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Browsing Sanford School Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program Master’s Projects by Issue Date
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(2017-06-21)Sexual assault on college campuses is a longstanding and pervasive problem. Increasing media coverage has led to growing concern about sexual violence on college campuses and most universities’ failure to respond appropriately. ...
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(2017-06-20)Half of the world’s population (2.7 billion people), of which 95 percent is in ‘poor’ countries, rely on solid fuels including biomass fuels like wood, dung, agricultural residue and coal, to meet most of their energy ...
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(2017-06-19)By utilizing low-cost, behavioral economic "nudges," we achieved a significant increase in the rate of on-time property tax payments in Guilford County, North Carolina. Using a large-scale randomized control trial, we ...
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(2017-06-19)A growing body of evidence suggests that public investment in high-quality preschool programs improves school readiness, and produces significant and lasting impacts on children across a wide variety of outcomes. Research ...
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(2017-06-11)This project analyzes whether writs of mandamus filed by victims of sexual assault in the military justice system should be reviewed at the standard of an ordinary interlocutory appeal. The project conducts a policy ...
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(2017-06-09)In the sixteen years since the 9/11 attacks, the United States government continues to execute a military-centric counterterrorism (CT) strategy in the Middle East and Africa, absent an integrated and synchronized information ...
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(2016-08-01)In developing countries, access to modern energy for cooking and heating still remains a challenge to raising households out of poverty. About 2.5 billion people depend on solid fuels such as biomass, wood, charcoal and ...
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(2016-07-11)This paper uses a difference in difference model to investigate the impact of a large scale and high mortality 2005 earthquake in Pakistan on women’s fertility decisions and children’s health outcomes. Using a nationally ...
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(2016-06-22)Within 10 years, there could be a severe global shortage in the supply of cocoa, according to industry practitioners and other experts. Due to global population growth and the emergence of a growing global middle class, ...
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(2016-06-21)Due to their informality, the favelas of Rio de Janeiro are in a precarious position. Though the informal neighborhoods have long served as sites of affordable housing for Rio’s poorest residents, changes within in the ...
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(2016-05-17)Indonesia is losing more of its forests and, in Kalimantan, palm oil is contributing to increasing rates of forest loss. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a conservation scheme that harnesses market-based ...
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(2016-05-17)Homicide-suicides are a patterned type of violence that is distinct from other suicides and other homicides. The evidence presented in this analysis suggests that compared to both homicides and suicides, homicide-suicides ...
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(2016-05-16)Policy Question: How should the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) support community colleges and counties in joining the Federal SNAP Employment & Training (SNAP E&T) program’s third-party match model to ...
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(2016-03-19)Policy Question: How should the United States Government (“USG”) prosecute the ISIL leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (“ABAB”), if it captures him? Overall Recommendations: 1) The USG should consider the empirically ...
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(2015-05-17)This Duke University Master’s thesis was completed as a pro-bono research project for the Women’s Business Center of North Carolina (WBC of NC), a Durham-based nonprofit that helps women start and grow businesses throughout ...
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(2015-05-06)This thesis investigates differential protection outcomes among undocumented migrant youth from Central America who are transferred to North Carolina. The literature shows there is a significant gap in research on the ...
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(2015-05-04)BEST NC expressed interest in learning more about the options currently available for principal preparation in North Carolina and how the organization (BEST NC) should proceed to ensure that North Carolina has high-quality ...
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(2015-05-04)The Minnesota Department of Health regulates capital investments made by hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers, and physician clinics. The primary purpose of these regulations is to reduce ...
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(2015-05-03)Women make up over 50 percent of North Carolina's population; however, women occupy less than 25 percent of the seats in the NC State Legislature. Through a series of interviews and extensive research, this study aims to ...
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(2015-05-01)In recent months, disputes between Russia and its neighbors have accelerated to levels nearing those seen during the Cold War. The effects of globalization and Western economic integration have initiated democratic development ...
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