SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

Sample Reports

Here is a selection of workshop reports:

2011-2012

• E+Co - Scaling Energy Delivery Systems to the Developing World (abstract)

• Huron Consulting Group – M&A in Eurasian Oil and Gas Sector: A Framework

• Institute for Defense Analyses – Knowledge Sharing for Institutional Change

• Inter-American Development Bank – Identifying and Mapping Potential Partners to Support High-Impact Development Projects in Latin America (abstract)

• New York City Mayor’s Office of Operations – Budget Expenditures Analysis Project: Predicting 2013

2010-2011

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch — What is the optimal energy mix in terms of productivity for the US economy? How can energy policy achieve this? (abstract)
  
  
• Booz Allen Hamilton — 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
  

• Booz Allen Hamilton —Climate Change and the Himalayan Sub-Basin of India, Impact Assessment Paper
  
  
• Broadway Housing Communities — Greening Broadway Housing Communities: A Management Guide
  
  
• Brookfield Renewable Energy — Assessment of China's Future Economic Growth Path and the Impact on Commodities Prices

• Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce — The New York State Health Benefits Exchange and the Role of Chambers of Commerce
  
  
• The Bureau of Haiti's Special Envoy to the United Nations and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)-- The Haitian Diaspora & Education Reform In Haiti  Challenges & Recommendations
  
  
• Center for Naval Analyses — Scenario Analyses of the Persian Gulf Region: 2025
  
  
• The Century Foundation — How do Islamists Rule?  An Analysis of Islamist Provincial Governance
  
  
• City of Newark, Department of Economic Development-- Newark Greenhouse Capstone Project Presentation and Report
  
  
• Clinton Global Initiative — Gulf Coast Action Network Secretariat: From Disaster to Prosperity
  
  
• Congressional Research Service — Misaligned Incentives? A Survey of Loan Servicers
  
  
• Freedom House—Avoiding the Resource curse in Ghana
  
  
• Global Financial Integrity — A bilateral Study on Money Laundering in the United States and Mexico
  
  
• Good Shepherd Services’ Human Services Workshops
  
  
• Human Rights Watch — Crime, Punishment, and Undocumented Aliens (abstract)
  
  
• The International Rescue Committee — Changes in USAID Funding to International Non-Governmental Organizations: The Pakistan Case (Addendum - Examining the USG Pakistan Aid Policy)
  
  
• Internews — Mapping Donor Decision Making on Media Development: An Overview of Current Monitoring and Evaluation Practice
  
  
• New York City Mayor's Office of Capital Project Development — Increasing Project Planning and Scheduling Certainty for Critical Construction Projects
  
  
• New York City Mayor’s Office of Operations — Data Analytic Center: Reducing Risk and Maximizing Efficiency in New York City Government
  
  
• RAND, Inc. — Turkmenistan Natural Gas Outlook 2020: The Chinese Connection-- How will U.S. security policy adapt to the evolving Sino–Turkmen relationship?
  
  
• Rural Support Programmes Network — Financial and Technical Assistance for the Pakistan Domestic Biogas Programme Wholesale Credit Facility
  
  
• United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations-- The Alchemist’s Challenge: Natural Resources and Sustainable Peace in South Sudan
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme, West Africa -- Assessing the Sustainability of the Multifunctional Platform in Rural Senegal
  
  
• United Nations Environment Programme — Developing a Payment for Ecosystem Services Plan to Reduce Deforestation due to Charcoal Production, Port-à-Piment Watershed, Haiti (Abstract)
  
  
• United States Department of Defense, Health Affairs —  Incentives for Patient Activation Presentation and Report
  
  
• United States Department of State, US Provincial Reconstruction Team — Kirkuk: Reaching a Comprehensive Settlement for a Disputed Province
  
  
• United States Department of State — Targeting the Future: Strategies to Improve and Enhance the 1267 Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee
  
  
• The World Bank—Mobilizing Resources and Re-Conceptualizing Aid for Trade: Proposal to Achieve Scale and Coordination in Sub-Saharan Africa Infrastructure Investment
  
  
• World Newsmedia Research Group — The Future of Print Media (abridged)

2009-2010

• Booz Allen Hamilton — Food Security in Tanzania, Seven Concept Papers
  
  
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs— Creating a New Communications Plan that Better Incorporates the Social Web (abstract)
  

• Clinton Global Initiative— Sustainable Return on Investment: A Pathway towards the Diffusion of Measurement and Communication
  
  
• Common Ground— Assessing Low Turnover Rates: Causes, Challenges, and Potential Solutions
  
  

• The Conference Board— Journal of Corporate Governance and Risk Oversight (Executive Summary)
  

• Congressional Research Service— Risk Management and Stress Testing at Financial Institutions (abstract)
  
  
• Grace Institute— Enhancing Enrollment and Visibility
  
  

• Grameen America— Assisting Grameen America with Research on Potential Markets in the San Francisco Bay Area, United States (abstract)

• 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)
  
  
• Inter-American Development Bank — Business Processing Outsourcing Latin American Scorecard (abridged) (flash player)
  
  
• Inter-American Development Bank — Assessing the Poverty Penalty (abstract)
  
  

• International Labour Organization — Making a Greater Impact with Opinion-makers in the USA and Enhancing Awareness of the Importance of Work for US Opinion-makers (abstract)

• The International Rescue Committee— Refugee Resettlement in the United States: An Examination of Challenges and Proposed Solutions

• Mexican Consulate of New York — Documentation and Analysis of Services at the
  Mexican Consulate of New York
  
  

• City of Newark Department of Economic and Housing Development— Neighborhood Stabilization Workforce Development Project

• For the New York City Department of Buildings— Benchmarking Municipal Green Buildings Programs

• 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

• New York City Economic Development Corporation/ Department of Design and Construction—NYC Environmental Review Process Reform (abridged presentation)
  
  
• New York City Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination— Long Term Capital Investment and Green Construction in New York City
  
  
• New York City Office of Management and Budget — NYC Capital Budgeting: Debt Service, Building Programs and the Impact on the Operating/Expense Budgets
  
  
• United_Nations_Development_Programme_Poverty_Group— UNDP Knowledge Management Practices: Current State and Looking to the Future
  
  
• UNICEF— Research Project on New Methods for Information Collection and Analysis and Use: Case Studies: Iraq and Uganda (abstract)
  
  
• UNMAS— Mine Action's Role in Humanitarian Responses and Peace Operations (abstract)
  
  
• United States Department of Defense, Health Affairs — Innovation Investment Process, Efficiency Dashboards as Tools in MTF ORs (abstract)
  
  
• Undisclosed client— The Use of the State Sponsored Terrorism/Sanctions List in Diplomacy
  
  

• United States Mission to the United Nations —UN Initiatives and Opportunities for U.S. Leadership Related to Climate Change and Development (flash player)

• Women's Refugee Commission— Measuring Progress in Humanitarian Settings
  
  

• The World Bank 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)
  

2008-2009

• Blue Orchard Finance—Microfinance as an Asset: Sustainability in a Time of Crisis

• 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

• Clinton Global Initiative and HDR, Inc.—Sustainable return on investment: Your commitment to serve is now measurable

• Eurasia Group—The Assessment of Potential Outcomes of EU Structural Fund Policy in Eastern and Western Europe

• International Peace Institute—Assessing Post-Conflict and Fragile States, Evaluating Donor Frameworks

• Mass Media Outlets and the UN—What the Advocacy Community can do to Shape Decision Making (Abridged)

• The Montiefiore Family Health Center Literacy Program

• New York City Department of Education—Model Technology Schools: A Case Study Project
  

• New York Fire Department—Property Saved Indicator Report

2007-2008

• Congressional Research Service—Public-Sector Provisions for Retiree Health Benefits in Collective Bargaining Agreements: Preliminary Abridged Final Report
  

• Energy Research Center (ERC)—Non Profit Organizations and Their Evolving Role in Addressing Global Problems

• The Climate Group—Public-Private Partnerships: Local Initiatives 2007