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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.
2009
Adjusting to Global Economic Change: The Dangerous Road Ahead
Corporations and Counterinsurgency
The Effects of Substance Use on Workplace Injuries
Emerging Threats and Security Planning: How Should We Decide What Hypothetical Threats to Worry About?
Evaluating Options for U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Using Multiple Criteria
The Geopolitical Consequences of the World Economic Recession -- A Caution
Helping Each Other in Times of Need: Financial Help as a Means of Coping with the Economic Crisis
Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: A Snapshot at the End of the 2008-2009 Vaccination Season
Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables for the 2008-2009 Vaccination Season
Is It Time to Rethink U.S. Entry and Exit Processes?
The Lessons of Mumbai
Oversight of the Liberian National Police
The Phoenix Program and Contemporary Counterinsurgency
The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Long-Term Human Recovery After Disaster: Reflections From Louisiana Four Years After Hurricane Katrina
A Strategic Planning Approach: Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration
Strengthening U.S. International Energy Assistance to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Energy Security
Understanding Why Terrorist Operations Succeed or Fail
Whither Strategic Communication?: A Survey of Current Proposals and Recommendations
2008
Breaking the Failed-State Cycle
Briefing on Linkage and Exchange: Facilitating Diffusion of Innovation in Health Services
A Call to Revitalize the Engines of Government
A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?
Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence -- The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 6
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
The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5
Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis
Marrying Prevention and Resiliency: Balancing Approaches to an Uncertain Terrorist Threat
Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: A Snapshot as of Mid-November 2008
Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables
Options for Improving the Military Child Care System
Pay for Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System: An Assessment of Options, Challenges, and Potential Benefits
The Problem of Measuring Emergency Preparedness: The Need for Assessing ''Response Reliability'' as Part of Homeland Security Planning
Thinking About America's Defense: An Analytical Memoir
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
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