Puerto Rico (The United States of America)
by Shelly Culbertson, John Bordeaux, Italo A. Gutierrez, Andrew Lauland, Kristin J. Leuschner, Blas Nunez-Neto, Lisa Saum-Manning Research Questions What responsibilities do municipalities have in...
Puerto Rico (The United States of America) + 4 more
by Jennifer D. P. Moroney, James A. Schear, Joie D. Acosta, Chandra Garber, Sarah Heintz, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Yun Kang, Samantha McBirney, Richard E. Neiman, Jr, Stephanie Pezard, David E. Thaler,...
Puerto Rico (The United States of America)
by Michael Kennedy, David Metz, Elaine K. Dezenski, Joshua Birenbaum, Cedric Kenney Research Questions What is the estimated cost of the 276 courses of action (COAs) that comprise Puerto Rico's...
As part of the RAND Corporation's Security 2040 Initiative, the authors of this report explored a critical global challenge that will shape the security landscape over the next 20 years: contending...
Summary Citizen science is the use of scientific methods by the general public to ask and answer questions about the world and solve problems of concern. The field is growing rapidly. With new...
Turkey + 3 more
by Krishna B. Kumar, Shelly Culbertson, Louay Constant, Shanthi Nataraj, Fatih Unlu, Kathryn E. Bouskill, Joy S. Moini, Katherine Costello, Gursel Rafig oglu Aliyev, Fadia Afashe The Syrian Civil War...
The increasing frequency and intensity of weather-related and other disaster events combined with the growing representation of older adults in the overall population have created a new environment...
This report uses interview data collected from public health departments and aging-in-place efforts — specifically, from coordinators of age-friendly communities and village executive directors — to...
Heat waves—prolonged periods of abnormally hot weather—can be deadly events, especially for vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, the chronically ill, and infants. Historically, heat waves...
It is designed to help organizations run programs well and get desired outcomes, just as the guide’s name suggests. GTO is a ten-step process that guides the user through the key tasks needed to make...
This report describes decision-support tools, including models and nonmodeling approaches, that are relevant to infectious disease prevention, detection, and response and aligns these tools with...
The RAND Corporation has partnered with the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development to explore the role of Chinese and U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) — specifically,...
by Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, Sarah Evans, Edward Geist, Scott Warren Harold, V. Ray Koym, Scott Savitz, Lloyd Thrall Following the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that afflicted Japan in March...
Jordan + 3 more
Summary With four million Syrian refugees as of September 2015, there is urgent need to develop both short-term and long-term approaches to providing education for the children of this population...