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The Microfinance Business Model: Enduring Subsidy and Modest Profit… evidence suggests only modest social and economic impacts of microfinance. Favorable cost-benefit ratios then depend on low costs. This paper calculates the costs of microcredit and other elements of the microcredit business … lent and $51 of subsidy per borrower (in PPP-adjusted terms). Relatively low levels of median subsidy suggest that …
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Cropsey Avenue - Gateway to Coney Island… for enhanced entertainment attractions that take advantage of the area's unique appeal and historic legacy, a new … for job training and recreational uses, and the increase of affordable housing on vacant City-owned land. This Plan strongly emphasizes the transformation of the area into a year-round oceanfront destination. For …
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Cropsey Avenue - Gateway to Coney Island… for enhanced entertainment attractions that take advantage of the area's unique appeal and historic legacy, a new … for job training and recreational uses, and the increase of affordable housing on vacant City-owned land. This Plan strongly emphasizes the transformation of the area into a year-round oceanfront destination. For …
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Elective Courses… Tools & Skills Focus Area Develop the core elements of successful advocacy campaigns, including research, … focus area allows students to apply the principles of economics to specific sectors, topics, or issues concerned … inequalities. Building from PADM-GP 2203 Economics of International Development , these courses explore growth …
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What Are the Financial Implications of Public Quality Disclosure? Evidence from New York City's Restaurant Food Safety Grading Policy… Grading schemes are an increasingly common method of quality disclosure for public services. Restaurant grading … more readily available and may reduce the prevalence of foodborne illnesses. However, it may also have meaningful … food safety compliance and sales activity for the universe of graded restaurants in New York City and its bordering …
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Calorie Labeling, Fast Food Purchasing and Restaurant Visits… food restaurants was associated with consumer awareness of labels, calories purchased and fast food restaurant … comparison city). Measures included: self-reported use of calorie information, calories purchased determined via …
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Youth Transitions: Developing Successful Adults - An Exploration of International Livelihoods Programs… billion young people aged 12 to 24 worldwide, 1.3 billion of whom live in the developing world. Youth today comprise … team was charged with exploring the most effective means of improving the livelihoods of young people. The term livelihoods, most broadly … Transitions: Developing Successful Adults - An Exploration of International Livelihoods Programs …
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Data Resource… recommend a mechanism for presentation and dissemination of this data. The team developed a needs assessment for … key management staff and identified relevant examples of content, collection techniques, presentation styles, and dissemination methods. During the course of the project, Isabella attempted to develop a mechanism to …
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Data Resource… recommend a mechanism for presentation and dissemination of this data. The team developed a needs assessment for … key management staff and identified relevant examples of content, collection techniques, presentation styles, and dissemination methods. During the course of the project, Isabella attempted to develop a mechanism to …
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Hospital Quality for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Correlation Among Process Measures and Relationship with Short-Term Mortality… Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) measure and report … from 962 hospitals participating in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI) and correlated these measures … <.001) for all pairwise comparisons between beta-blocker use at admission and discharge, aspirin use at admission and …
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A Community Based Intervention to Increase Preventive Health Care Seeking in Adolescents: The Gonorrhea Community Action Project… Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase preventive health … discussed with friends or family members the importance of undergoing a checkup (OR=4.5). There were no differences … between male intervention and male control participants in terms of outcomes. Conclusions. This theory-driven, …
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Prof. Thad Calabrese Named to Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council… Thad Calabrese , Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Financial Management, NYU Wagner, has … Midwestern State University. The members serve two-year terms and are eligible to be reappointed for up to two additional consecutive terms …
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Proposal Guidelines… or via shared drive: High-resolution digital images of up to 30 samples of your artwork. Please consider wall dimensions and space … all work, clearly labeled and numbered, with the name of artist, title of the work, year completed, medium, and … be evaluated according to the following criteria: Quality of work as demonstrated by the visual documentation …
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Towards a Decentralized Haitian State: The Promises and Shortcomings of the Post-Duvalier Constitution of 1987… The post-Duvalier Haitian Constitution of 1987 was an appeal for decentralization to reorganize the Haitian state after the fall of the twenty-nine-year Duvalier dictatorship in 1986. … impediments that curtail Haiti’s advancement in terms of improved public service delivery and unadulterated …
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Social Programs and Household Size: Evidence from New York… cross-section. In this paper, we describe how a variety of government policies affect living arrangements, … intentionally or not. Using data from a survey of households in New York City, we find that these incentives … Small average household size can be extremely expensive in terms of physical and environmental resources, higher rents, …
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Policy Areas… Confronting Misclassification and Payroll Fraud: A Survey of State Labor Standards Enforcement Agencies (co-author … on Work magazine, Volume 26, 2022. The Growing Role of Localities in the United States in Enacting and Enforcing … Rights Innovations: New Players, New Laws, New Methods of Enforcement , originally published in Saint Louis …
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MPA, International Development Policy and Management Specialization-MA, International Relations… Total credits required: 57 24 credits toward the Master of Arts (MA) in International Relations 10 Core credits … credits (INTRL-GA 4000) 33 credits toward the Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Public & Nonprofit … For Core and Specialization courses, and a sampling of Elective courses, please visit the International …
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Professional Experience Requirement (PER)… What You Need To Know Your odds of succeeding in the job market increase when you have … meaningful professional experience in your chosen field of public service. To ensure you’re prepared for your … relevant to you . How do I complete PER? What types of jobs and internships qualify for PER? Do I have to work a …
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A Matched Analysis of the Association Between Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policies and Health Outcomes Among Medicaid-enrolled Children in Subsidized Housing, 2015-2019, New York City… are intended to reduce the deleterious health effects of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, but there is limited … impacts. We examined associations between implementation of a federal smoke-free housing rule by the New York City … models to assess relative changes in monthly rates of claims between November 1, 2015 and December 31, 2019 …
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#MyWagnerLife: Erin Connell (MPA-PNP) … Ellen Schall Exp Fund video for a glimpse into the kind of impact students make: https://t.co/wCeawayXNE … no Monday classes, instead self care w/ yoga & breakfast of champions #MyWagnerLife pic.twitter.com/Jn0qmMxQ65 — Erin … 11, 2016 . @Erin_M_Connell : What five words would you use to describe @nyuwagner ? #MyWagnerLife — NYU Wagner …
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Event Recap: Wagner Philanthropy Presents: Careers in Fundraising… by Byron Bao On November 13, 2025, NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services and Wagner Philanthropy hosted a Careers … School Jasmine Jeffers (MPA-PNP 2022) , Managing Director of Institutional Giving at StoryCorps Michelle Kroll (MPA-PNP … Philanthropy Officer at Planned Parenthood Federation of America Suzanne Greene (EMPA 2026), Senior Director of …
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Public Policy Specialization… Graduates will develop a strong command of analytical frameworks, enabling them to dissect complex … The ability to analyze large datasets, use statistical software, and apply econometric methods is … and Policies Students must also choose and complete one of the following courses: PADM-GP.2411 , Policy Formation and …
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#MyWagnerLife: María Paz Hermosilla (MPA-PNP)… 4, 2015 . @mphermosilla : Being from Chile, what types of tips do you have for international students planning to … @nyuwagner IntStudentTip3: Participate in welcome week of @NYUGradLife and @NYUWagner_WSA I made a lot of friends … (@mphermosilla) March 4, 2015 Discussing strategies to use data from NYC Hope Count that surveys homeless people …
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2020 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS… Melendez (EMPA) Maria I. Melendez is the founder and CEO of Embrace Her Legacy, which offers personal and leadership … focused on policy analysis, Kyleigh quickly took advantage of the opportunities at NYU to found Govern for America, … a nonprofit whose mission is to build the next generation of public sector leaders by recruiting, training, and placing …