of early-stage …
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Reimagining the Role of Special Financial Intermediaries in Subnational Development FinancePaul Smoke …
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Chinonye OnwunliChinonye Onwunli is a Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is Managing Director, Health Information Technology Policy at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA). Prior to BCBSA she was a …
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Refining Reinvestment: The Impact of the 1995 Community Reinvestment Act Enhancements on Minority-Owned BusinessesRefining Reinvestment: The Impact of the 1995 Community Reinvestment Act Enhancements on Minority Owned Businesses munity. The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) encouraged financial institutions to meet the particular needs of minority borrowers …
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Ethical Standards in the ProfessionsAs educators and researchers, we recognize three sets of obligations: (1) the requirement to adhere to the federal regulations governing human subjects research, through the IRB system; (2) the need to conduct our professional work in a fashion that is …
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ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN NYC JAILSThe NYC Board of Correction (BOC) is a nine-person, non-judicial oversight board that regulates, monitors, and inspects NYC correctional facilities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the BOC modified its oversight model to document the public health crisis in …
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What Americans Still Want from Government ReformCompleted a research report "What Americans Still Want from Government Reform". NYU's GovLab and the Tandon School will be publishing the report and leading the release with the John Brademas Center at NYU DC, the University of Chicago's Center for …
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Projects - ICISCurrent Projects Through 2023 THE INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS (ICIS) was established in 1998 with initial funding from the National Science Foundation. ICIS engages in research, education, and outreach in infrastructure, including energy, …
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Vision + Action = Faithful Execution: Why Government Daydreams and How to Stop the Cascade of Breakdowns That Now Haunts ItPaul Light …
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MPA-MBAMBA-MPA students can "double count" some coursework between degrees. Your MBA coursework will reduce the total number of credits you need for the MPA to 33 (from the standard 45), and your MPA coursework will reduce the total number of credits needed for …
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The Role of Special Financial Intermediaries for Subnational Development (Infrastructure) Finance in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesPaul Smoke …
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Understanding Intergovernmental Relations: A Missing Link in Improving Financing and PFM for Health Service Delivery in Developing CountriesPaul Smoke …
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Rediscovering Urban Finance: Strengthening an Overlooked Foundation of Urban PlanningPaul Smoke …
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Fiscal Decentralization for Inclusive Development in Asia: The Role of Institutional Context in Selected Asian CountriesPaul Smoke …
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The Political Economy of Intergovernmental Fiscal System Design and Implementation in AsiaPaul Smoke …
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A Cascade of Breakdowns: How Government Daydreams Become Nightmares, and How to Wake UpPaul C. Light …
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Why Theory and Practice are Different: The Gap Between Principles and Reality in Subnational Revenue SystemsEnsuring adequate subnational revenues is a core concern of fiscal decentralization. Available empirical evidence suggests that subnational revenue generation in developing countries rarely meets needs and expectations, even where conventional advice has …
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Which Parts of Globalization Matter for Catch-Up Growth?Economists devote too much attention to international flows of goods and services and not enough to international flows of ideas. Traditional trade flows are an imperfect substitute for flows of the underlying ideas. The simplest textbook trade model …
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Should the Government Subsidize Supply or Demand for Scientists and Engineers?Paul Romer …