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Five Minutes With Lisa Schweitzer

by Jeremy Loudenback This year, the Bedrosian Center welcomed several new faculty members, including Lisa Schweitzer, an assistant professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy whose research addresses transportation, urban environments, transportation, and social justice. With an interest in examining how governance and policy making influence the behaviors and Read more…

UN Workshop in Addis Ababa

by Frank Zerunyan The quality of public service delivery and good governance are critical to the development of any country, particularly in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2000, that elevated the urgency of seeking innovative public sector solutions as a way to combat challenges to achieve and Read more…

LBJ on Poverty

“Many Americans live on the outskirts of hope – some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America. Read more…

The Art of Governance

by Jeremy Loudenback Museums have traditionally been designed as lofty displays of city treasures, part of a high-minded celebration of civic pageantry. But more recently, museums are no longer content to remain gilded repositories of art on a shining hill, removed from city affairs. Cultural institutions have assumed a new role Read more…

Social Impact Bonds

by Jeremy Loudenback At the next Goldman Sachs shareholder meeting, the usual discussions about shareholder value and adjusted leverage ratio will be joined by a seemingly unlikely topic: recidivism strategies. The unlikely confluence of corrections strategies and investment banking concerns one of the first examples of social-impact bonds in this country, Read more…

A New Chapter in Governance

by Jeremy Loudenback The public library may seem like a strange setting for discussions about governance. But these days, public libraries occupy an active and surprisingly commonplace role in the public policy arena, especially in urban areas. From helping citizens navigate the new healthcare marketplaces to dealing with homelessness, libraries are no Read more…

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