Affordable Housing Production in the Metropolis: Potential Options and Implications of Successors to New York City's 421-a Tax Exemption by Katz, Ashley

“…The 421-a program offered private capital increased returns through a tax abatement in exchange for a number of affordable units at varying levels of affordability. 421-a gave those with low incomes access to affordable homes in neighborhoods typically out of reach. With no legislative agreement for renewal or modified future program, the pipeline of affordable housing development will be diminished in New York City. …”
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Multiculturalism and planning : lessons from Vancouver by Achugbue, Elsie

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Ambient addition : how to turn urban noise into music by Vawter, Noah (Noah Theodore)

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Historical perspective of innovation in electronic payment instruments by Pogor, Iulian

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Quantifying the role of the electronics industry in managing conflict minerals using printers by Lee, Jason S., S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The emigration of Filipino nurses : policies, bilateral cooperation, and migration-development by Cabanda, Exequiel Camarig

“…Utilizing the case of the Philippines, this thesis consists of four self-contained articles (organized as chapters) that examine the role of the sending state in Filipino nurse migration in the areas of higher education, labor cooperation, and remittances. Through legislative and other policy documents, elite interviews, and key informant survey, this thesis reveals the different processes, strategies, and instruments that the sending state employs in a proactive manner to boost development. …”
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PENGARUH FAKTOR-FAKTOR PENGAMANAN BARANG MILIK DAERAH TERHADAP PENGAMANAN ASET TETAP PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN BENGKULU SELATAN by , Setio Renny, , Dr. Muhammad Edhie Purnawan, M.A

“…Scale of likert is utilized to view perception of manager of goods owned local in securing fixed asset, while analytical hierarchy process is to view policy strategy considered the most crucial in securing local owned goods by Local Government, where the respondent is from executive and legislative side. The analysis technique, hence, used in the research is ordered regression model with error distribution logistic.Therefore, the research shows that the outcome of administration security toward physical, legal has jointly significant and positive effect. …”

KELAYAKAN DINAS KESEHATAN DALAM PENGELOLAAN JAMINAN KESEHATAN DAERAH DI KABUPATEN KUTAI BARAT by , Marhadyn, , Dr. drg. Julita Hendrartini, M.Kes.

“…The method of this research is case study with holistic single case design that aims for exploration how the appropriateness Health Department West Kutai District in Jamkesda Management, with the research subject is stakeholder who have a role in determination of policy development Jamkesda in the executive and legislative scope. Analysis unit of this research is Health Department Of West Kutai District. …”

The legal response to computer misuse in Malaysia - The Computer Crimes Act 1997 / Dr. Zaiton Hamin by Hamin, Zaiton

“…The government perceives the application of information and communication technologies across both Malaysian society and economy as a means of achieving these goals and symbols of success.1 Thus, the present thrust in Malaysia's development plans is to build a "knowledge-based economy" which leads to the establishment of a National IT Agenda (NITA) to formulate a combination of goals and means as the roles of information, knowledge and "echnopreneurship" working together to transform the economy into a "knowledge economy" (k-economy) and the society into a "knowledge society" (k-society).2 To achieve these broad aims a legislative platform or what is termed by NITA, as "infostructure" is needed. …”
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Labelling phobias - new form of non-tariff barriers in international trade for tropical timber and wood / Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arshad Hashim

“…Recently, NGOs such as Green Peace, Friend of the Earth, Earthaction, World Wide Life Fund (WWF) and many others, have propagated environmental thinking and forcibly campaigned their respective legislators to label the tropical products as green and eco-friendly. …”
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Internal audit effectiveness in zakat institution from perspective of auditee / Noraini Shamsuddin ... [et al.] by Shamsuddin, Noraini, Zaini, Ju Anizai, Mustaffha, Nazifah, Johari, Norhanizah

“…Internal audit function (IAF) is one of the most important meanings for management to confirm and verify the compliance of administrative units in the financial and administrative policies, legislations, financials and administrative systems as well as the adoption of public policies. …”
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Terrorist financing and perceptions on islamic financial institutions / Normah Omar. by Omar, Normah

“…This conceptual paper reviews previous studies on this topic, examines related legislations, progresses to propose research strategies on how to counter these perceptional biases and highlights preventive mechanisms adopted by the Malaysian Islamic financial institutions in mitigating and detecting terrorists financing.…”
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A legal study on the offence of exceeding speed limits and its punishment as provided under Road Transport Act 1987 and Land Public Transport Act 2010 / Mohd Tajaruddin Seman, Nuru... by Seman, Mohd Tajaruddin, Shaarani, Nurul Ashikin, Norzali, Nurzulyana

“…Significantly, this research study is helped to be one of the platforms to enhance the existing law in Malaysia so that the law will deter the crime effectively and this research will be a stepping stone to the legislative body in playing their roles to impose an effective punishment towards the traffic offenders in order to deter the crimes successfully.…”
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Putting human rights to work: the protection of the human rights of workers through the law of dismissal by Collins, P

“…In response to the many deficiencies exposed in the human rights protection currently granted by UK employment law, a legislative solution will be suggested and outlined. …”

The associations of informal coercion with legal compulsion, clinical outcomes and the therapeutic relationship in community mental health care by Yeeles, K

“…</p> <p>The thesis begins with a scoping review of current knowledge about non-legislated pressures and identifies their widespread use and limited associations with patient characteristics and outcomes. …”

The law and policy of regulating the European Internal Market: the harmonisation of national laws governing the supply of defective services to consumers by Papathanasiou, I

“…Firstly, the withdrawal of the European Commission’s ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on the liability of suppliers of services’ [COM (90) 482 final] is examined from the following aspects: a) the political reactions which have preceded its withdrawal, b) its compliance with the constitutional principles governing the legislative process at EU level and c) the assessment of the substantive regime which it purported to establish. …”

Viable project or wishful thinking? The European Union (EU) policy in the fight against terrorism: quest for strong human rights safeguards and enhanced security by Vasiliu, I

“…However, the analysis of three specific instruments – two in force and one at the level of a legislative proposal – provided contrasting results regarding the simultaneous fulfilment of the two imperatives outlined above. …”

Digital Wildfire project Delphi panel on the responsible governance of social media by Webb, H

“…We also draw on the perspectives other key players such as social media companies, legislators, the police, civil liberties groups and educators to explore ways in which the spread of harmful social media content might be prevented, limited or managed. …”

Towards algorithm auditing: managing legal, ethical and technological risks of AI, ML and associated algorithms by Koshiyama, A, Kazim, E, Treleaven, P, Rai, P, Szpruch, L, Pavey, G, Ahamat, G, Leutner, F, Goebel, R, Knight, A, Adams, J, Hitrova, C, Barnett, J, Nachev, P, Barber, D, Chamorro-Premuzic, T, Klemmer, K, Gregorovic, M, Khan, S, Lomas, E, Hilliard, A, Chatterjee, S

“…In response, governments are legislating and imposing bans, regulators fining companies and the judiciary discussing potentially making algorithms artificial ‘persons’ in law. …”

Policy preferences in response to large forced migration inflows by Allen, W, Ruiz-Olaya, I, Vargas-Silva, C

“…Despite sustained scholarly attention to migration attitudes in high-income countries, much less work examines public policy preferences—particularly in low- and middle-income countries that receive most forced migrants globally. While legislators can propose and implement migration policies involving multiple domains that differ in restrictiveness, their choices partly rely on public support that may vary depending on the policy area at stake. …”