Browsing LBJ School of Public Affairs Publications by Title
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The Paradox of Physician Privacy
(2012-05)This Report examines the “paradox” of physician privacy: while physician privacy has been explicitly or implicitly invoked over the last century to defend physicians against greater transparency, proposals that might cause ... -
Participatory budgeting in Córdoba : a policy approach to strengthening democracy in Latin America
(2010-05)Participatory budgeting (PB) is a governing mechanism whereby citizens decide how to allocate part of a local budget. It promises greater accountability, efficiency, and citizen participation in the budgetary process with ... -
The path to timely completion : supply- and demand-side analyses of time to bachelor's degree completion
(2014-05)Time to degree is a key factor in institutional productivity and managing the costs of college for students and families. While there is a robust body of empirical and theoretical work addressing baccalaureate degree ... -
Patterns of privilege : school inputs in Brazil
(2012-05)Brazil’s Bolsa Família and its impacts on student enrollment and achievement is studied increasingly frequently, but the quality of education received by Bolsa Família recipients is often not factored in. This study uses ... -
Patterns of regional disparity in health outcomes in India
(2012-05)India has experienced a period of unprecedented economic growth over the past few decades, credited with lifting millions out of poverty. The high rates of economic growth, however, have not led to commensurate improvements ... -
The Pecan Street Project : developing the electric utility system of the future
(2009-08)The Pecan Street Project (PSP) is a public-private initiative that seeks to establish the City of Austin and its electric utility, Austin Energy (AE), as leaders in developing the electric utility system of the future and ... -
The people’s web : government as nexus
(2011-08)With the advent of new interactive Internet technologies in government, a move from the transactional loop of electronic government to a more web-like structure of interaction is anticipated for government information ... -
Performance of the hollow state: local responses to the devolution of affordable housing
(2004)The ways in which governments are being organized and managed is changing. To an increasing extent public policies and programs are being administered through complicated webs of multifaceted entities which include public ... -
The Persistent Dilemmas of Preparing for Work: Occupational Training Programs in Texas, PRP 55
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Pesticides and Worker Health in Texas, PRP 67
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PHP/HTML design and build of a computer adaptive test to assess English fluency among native Spanish speakers
(2015-05)The following is a review of key findings from the implementation of a PHP/HTML web-based application to assess English fluency among native Spanish speakers. The scope of this professional report includes mainly the design, ... -
The Place of Social Services in Welfare Policy: An Assessment of Federal Policy Changes and Their Impact on Texas, PRP 5
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Placemaking and walkability in Austin's Capitol Complex
(2013-05)Typical of many American downtowns, Austin, Texas, has experienced renewed interest in redevelopment over the past two decades. Following City policies, this redevelopment has tended to be mixed-use in nature and has ... -
Planning for the 21st Century: Managed Community Long-Term Care in Texas, PRP 122
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Policymaking in a Newly Industrialized Nation: Foreign and Domestic Policy Issues in Brazil, PRP 83
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Policymaking in a Redemocratized Brazil Volume 1: Decentralization and Socil Policy, PRP 119
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Policymaking in a Redemocratized Brazil Volume 2: Public Policy and Social Exclusion, PRP 119
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Port and Supply-chain Security Initiatives in the United States, PRP 150
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2006)On behalf of the Congressional Research Service, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, conducted research during the 2005-06 academic year to examine the various institutional, ... -
Port-Related State Programs and Federal Legislative Issues, PRP 117
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Post-Earthquake Home Reconstruction in the Surrounding Hills of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, PRP 200
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2018)In April of 2015, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Kathmandu Valley at the center of Nepal. Within the following year, Kathmandu was struck by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks. The initial earthquake ...