Practicum and Thesis Projects
2014-15
Afterburner Technology for Trucks in China: Market Entry, Scalability, and Impact
Client: Dr. Stephen Luby, Senior Fellow at FSI and the Woods Institute for the Environment
Airport Procurement in South Korea
Client: Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea
City of Buenos Aires Government Relocation: Building a Method for Assessing Impact
Client: City Government of Buenos Aires, Department of Planning and Control Management
Financial Effects From Natural Disasters on Sovereign Governments
Client: World Bank, Disaster Risk, Finance and Insurance Group
Final Report
The Impact of Citizen Security Councils in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Master’s Thesis
Philippines: Tropical Cyclones and Insurgency
Client: The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project Final Report
Policy Due Diligence on Southeast Asia for Energy Accessibility
Client: Silicon Valley Technology Partners
Preventing Post-Election Violence Based on the Kenya Experience
Client: US State Department, Office of Global Criminal Justice
2013-14
Assessing the MCC Signaling Effect: Investment Beyond the Compact
Client: Millennium Challenge Corporation Final Report
By Truth and Toil: Improving Outcomes of Large-Scale Land Investment in Africa
Master’s Thesis
Economic Dynamics of the US Retail Financial System
Client: Sandia National Labs Final Report
Insights on West African Piracy
Client: Six Maritime Final Report
Overcoming Short-term Behavior in Long-term Investors
Client: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Final Report
Urban Reform in Mexico: Challenges and Recommendations
Client: Centro Mario Molina Final Report
2012-13
Entertainment Education: Bridging Development Content and Commercial Know-How
Client: World Bank, Vice Presidency of Communication
Evaluating the Efficacy of International Aid: Rethinking Recipient Absorptive Capacity
Client: Center for Strategic and International Studies Final Report
Investigating the Missing Link: Private Sector Involvement in Cross-Border Electricity Interconnections Between the United States and Mexico
Client: US State Department, Bureau of Energy Resources Final Report
Redesigning Refugee Communities
Client: United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) Final Report
Rethinking and Redeploying the US Army in Light of the Asian “Pivot”
Client: US Army Final Report
2011-12
#Revolution: Social Media in the Arab Spring
Client: U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Policy Brief
Beyond the Sum of all Parts: How California can Catalyze Renewable Development in the West
Client: ConfidentialFinal Report
Green Business in China and Malaysia: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities
Client: The Asia Foundation Policy Brief
Homegrown Violent Extremism and Military Targets
Client: U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
Public Higher Education in California: Examining the Financial Landscape of the 21st Century
Client: California Competes Policy Brief
Sub-National Policies to Improve Energy Efficiency Financing
Client: The Climate Group Policy Brief
2010-11
Fiscal Responsibility Index
Client: Comeback America Initiative/Peterson Foundation Policy Brief
Judicial Performance
Client: California Commission on Judicial Performance
Maximizing Building Sustainability With Enabling IT and Performance-based Policies
Master's Thesis
Policies to Improve Industrial Competitiveness
Client: World Bank Final Report
Sunni Militancy in India
Client: U.S. Defense Intelligence AgencyFinal Report
Rare Earth
Client: Breakthrough Institute and Bay Area Council Policy Brief
Going Forward: Gas Tax and VMTs
Client: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Final Report
2009-10
Going for Broke: Reforming California's Public Employee Pension
Client: Office of the Governor of the State of California Policy Brief
Lessons for the Afghanistan Counterinsurgency Campaign
Client: Empirical Studies of Conflict GroupFinal Report
Human Trafficking in India: Dynamics, Current Efforts, and Intervention Opportunities
Client: The Asia Foundation Final Report
Evaluating Access to Finance Barriers for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in India
Client: The Asia Foundation Final Report
Subnational Capacity Building for the Next International Climate Change Agreement
Client: California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board Final Report
Wobblers and Criminal Justice in California: A Study into Prosecutorial Discretion
Client: National Center for State Courts Final Report
2008-09
Alleviating Overcrowding at Mariano Castro Elementary: A Proposed Approach to the Analysis of Existing Policy Alternatives
Client: Mountain View Whisman School District Final Report
The Economic Governance Index: Recommendations for Extending It to China
Client: The Asia FoundationFinal Report
Governance in the Microfinance Industry
Client: The Asia Foundation Final Report
Climate Change and Its Impact on the California Wine Industry
Client: California State Assembly Member Noreen Evans, Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Wine Final Report
