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Occasional Papers

RAND occasional papers may include an informed perspective on a timely policy issue, a discussion of new research methodologies, essays, a paper presented at a conference, or a summary of work in progress. All RAND occasional papers undergo rigorous peer review to help ensure that they meet high standards for research quality and objectivity.

2008

Breaking the Failed-State Cycle

Marla C. Haims, David C. Gompert, Gregory F. Treverton, Brooke Stearns Lawson

Briefing on Linkage and Exchange: Facilitating Diffusion of Innovation in Health Services

Annalijn Conklin, Michael Hallsworth, Evi Hatziandreu, Jonathan Grant

A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India

Sai Ma, Neeraj Sood

Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?

Megan K. Beckett

Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence -- The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 6

Austin Long

The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children

M. Rebecca Kilburn, Lynn A. Karoly

Education and the Asian Surge: A Comparison of the Education Systems in India and China

Charles A. Goldman, Krishna B. Kumar, Ying Liu

Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Somi Seong, Kenneth Horn, Bruce Held

Issues and Performance in the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation System

Michael D. Greenberg, Amelia M. Haviland

The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research

James N. Dertouzos, Nicholas M. Pace, Robert H. Anderson

The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5

Peter Chalk

Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis

Jefferson P. Marquis, Nelson Lim, Lynn M. Scott, Margaret C. Harrell, Jennifer Kavanagh

Options for Improving the Military Child Care System

Gail L. Zellman, Susan M. Gates, Michelle Cho, Rebecca Shaw

Pay for Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System: An Assessment of Options, Challenges, and Potential Benefits

Barbara O. Wynn, Melony E. Sorbero

The Problem of Measuring Emergency Preparedness: The Need for Assessing ''Response Reliability'' as Part of Homeland Security Planning

Brian A. Jackson

Thinking About America's Defense: An Analytical Memoir

Glenn A. Kent, David Ochmanek, Michael Spirtas, Bruce R. Pirnie

2007

Analysis, Analysis Practices, and Implications for Modeling and Simulation

Paul K. Davis, Amy Henninger

Banking System Reform in China: The Challenges of Moving Toward a Market-Oriented Economy

Kumiko Okazaki

Commercial Wind Insurance in the Gulf States: Developments Since Hurricane Katrina and Challenges Moving Forward

Lloyd Dixon, James W. Macdonald, Julie Zissimopoulos

Heads We Win -- The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency (COIN): RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 1

David C. Gompert

Leading the Executive Branch: Strategies and Options for Achieving Success

Elizabeth D. Brown, John D. Graham

Modernizing the Federal Government: Paying for Performance

Silvia Montoya, John D. Graham

Money in the Bank -- Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 4

Angel Rabasa, Lesley Anne Warner, Peter Chalk, Ivan Khilko, Paraag Shukla

Perennial Polyculture Farming: Seeds of Another Agricultural Revolution?

James A. Dewar

Polarized Politics and Policy Consequences

Diana Epstein, John D. Graham

Regulating Older Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?

David S. Loughran, Seth A. Seabury, Laura Zakaras

Subversion and Insurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 2

William Rosenau

Understanding Proto-Insurgencies: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 3

Daniel Byman

The Victims of Terrorism: An Assessment of Their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector

Bruce Hoffman, Anna-Britt Kasupski

2006

A Brief Analysis of the Republic of Korea’s Defense Reform Plan

Bruce W. Bennett

From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management: Lessons for the Gulf Coast from Flooding in Other Places in the Last Sixty Years

James P. Kahan, Mengjie Wu, Sara Hajiamiri, Debra Knopman

Improving the Effectiveness of Distributed Learning: A Research and Policy Agenda

Susan G. Straus, Jolene Galegher, Michael G. Shanley, Joy S. Moini

Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California

Ron Zimmer, Richard Buddin

Making Sense of Data-Driven Decision Making in Education: Evidence from Recent RAND Research

Julie A. Marsh, John F. Pane, Laura S. Hamilton

Rebuilding Housing Along the Mississippi Coast: Ideas for Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Affordable Housing

Mark A. Bernstein, Julie Kim, Paul Sorensen, Mark Hanson, Adrian Overton, Scott Hiromoto

Revisiting US-VISIT: U.S. Immigration Processes, Concerns, and Consequences

David S. Ortiz, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Aruna Balakrishnan, Merril Miceli

2005

Decentralized Decision-Making for Schools: New Promise for an Old Idea?

Janet S. Hansen, Marguerite Roza

How Goes the “War on Drugs”?: An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy

Jonathan P. Caulkins, Peter H. Reuter, Martin Y. Iguchi, James Chiesa

The Next Steps in Reshaping Intelligence

Gregory F. Treverton

Police Personnel Challenges After September 11: Anticipating Expanded Duties and a Changing Labor Pool

Barbara Raymond, Laura J. Hickman, Laura Miller, Jennifer S. Wong

Protecting Commercial Aviation Against the Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat

James S. Chow, James Chiesa, Paul Dreyer, Mel Eisman, Theodore W. Karasik, Joel Kvitky, Sherrill Lingel, David Ochmanek, Chad Shirley

2004

Assimilating Immigrants: Why America Can and France Cannot

Robert A. Levine

Carnegie-RAND Workshop on the Future of the Greater Middle East and the Prospects for U.S.-Russian Partnership

Olga Oliker, Natasha Yefimova

Clean, Lean and Able: A Strategy for Defense Development

David C. Gompert, Olga Oliker, Anga R. Timilsina

Collecting the Dots: Problem Formulation and Solution Elements

Martin C. Libicki, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger

Coordinating the War on Terrorism

Lynn E. Davis, Gregory F. Treverton, Daniel Byman, Sara A. Daly, William Rosenau

External Audiences for Test-Based Accountability: The Perspectives of Journalists and Foundations

Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq

Bruce Hoffman

Issues and Options for Government Intervention in the Market for Terrorism Insurance

Lloyd Dixon, John Arlington, Stephen J. Carroll, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Robert T. Reville, David M. Adamson

The Lessons of the Asian and Latin American Financial Crises for Chinese Bond Markets

William H. Overholt

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