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Are U.S. Capacity-Building Efforts in Ukraine Making an Impact? An Analysis of U.S. Government Spending and Foreign Aid Programs in Ukraine
(Georgetown University, 2022)
In 2019, the United States government spent over $588 million to build partner capacity (BPC) in Ukraine. Within the U.S. government, departments and agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development ...
Propuesta de un marco de política pública para la implementación en Argentina del Convenio 190 de la Oit Sobre La Violencia Y El Acoso En El Mundo Del Trabajo
(Georgetown University, 2022)
After an intense dialogue at the international level, in June 2019 and within the framework of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Convention 190 (C190) and Recommendation 206 (R206) on Violence and Harassment were ...
Políticas públicas que permitan la corresponsabilidad en el mercado laboral formal en Ciudad y Provincia de Buenos Aires, 2018-2020.
(Georgetown University, 2022)
The main interest of this paper is to analyze what are the public policies that favor female participation in the formal labor market in a more equitable manner in terms of gender, favoring co-responsibility of care tasks ...
A State Comparison to Understand Medicaid Delivery System Effects on Access and Use of Preventative Services
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Since the mid-1980s, states have employed managed care organizations (MCOs) as a delivery system to coordinate the receipt of healthcare services for Medicaid beneficiaries. Though privatizing the delivery of Medicaid ...
Balancing Carbon Emissions with Economic Development: Carbon Productivity In China
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Carbon productivity measures the Gross Domestic Product generated per unit of carbon dioxide emission to balance the carbon emissions with economic growth. Improving carbon productivity is one of the coping strategies to ...
Tax Burden and Economic Performance: Does the Taxpayer Impact a Country’s Economic Performance?
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Many studies examine the effects of tax policy on economic performance, as a main factor that influences private consumption and corporate investment. Many focus on the general tax level imposed by governments on their ...
An American Tale: New Working-Class Literature at the Wake of the Taxi Medallion Crisis
(Georgetown University, 2022)
In a broader context, this thesis was written to understand the compelling role of personal narratives. When there is a concerted effort to bring public attention to them, what can personal accounts communicate that ...
Is There an Association between Economic Growth and Ethnic Conflict in the 21St Century? A Study of Hindu-Muslim Violence in India
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Recurrent and pervasive Hindu-Muslim violence in India entails immense human, material, cultural and psychological costs. This thesis specifically focusses on its economic determinants. It explores the relationship between ...
Essays on the Political Economy and Economic Impact of Fiscal Policies
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Economists get the opportunity and the responsibility of helping to design public policies. This implies that not only the big picture is necessary but also the details that will make those policies to actually work. This ...
Essays on Environmental Economics and Transportation
(Georgetown University, 2022)
This dissertation studies factors influencing fuel efficiency adoption and decarbonization of the US passenger vehicle fleet in three essays.