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Accenture Infrastructure Opportunities in Emerging Markets: 2010-2020 (abstract) 2011-2012
Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) Oil: Uganda's Opportunity for Prosperity 2011-2012
Afren Plc Strategic Positioning for Global Independent Oil and Gas Companies (presentation) 2011-2012
Bank of America Merrill Lynch What is the Optimal Global Energy Mix in Terms of Productivity for the World Economy? How Can Energy Policy Achieve This? (abstract) 2010-2011
Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America: The Financial Services Perspective 2011-2012
Blue Orchard Finance Microfinance as an Asset Class: Sustainability in a Time of Crisis 2008-2009
Booz Allen Hamilton Optimizing Long-Term Monitoring and Evaluation Metrics for Public Sector Projects: Large-Scale Energy Infrastructures and Their Impact on the Millennium Development Goals 2008-2009
Food Security in Tanzania: Seven Concept Papers 2009-2010

Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayan Sub-Basin of India: Recommendations to the United States Agency for International Development, Department of Defense and Department of State - Concept Paper

Climate Change and the Himalayan Sub-Basin of India - Impact Assessment Paper

2010-2011

Climate Change Adaptation II: The Niger Delta - Concept Paper

Climate Change Adaptation II: Assessing the Impact on the Niger Delta

Climate Change Adaptation II: Impact Assessment Framework

2011-2012
Exploring Public and Economic Diplomacy (report and presentation) 2011-2012
Broadway Housing Communities Greening Broadway Housing Communities: A Management Guide 2010-2011
Brookfield Renewable Power Assessment of China's Future Economic Growth Path and the Impact on Commodities Prices (abridged presentation) 2010-2011
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce The New York State Health Benefits Exchange and the Role of Chambers of Commerce 2010-2011
Bureau of Haiti's Special Envoy to the United Nations/Social Science Research Council (SSRC) The Haitian Diaspora and Education Reform in Haiti: Challenges and Recommendations 2010-2011
Business Development Asia, LLC China Going Global - A Boomerang Strategy: A Study of Chinese Outbound Mergers & Acquisitions in the Manufacturing Sector (presentation) 2011-2012
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Creating a New Communications Plan that Better Incorporates the Social Web (abstract) 2009-2010
Center for American Progress Dealing with Terrorists: Should America Approach Terrorist-Designated Non-State Actors? 2009-2010
Center for Naval Analyses Scenarios Analyses of the Persian Gulf Region: 2025 2010-2011
Energy Security in the European Union: The Impact of Gas as a Dominant Source of Energy 2011-2012
The Century Foundation How Do Islamists Rule?: An Analysis of Islamist Provincial Governance (PART I) 2010-2011
How do Islamists Rule?: An Analysis of Islamist Provincial Governance (PART II) 2011-2012
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Center for the Study of Intelligence - Managing Covert Action 2010-2011
Christofferson, Robb & Company Examining the Role of OECD Banks Lending to Small and Medium Enterprises in Emerging Countries (abstract) 2011-2012
Citigroup Institutional Clients Group — The Implications of the Basel III Proposals 2010-2011
Global Commodities Research — Politics and Economics of Rare Earths 2011-2012
Institutional Clients Group — Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act: Impact on the US and Global Derivatives Markets (presentation) 2011-2012
City Harvest/Public Health Solutions/Urbane Development LLC The Bodega Report Project (abstract) 2011-2012
Climate Group Public-Private Partnerships: Local Initiatives 2007 2007-2008
Clinton Global Initiative Sustainable Return on Investment: A Pathway towards the Diffusion of Measurement and Communication  2009-2010
Gulf Coast Action Network Secretariat: From Disaster to Prosperity 2010-2011
Clinton Global Initiative/HDR, Inc. Creating the Sustainable Return on Investment: Your commitment to serve is now measurable 2008-2009
Common Ground Assessing Low Turnover Rates: Causes, Challenges, and Potential Solutions 2009-2010
The Conference Board The Conference Board Journal of Corporate Governance and Risk Oversight (executive summary) 2009-2010
Developing a Database of Labor Market Institutions (abridged report) 2011-2012
Congressional Research Service Public-Sector Provisions for Retiree Health Benefits in Collective Bargaining Agreements (abridged report) 2007-2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds 2008-2009
Management Reforms in the Secretariat of the United Nations 2008-2009
Risk Management and Stress Testing at Financial Institutions - Part I 2009-2010
Risk Management and Stress Testing at Financial Institutions - Part II (abstract) 2009-2010
Misaligned Incentives? A Survey of Loan Servicers 2010-2011
Weapons Acquisitions Trends in Emerging Powers and the Implications for the U.S. Defense Strategy (abstract) 2011-2012
E+Co Scaling Energy Delivery Systems to the Developing World (abstract) 2011-2012
EarthSpark International/United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Scaling Up Clean Energy Enterprises in Rural Haiti: Les Anglais Côte Sud Initiative (abstract) 2011-2012
Energias de Portugal Investment Opportunities for Energias de Portugal (executive summary) 2011-2012
Energy Research Center  Non Profit Organizations and Their Evolving Role in Addressing Global Problems  2007-2008
Eurasia Group The Assessment of Potential Outcomes of EU Structural Fund Policy in Eastern and Western Europe 2008-2009
Federal Reserve Bank of New York A Comparative Study of Global Central Bank Independence and Transparency: Lesson Learned from the Crisis 2011-2012
Fund for the City of New York Examining the Fund's Partner Projects Programs in a National Context: Assessing Benefits to Small, Social Entrepreneurial Partners and Recommendations 2010-2011
Freedom House Avoiding the Resource Curse in Ghana (abstract) 2010-2011
Global Financial Integrity A Bilateral Study on Money Laundering in the United States and Mexico 2010-2011
A Political Economy Analysis of Banking Transparency Reform in the United States 2011-2012
Good Shepherd Services Good Shepherd Services' Human Services Workshops 2010-2011
Grace Institute Enhancing Enrollment and Visibility  2009-2010
Grameen America Assisting Grameen America with Research on Potential Markets in the San Francisco Bay Area, the United States (abstract) 2009-2010
HSBC, Global Asset Management The Evolving Creative Class in Emerging Markets (report and presentation) 2011-2012
HSBC, Halbis Capital Management Financial Market and Developments in Emerging Market Countries 2008-2009
Human Rights Watch Crime, Punishment, and Undocumented Aliens (abstract) 2010-2011
U.S. Foreign Policy Makers and the Media 2011-2012
Huron Consulting Group Mergers & Acquisitions in Eurasian Oil and Gas Sector: A Framework 2011-2012
The Independent Diplomat

National Security Plan for South Sudan: Five Security Initiatives (executive summary)

National Security Strategy for South Sudan (executive summary and abridged presentation)

2011-2012
The Innocence Project Development of a System for Measuring the Impact of the Innocence Project's Policy Advocacy Efforts and Developing a System for Presenting this Information to Board, Funders and the General Public (abstract) 2009-2010
Institute for Defense Analyses Knowledge Sharing for Institutional Change 2011-2012
Inter-American Development Bank Assessing the Poverty Penalty (abstract) 2009-2010
Business Processing Outsourcing Latin American Scorecard (abridged report & video 2009-2010
Promoting Innovative Microfinance Distribution Channels 2010-2011
Impact Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2011
Impact Investing: Engaging with an Emerging Class of Investors (abstract) 2011-2012
Trade Finance and SMEs in Latin America (abstract) 2011-2012
International Labour Organization (ILO) Lost in Translation: What Does "Decent Work" Mean to Americans? - Advancing the ILO's Decent Work Agenda in the United States (abstract) 2009-2010
International Peace Institute Assessing Post-Conflict and Fragile States - Evaluating Donor Frameworks 2008-2009
International Rescue Committee Refugee Resettlement in the United States: An Examination of Challenges and Proposed Solutions 2009-2010

Changes in USAID Funding to International Non-Governmental Organizations: The Pakistan Case (report)

An Abrupt Shift: Examining the USG Pakistan Aid Policy (addendum)

2010-2011
Improving Emergency Response to Extreme Events: Inviting Critical Assessment of International Capacity to Respond to Humanitarian Disasters 2011-2012
Internews Mapping Donor Decision Making on Media Development: An Overview of Current Monitoring and Evaluation Practice 2010-2011
The Markle Foundation Information Sharing in the 21st Century [for U.S. Counter-Terrorism Efforts]: The Way Forward 2011-2012
Mexican Consulate of New York Documentation and Analysis of Services at the Mexican Consulate of New York 2009-2010
Microfinance Transparency The Benefits of Pricing Transparency in the Microfinance Industry: A Case Study 2011-2012
Montefiore Family Health Center The Montefiore Family Health Center Literacy Program 2008-2009

Moody's Investor Service

Central and Sub-National Government Fiscal Relations: Indexing the Risk Posed to Central Governments by Sub-National Governments' Contingent Liabilities (executive summary) 2011-2012
Moody's Sovereign Risk Long-Term Contingent Liabilities and Sovereign Risk: The Fiscal Impact of an Aging Population 2010-2011
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney What Can We Expect from Greece?: Assessing Debt Restructuring, Fiscal Policy, and Regulation in Europe* 2011-2012
MSCI Measuring Political Risk: Assessing Variation and Change in Regulatory Standards (abstract) 2011-2012
The National Security Archive Freedom of Information Laws and Human Rights
in the Americas: Mexico, Brazil, and Uruguay (abstract)
2011-2012
New York City Buildings Department Benchmarking Municipal Green Buildings Programs 2009-2010
New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services Management (DCAS) Bridging Energy Gaps: Energy Efficiency Research in New York City Area Engineering and Technical Schools  2009-2010
New York City Department of Education Model Technology Schools: A Case Study Project (presentation) 2008-2009
New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Evaluation of Case Management Techniques for Implementation Across the Military
Health System (abstract)
2011-2012
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) Improving Upward Income Mobility in NYC (abstract) 2011-2012
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)/Department of Design and Construction (DDC) What are the Impacts of Mandated Environmental Reviews on Construction Practices within New York City?: NYC Environmental Review Process Reform (abridged presentation 2009-2010
New York City Fire Department Property Saved Indicator Report 2008-2009
New York City Mayor's Office of Capital Project Development Increasing Project Planning and Scheduling Certainty for Critical Construction Projects 2010-2011
New York City Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination Long Term Capital Investment and Green Construction in New York City 2009-2010
New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) How to Handle Rehabilitation of Schools in Department of Education's Upcoming Five-Year Plan 2008-2009
NYC Capital Budgeting: Debt Service, Building Programs and the Impact on the Operating/Expense Budgets (presentation) 2009-2010
Balancing Cost and Quality for New York City Infrastructure Projects (executive summary) 2011-2012
New York City Mayor's Office of Operations Analysis and Service Recommendations Based on NYC Feedback Citywide Customer Survey 2008-2009
Data Analytic Center: Reducing Risk and Maximizing Efficiency in New York City Government 2010-2011
Budget Expenditures Analysis Project: Predicting 2013 2011-2012
Evaluating the Impacts of Budget Reductions to the Department of Parks and Recreation's Tree Maintenance Program in Brooklyn 2011-2012
City of Newark's Department of Economic and Housing Development Neighborhood Stabilization Workforce Development Project 2009-2010
Newark Greenhouse (presentation and report) 2010-2011
Ocean Conservancy Public Policy Approaches for the Reduction of Plastic Bag Marine Debris: A set of case studies comparing policy design and results at local and national levels 2011-2012
Open Society Foundations Wartime Contracting in Central Asia (prospectus) 2011-2012
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Youth Access to Reproductive Health Information and Services in Ethiopia (abstract) 2011-2012
RAND Corporation Turkmenistan Natural Gas Outlook 2020: The Chinese Connection -- How will U.S. security policy adapt to the evolving Sino–Turkmen relationship? 2010-2011
Defense Institution Building in the Caucasus to Promote Regional Stability (report and presentation) 2011-2012
Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) Financial and Technical Assistance for the Pakistan Domestic Biogas Programme Wholesale Credit Facility 2010-2011
Secretaria Municipal de Conservação e Serviços Públicos do Rio de Janeiro (SECONSERVA) Implementing Efficiency Measures in Management of the City of Rio de Janeiro Street and Sidewalk Construction 2011-2012
The Sierra Club The Environmental and Energy Impacts of Electric Vehicles: The Bright Green Future of a Widespread Adoption of Electric Vehicles (abstract) 2011-2012
Solar One/New York City Department of Education Scaling and Embedding the Green Design Lab: A Successful Green/Energy Education Program in NYC Schools (abstract) 2011-2012
Spectra Energy Gas and Electric Integration: Regulatory Impediments to Ensuring Electric Generators Have Reliable Gas Supply/Transportation (abstract) 2011-2012
The Stimson Center Achieving National Security in a Time of Austerity (abstract) 2011-2012
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Research Project on New Methods for Information Collection and Analysis and Use: Case Studies: Iraq and Uganda (abstract) 2009-2010
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) The Alchemist’s Challenge: Natural Resources and Sustainable Peace in South Sudan (executive summary) 2010-2011
The Role of Peacekeeping Operations in Electoral Processes 2011-2012
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Poverty Group — UNDP Knowledge Management Practices: Current State and Looking to the Future 

2009-2010
Energy Business and Development Capstone -Assessing the Sustainability of the Multifunctional Platform in Rural Senegal  2010-2011
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Developing a Payment for Ecosystem Services Plan to Reduce Deforestation due to Charcoal Production, Port-à-Piment Watershed, Haiti (abstract) 2010-2011
Options for Land Tenure Dispute Management in Rural Haiti: Challenges and Opportunities in Cote Sud 2011-2012
United Nations Mine Action Centre (UNMAS) Mine Action’s Role in Humanitarian Responses and Peace Operations (abstract) 2009-2010
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Opportunities for Action After the Eurozone Crisis (presentation) 2011-2012
United States Military Academic, Combating Terrorism Center Strategic Analysis of the Fields of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Education 2008-2009
United States Department of Defense, Health Affairs Managing the Costs of Military Healthcare without Reducing Services: an Assessment of 12 Pilot Sites (abstract) 2009-2010
Incentives for Patient Activation (presentation and report) 2010-2011
The Evaluation of Disease Management Programs for the Military Health System (executive summary) 2011-2012
United States Department of State Targeting the Future: Strategies to Improve and Enhance the 1267 Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee (abstract 2010-2011
U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team - Kirkuk: Reaching a Comprehensive Settlement for a Disputed Province 2010-2011
Countering Terrorist Finance: Methods and Effectiveness (abstract) 2011-2012
In cooperation with the United States Department of the Treasury Enhancing Liquidity in the Municipal Bond Markets (abstract) 2011-2012
United States Environmental Protection Agency A Comprehensive Analysis of Corporate Environmental Sustainability Programs in the Manufacturing Sector and their Effectiveness at Obtaining Environmental Results 2010-2011
New Technology and Sustainability (executive summary) 2011-2012
United States Mission to the United Nations UN Initiatives and Opportunities for U.S. Leadership Related to Climate Change and Development (report and video 2009-2010
WITNESS Engagement of Major Technology Companies with Human Rights Policies and Practice (abstract) 2011-2012
Women's Refugee Commission Measuring Progress in Humanitarian Settings 2009-2010
The World Bank Group Trade, Transparency and Economic Development 2008-2009
Development Research Group Program of Trade and International Integration — The Trade Collapse through the Supply Chain and Policy Response: The Case of the Automobile and Services Sectors (abridged report) 2009-2010
Mobilizing Resources and Re-Conceptualizing Aid for Trade: Proposal to Achieve Scale and Coordination in Sub-Saharan Africa Infrastructure Investment 2010-2011
Non-banking Financial Institutions in Croatia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan (abstract) 2011-2012
The Independent Evaluation Group — The Independent Evaluation Group's Potential Assistance to Civil Society 2011-2012
World Newsmedia Research Group The Future of Print Media (abridged report) 2010-2011