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Insight from Hindsight: The New Education Finance of the Next DecadeInsight comes from hindsight. By reviewing enduring problems in education finance and policy, observing what we did right and seeing when we were surprised and why, we can identify research issues that we missed, avoid similar mistakes in the future, and …
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Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for PracticeHigh school reform is currently at the top of the education policy making agenda after years of stagnant achievement and persistent racial and income test score gaps. Although a number of reforms offer some promise of improving U.S. high schools, small …
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Health and Disease in Global Cities: A Neglected Dimension of National Health PolicyA collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARS outbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban …
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Assessing Medicaid Managed Care in Eastern StateThis case examines the expanding role of managed care programs in improving health care for the poor while controlling runaway health care costs. The case asks what the commissioner of health in a large eastern state should do to effectively monitor …
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Managing Diversity in Civil Service: A Conceptual Framework for Public Organizations.In this paper I explore the managerial challenges posed by diversity in addressing traditional and new requirements for effective performance in public organizations. I survey the core dimensions, concepts and approaches to diversity in reference to …
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The Promise of Evidence-Based ManagementMore and more, healthcare providers are committing to evidenced-based clinical practice as a rational way to deliver care. Rather than make decisions anecdotally, clinicians find that the addition of research provides statistical evidence for their …
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How Brazilian prosecutors enforce labor and environmental laws: The organizational basis of creative problem-solvingBrazil's 8,000 prosecutors sit at the crux of the country's legal system, deciding who gets indicted and sued for common crimes and a wide array of civil violations. In many cases, particularly those concerning the most recalcitrant labor and …
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The Pragmatic Politics of Regulatory EnforcementThis chapter describes regulatory enforcement as an intrinsically political endeavor. We argue that regulatory enforcement, as enacted daily by front-line enforcers around the world, consists of the production of local agreements and arrangements that …
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Health Care in World Cities: New York, London and ParisNew York. London. Paris. Although these cities have similar sociodemographic characteristics, including income inequalities and ethic diversity, they have vastly different health systems and services. This book compares the three and considers lessons …
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The Value of Capstone Projects to Participating Client AgenciesMany schools have experiential learning projects, often termed “capstones,” where students combine theory and practice for the benefit of an outside agency. New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (NYU Wagner) has devoted …
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The "Sociological Citizen": Relational Interdependence in Law and OrganizationsIn this paper we describe three examples of what we call “the sociological citizen,” environmental health and safety workers, law enforcement officers, and firm managers who see their work and themselves as links in a complex web of interactions and …
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Achieving Horizontal Equity: Must We Have A Single-Payer Health System?The question posed in this paper is whether single-payer health care systems are more likely to provide equal treatment for equal need (horizontal equity) than are multipayer systems. To address this question, we compare access to primary and specialty …
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Weaving Color Lines: Race, Ethnicity, and the Work of Leadership in Social Change OrganizationsOspina, S. …
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Banking Low-Income Populations: Perspectives from South AfricaMorduch, J. & Collins, D. …
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Micro-CreditWritten by 1506 eminent contributors, this new edition of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics retains many classic essays of enduring importance and contains 1,872 articles. Published in eight print volumes and for the first time in online format, …
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Local Revenues under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: Linking Policy Reform, Governance and CapacitySmoke, P. …
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Mission Matters: The Cost of Small High Schools RevisitedWith the financial support of several large foundations and the federal government, creating small schools has become a prominent high school reform strategy in many large American cities. While some research supports this strategy, little research …
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The Neighborhood Effects of Concentrated ForeclosuresAs the national mortgage crisis has worsened, an increasing number of communities are facing declining housing prices and high rates of foreclosure. Central to the call for government intervention in this crisis is the claim that foreclosures not only …