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Brooklyn 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 …
Brooklyn Community Board 2
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) serves the nation by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets vital national interests. Between 2014 and 2015, traffic-related fatalities rose …
United States Department of Transportation
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Swaziland supports the government in policy areas of poverty alleviation, the provision of equitable social services, and good governance. As a global knowledge network, UNDP advocates for sustainable human …
United Nations Development Program Swaziland
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation (EC) supports local and community development and governance through its Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities Unit. The Unit engaged a Capstone team to continue the …
European Commission Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for maintaining 6,000 miles of streets and highways within city limits by prioritizing the funding of street reconstruction work based on a 10-point quality rating system. DOT leverages a …
New York City Department of Transportation
Dhanbad, known as the Coal Capital of India, is one of the largest industrial towns of Jharkhand State. A proposed loan from the World Bank aims to improve the city's road network and public transport systems. The government of Jharkhand prepared the …
World Bank – South Asia Regional Unit
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal housing agency in the nation. HPD promotes quality housing and thriving neighborhoods through the implementation of affordable housing preservation and …
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
The Center for Health Equity (CHE) is a division of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) whose mission is “to strengthen and amplify the DOHMH's work to eliminate health inequities, which are rooted in historical and …
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Center for Health Equity
Z Street Consulting is a firm specializing in human resource consulting for federal government agencies. The private sector has spearheaded efforts to centralize human resources, finance, and information technology functions using shared services centers. …
Z Street Consulting
The New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) promotes the well-being of immigrant communities. Currently, MOIA focuses on enhancing the economic, civic, and social integration of immigrant New Yorkers; facilitating access to justice for …
New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the largest landlord in New York City, with about 178,000 apartments across the five boroughs. With its scarce financial resources and limited staffing capability, NYCHA struggles to process the approximately …
New York City Housing Authority
The Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) promotes New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene initiatives such as preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from health emergencies that can potentially impact the …
New York City Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a city agency that works to provide affordable housing throughout New York City's five boroughs to low and moderate-income residents. To fulfill its mission to serve over 400,000 tenants, NYCHA developed …
New York City Housing Authority
The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) helps unlock economic potential and create greater economic security for all New Yorkers by connecting residents to good jobs, creating stronger businesses, and building a fairer economy in …
New York City Department of Small Business Services
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is an innovative and independent US foreign aid agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty. Since 2012, the Indonesian government and the local affiliate of MCC have embarked on an ambitious …
Millennium Challenge Corporation
The 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 …
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Land is Life works to support indigenous communities in their efforts to protect their lands, cultures, and livelihoods. Working in the Kuna Yala region of Panama, the Capstone team was invited by the island of Ustupo to analyze postconsumer waste. The …
Land is Life
Turnover of registered nurses is an increasing concern for hospitals because of its negative impact on patient care, patient satisfaction, and financial stability. New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) requested a Capstone team to examine past and current …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital: RN Turnover
Paper-based data collection methods are still common in health clinics around the world. Implementing Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) has the potential to ensure more accurate data, reduce storage costs, and increase efficiency at these health clinics …
Wireless Access for Health
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility (MIF), housed within the Social Finance Programme of the International Labour Organization, is a leader in investigating microinsurance as a solution to protecting low-income households against unexpected financial …
International Labour Organization, Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Global Goods Partners (GGP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating effective, income-generating opportunities for marginalized women and their communities through access to the consumer market for handmade and fair trade artisan crafts. …
Global Goods Partners
As a result of intensified globalization, immigrants have become an increasingly important component of economies and societies in countries across the world. The Capstone team sought to answer the following question: within the realm of education, how do …
Immigration and Academic Performance
The Myanmar Association for Public Policy (MAPP) is an independent think tank in Myanmar founded by public policy graduates who systematically formulate and introduce relevant policy recommendations to policymakers based on research and evidence. The …
Myanmar Association for Public Policy, Food Safety
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) is currently in the process of developing a self-assessment questionnaire for government officials entitled the Measurement and Evaluation Tool for Engagement and e-Participation …
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs