The following is an overview of the core Capstone workshop for the MIA and MPA. For past workshop projects in the MPA in Economic and Political Development Concentration (EPD), click here. For more information regarding past workshop projects in the Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science (ESP), click here.
SPRING 2013 |
| Client |
Project Syllabi/Course Number |
Advisor |
Tags |
| Accenture |
Cities of the Future: Technology and the Challenges of Emerging Market Megacities
(SIPAU9000.033) |
Ross Schaap |
finance policy, urban policy, infrastructure, emerging markets |
| Afren Plc |
Energy Investment Criteria in Fragile Emerging States: The Case of Libya
(SIPAU9000.004)
|
Adam Lou Shrier |
energy policy, security, oil and gas exploration, political risk, strategic investment, Libya |
| Alfanar: an Arab venture philanthropy organization |
Developing a Strategic Plan for a Middle East-focused Venture Philanthropy Firm
(SIPAU9000.016) |
Salah Zalatimo |
finance policy, venture philanthropy, investment strategy, management, Middle East |
| Booz Allen Hamilton |
Developing a Model for Assessment of Political Risk in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
(SIPAU9000.045) |
Clifford Young |
security policy, political risk, Middle East |
| Broadway Housing Communities at Sugar Hill, Harlem |
The Creation of a Business Plan Based on New York City Green Roof Models
(SIPAU9000.049) |
Judith Pincus |
urban and social policy, business development, urban farming, green markets |
| Brookings Institution, Global Economy and Development |
Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
(SIPAU9000.052) |
Irene Finel-Honigman |
finance policy, economics, foreign direct investment, security, economic analysis, China |
| BTG Pactual: Brazil's leading investment bank |
Understanding Opportunities for Market Growth and Defining a Selection Criteria for M&A for a Brazil-based Company
(SIPAU9000.026) |
Markus Jaeger |
finance policy, M&A, Brazil |
| Buenos Aires City Government, Ministry of Modernization |
Smart Buenos Aires: Developing Better E-Governance for Government to Citizen Interactions
(SIPAU9000.056) |
Michael Silverman |
urban policy, e-governance, benchmarking |
| Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) |
A Human Rights Reporting Framework for the Pharmaceutical Industry
(SIPAU9000.010) |
Joanne Bauer |
human rights, pharmeutical industry, corporate social responsibility |
| Citicorp, Institutional Clients Group |
Too Big To Fail: Optimizing SIFIs´ Size and Scope of Activities
(SIPAU9000.036) |
Fernando Sotelino |
finance policy, Dodd-Frank legislation, systemic risk |
| Crédit Agricole |
The Evolving US Energy Policy
(SIPAU9000.027) |
Gernot Wagner |
finance policy, energy policy, natural gas, environmental regulation |
| Crédit Suisse |
Emergence of a New Asset Class: Emerging Markets Fixed Income Local Currency Debt
(SIPAU9000.040) |
Adam Quinton |
finance policy, emerging market, international fixed income capital markets |
| Echoing Green/The Social Entrepreneurs Fund |
Establishing an Impact Investment Fund Evaluation Framework
(SIPAU9000.037) |
Charles Raymond |
finance policy, social entrepreneurship, impact investment, social return on investment |
| Eurasia Group |
Early-Warning Indicators and Correlations for Political and Financial Risk
(SIPAU9000.035)
|
Paul Thurman |
economic policy, security policy, political risk, market shocks |
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
A Comparative Study of Global Central Bank
Practices in Publishing Policy Rate Forecasts
(SIPAU9000.015) |
Richard Clarida |
economic policy, monetary policy, central banking practices |
| Free Flow Power |
Policies and Strategies to Optimize Generation and Environmental Benefits from New Hydropower Development in the US
(SIPAU9000.005) |
AJ Goulding |
energy policy, finance policy, sustainable energy, hydropower, electricity markets, accounting finance |
| Haitian American Alliance (with Former Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille) |
Funding Development with Commune-Level Conditional Grants in Haiti
(SIPAU9000.047) |
Marc Levy |
conditional grants, diaspora engagement, management, development, Haiti |
| HSBC Global Asset Management |
Creating an Emerging Global Cities Index
(SIPAU9000.014)
|
Ester Fuchs |
urban policy, emerging markets, global cities, governance |
| Hudson Clean Energy Partners |
Off-Grid Solar PV Markets and Diesel Generation Substitution Markets in Africa
(SIPAU9000.031) |
AJ Goulding |
energy policy, finance policy, economics, solar, financial modeling, energy markets, Africa |
| Institute of International Education |
Online Education Programs and Global Higher Education
(SIPAU9000.017) |
Hui Soo Chae |
education policy, social policy, higher education, student mobility, online education programs |
| Inter-American Development Bank |
Creating Small and Medium Enterprises Support and Development Infrastructure in Latin America
(SIPAU9000.048) |
John Walker |
economic policy, small and medium enterprises, Latin America |
| Internews |
Tuned In… or Out?: Global Survey on the Myths and Realities on the Engagement of Humanitarian Agencies with Local Media in Times of Crisis
(SIPAU9000.030) |
Judith Matloff |
international media and communications, humanitarian intervention, emergency response |
| Moody's Investors Service |
Macro and Sectoral Impacts of Basel III Implementation for Developing Countries
(SIPAU9000.043) |
Ailsa Röell |
finance policy, ratings agency, sovereign risk, Basel III regulation, developing countries |
| Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
The Financial Case for Impact Investing
(SIPAU9000.039) |
Alicia Ogawa |
finance policy, impact investing |
| Mozambique Governance Watch |
Mozambique’s Extractive Riches: Will They Be a Game Changer and the Road to Prosperity, or Another Chapter in the Resource Curse?
(SIPAU9000.032) |
Jenik Radon |
human rights, extractive industries, resource curse, regulatory legislation |
| National Resources Defense Council |
Boosting Energy Efficiency Deployment in the US Industrial Sector
(SIPAU9000.019) |
Adam Hinge |
energy policy, environmental policy, industrial energy efficiency |
| New Classrooms Innovation Partners |
United States K-12 Public Schools: Development of a Case for A Unified Accountability and Measurement System
(SIPAU9000.018) |
Sarah Holloway |
urban and social policy, education policy, new technology, monitoring and evaluation, pedagogy |
| New York City Economic Development Corporation |
Evaluation Framework and Analysis of Economic Transformation Initiatives
(SIPAU9000.044) |
Charles Raymond |
urban and social policy, economic development, performance evaluation |
| New York City Mayor's Office of Operations |
Analysis and Evaluation of City Data Operational Improvements
(SIPAU9000.025) |
Joseph Versace & Olle Folke |
urban policy, management, predictive analytics, data analysis, policy evaluation, GIS |
| Physicians for Human Rights |
Awarding and Enforcing Reparations in Mobile Courts Judgments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(SIPAU9000.021) |
Yasmine Ergas |
human rights, gender policy, gender-based violence, post-conflict, Central Africa |
| Planned Parenthood Global |
Human Rights and Funding Analysis to Promote Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Latin America
(SIPAU9000.028) |
Karen Plafker |
human rights, gender policy, reproductive health policy, advocacy |
| RAND Corporation |
Central Asia in the Future of the Euro-Atlantic Community
(SIPAU9000.046) |
Jeffrey Mankoff |
security policy, economic policy, NATO, diplomacy, Central Asia |
| RNK Capital |
Emerging Chinese Emissions Trading Schemes
(SIPAU9000.038) |
Peter Fusaro |
energy policy, environmental policy, energy carbon markets, emissions trading, China |
| Capital Markets Institute of the Shanghai Stock Exchange |
China, Natural Resources and the World: What Needs to be Disclosed
(SIPAU9000.041) |
Jenik Radon |
finance policy, energy policy and extractive industries, corporate governance, sustainable development, China, Latin America |
| SELCO Solar |
Base of the Pyramid Enterprise Innovations in Rural India
(SIPAU9000.011) |
Ellen Morris & Philip LaRocco |
sustainable energy, business models, energy enterprise, international development, entrepreneurship |
| Spectra Energy |
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Exports from North America
(SIPAU9000.002) |
Adam Lou Shrier |
energy policy, natural gas, LNG exports, Asia |
| Union Labor Life Insurance Company (Ullico) |
Unleashing Impact Capital into the Public Infrastructure Market
(SIPAU9000.007) |
John Williams |
finance policy, investment strategy, institutional investors, impact investment |
| United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
The Crisis in the Sahel: Conflict Assessment, Responses and the Way Forward
(SIPAU9000.013) |
Elisabeth Lindenmayer |
security policy, fragile states, conflict resolution, United Nations, Sahel Region, West Africa |
| United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) |
Women & Politics: Evidence of Legislative Change
(SIPAU9000.034)
|
Johanna Rickne |
human rights; gender policy, legislative trends |
| United Nations Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) |
Developing an International Prosecutors’ Network for Pursuing Terrorism Cases
(SIPAU9000.023) |
Bruce Cronin |
security policy, counterterrorism, United Nations, international law, intelligence |
| United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
Rebuilding Participatory and Inclusive Governance in Mali: How West Africa Responds to Crises
(SIPAU9000.029) |
John Hirsch |
security policy, intelligence, multilateral organizations, ECOWAS, state and regional actors, West and Northern Africa |
| United States Congressional Research Service, Government and Finance Division |
Bank Lending Practices in the Post-2008 Financial Crisis
(SIPAU9000.009) |
George Morriss |
finance policy, Dodd-Frank legislation, lending practices |
| United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
Assessing the Use of Strategic Oil Stocks
(SIPAU9000.053) |
Jason Bordoff |
energy policy, strategic petroleum reserve, domestic energy production |
| United States Department of State, Bureau of Counterterrorism |
Review of Legal Challenges to Terrorist Sanctions and Material Support Prosecutions
(SIPAU9000.008) |
Stuart Gottlieb |
security policy, counterterrorism, sanctions |
| United States Department of State, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications |
Countering Violent Extremist Measures - 'Best Practices' and Lessons Learned
(SIPAU9000.020) |
Robert Dry |
security policy, international media, advocacy and communications, counterterrorism |
| United States Department of State/The Civilian Platform of Regional Command-East in Afghanistan |
Afghanistan: Governance & Development in Nangarhar Province in the Era of the Coalition Military Drawdown
(SIPAU9000.055)
|
Richard Reiter |
security policy, military operations, post-conflict, fragile states, Afghanistan |
| United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence |
National Security and Foreign Direct Investment
(SIPAU9000.006) |
Merit Janow |
finance policy, security policy, foreign direct investment |
| United States Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, U.S. Mission to NATO |
Support to US NATO Mission
(SIPAU9000.054) |
Joshua Rovner |
security policy, NATO, intelligence, defense, military, diplomacy, Multi-lateral organizations, Europe |
| World Bank Group, Carbon Finance Unit |
Web-based Knowledge Center on Market-based Mechanisms for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for The World Bank’s Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR)
(SIPAU9000.050) |
Ruben Lubowski |
economic policy, greenhouse gas mitigation, carbon finance, market mechanisms, international media advocacy and communication, new media |
| World Bank Group, Global Center for Conflict, Security and Development/Independent Evaluation Group |
Measuring Success: Investigating the Meaning of Success and Failure for the World Bank in the Context of Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
(SIPAU9000.042) |
Kirsti Samuels |
fragile states, program management, monitoring and evaluation, data analysis, impact
evaluation, international media advocacy and communications, video editing, web interviews |
