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Center Intern’s Vietnam Infrastructure Project Selected by Research Scholar Program

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For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

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Center Intern Vinh Mai’s research proposal, “How do developing countries like Vietnam attract worldwide highway developers to participate in P3 projects?” was recently selected for funding by George Mason University’s Undergraduate Research Scholar Program (URSP).  Through the research, Mai hopes to devise an innovative method for attracting global developers to Vietnam’s highway market. The work also aims to better understand why the promising Vietnam P3 market has not yet attracted more global interest.   Mai plans to share his findings with officials of the Vietnam Department of Transportation.

The URSP is designed to give undergraduates an authentic research, creative, or scholarly experience under the guidance of a mentor. Students may receive financial support and/or academic credit for their projects, in addition to developing relevant academic and professional skills.

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APPAM Research Conference Includes Paper by Center Researcher

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For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

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November 12-14, 2015

Center Graduate Research Associate Lauren McCarthy presented a paper entitled “Social Enterprises and the Sharing Economy, The Case of Shared Use Transportation,” at the APPAM Fall Research Conference held Nov 12-14 in Miami, Florida. The Paper examines the relationship between social enterprise theory, the concept of shared value and where these theories are applied in the shared use model. Identifying three shared use businesses in the transportation sector, McCarthy presents evidence on how these businesses function, provide benefits to the community and are impacting existing public services.

APPAM’s multi-disciplinary annual research conference focuses on a wide variety of important current and emerging applied public policy research and management issues. The conference consists of panels, roundtables, workshops, symposia and poster presentations, and is designed to encourage substantive interaction among the more than 1,500 participants.

Click here to see McCarthy’s paper, as well as her conference presentation.

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NVTC Partners with Center for Transit Fellows Program

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For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

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Center Graduate Research Associates Nobuhiko Daito and Jeong Yun (“JK”) Kweun have been selected as the inaugural Fellows under a new partnership between the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and the Center for Transportation P3 Policy.

Under the partnership, which will focus on transit issues, NVTC will initially fund operational support for up to two Fellows annually.  According to the NVTC/GMU agreement, “these Fellows will conduct ongoing research on the impact of public transit in urban areas on local economies and quality of life.”

The Fellows’ first task was assistance with the NVTC/Center “P3s in Transit Roundtable” in November, 2015.

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Center Welcomes New GRA!

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For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

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The Center is pleased to welcome Graduate Research Associate Lauren N. McCarthy to our team! Lauren is a doctoral student at George Mason University School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs. Her research interests include the sharing economy, particularly shared-use transportation companies, social entrepreneurship and small business development. She received her B.S. in Business Administration and M.A. in Geography from the State University of New York at Buffalo. We know she will be a valuable asset to the Center.

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Infrastructure P3s in Cuba

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For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

Recent Research: GRA Nobuhiko Daito has written a research note entitled “Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships in Cuba:An Overview.” Click here to read it!

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The Center and SPGIA welcome visiting scholar Dr. Zeng Zhihong

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For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

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The Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Zeng Zhihong who has just begun a year-long visit to SPGIA to study rural governance modernization. Dr. Zeng, who goes by Merissa, is an associate professor at the School of Political Science and Public Administration and Southwest University in Chongqing, China, where she teaches administrative ethics, introduction to business management, frontier theory of public administration, and marketing. Before teaching at Southwest University, she was the editor at Reform Magazine at Chongqing Municipal Academy of Social Sciences.

During her visit to SPGIA, Dr. Zeng will be studying modernization of rural governance. After studying America’s experience with rural government modernization and reviewing previous studies on the topic she hopes to develop a model for the modernization of Chinese rural governance and also to apply what she’s learned to the process of Chinese urbanization.