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
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?
The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children
Education and the Asian Surge: A Comparison of the Education Systems in India and China
Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Issues and Performance in the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation System
The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research
Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis
2007
Analysis, Analysis Practices, and Implications for Modeling and Simulation
Banking System Reform in China: The Challenges of Moving Toward a Market-Oriented Economy
Commercial Wind Insurance in the Gulf States: Developments Since Hurricane Katrina and Challenges Moving Forward
Heads We Win -- The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency (COIN): RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 1
Leading the Executive Branch: Strategies and Options for Achieving Success
Modernizing the Federal Government: Paying for Performance
Money in the Bank -- Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 4
Perennial Polyculture Farming: Seeds of Another Agricultural Revolution?
Polarized Politics and Policy Consequences
Regulating Older Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?
Subversion and Insurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 2
Understanding Proto-Insurgencies: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 3
The Victims of Terrorism: An Assessment of Their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector
2006
A Brief Analysis of the Republic of Korea’s Defense Reform Plan
From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management: Lessons for the Gulf Coast from Flooding in Other Places in the Last Sixty Years
Improving the Effectiveness of Distributed Learning: A Research and Policy Agenda
Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California
Making Sense of Data-Driven Decision Making in Education: Evidence from Recent RAND Research
Rebuilding Housing Along the Mississippi Coast: Ideas for Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Affordable Housing
Revisiting US-VISIT: U.S. Immigration Processes, Concerns, and Consequences
2005
Decentralized Decision-Making for Schools: New Promise for an Old Idea?
How Goes the “War on Drugs”?: An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy
The Next Steps in Reshaping Intelligence
Police Personnel Challenges After September 11: Anticipating Expanded Duties and a Changing Labor Pool
Protecting Commercial Aviation Against the Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat
2004
Assimilating Immigrants: Why America Can and France Cannot
Carnegie-RAND Workshop on the Future of the Greater Middle East and the Prospects for U.S.-Russian Partnership
Clean, Lean and Able: A Strategy for Defense Development
Collecting the Dots: Problem Formulation and Solution Elements
Coordinating the War on Terrorism
External Audiences for Test-Based Accountability: The Perspectives of Journalists and Foundations
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq
Issues and Options for Government Intervention in the Market for Terrorism Insurance
The Lessons of the Asian and Latin American Financial Crises for Chinese Bond Markets
Looking to the Future: What Does Transformation Mean for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy?
Must All Join? America, 1788; Europe, 2004
Public Diplomacy: How to Think About and Improve It
Stretching the Network: Using Transformed Forces in Demanding Contingencies Other Than War
2003
The Food and Drug Administration Confronts Homeland and National Security: Report on a Workshop of the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security
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