2013-04-14T12:25:30Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/b/burger_nicholas.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100136.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The participation of the private sector in providing health care in developing countries is associated with greater access to care and reduced disparities between rich and poor and urban and rural populations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090529.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This article discusses research into policies to manage greenhouse gases in the U.S. Debates in the U.S. Congress regarding the distribution of economic impacts associated with different mechanisms designed to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are considered.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110093.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors perform a technical and economic assessment and estimate the economic costs and net GHG reductions from U.S renewable electricity mandates. GHG emissions reductions from such policies could be as much as 670 million metric tons per year. Depending on technological development, economic costs are $13-$45 billion per year. Lower costs depend on favorable technological progress.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9567.html 2010-12-14T10:00:00Z 2010-12-14T10:00:00Z

Researchers analyzed data on child and maternal health care use from 34 sub-Saharan African countries to examine the association between the degree of private sector participation in the health care system and outcomes related to access and equity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR906.html 2011-09-02T13:00:00Z 2011-09-02T13:00:00Z

Mexico has undertaken reforms in recent years to professionalize its police. This report analyzes police reform in Mexico, suggesting progress on some fronts, though police corruption remains high and more work is needed.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP252.html 2009-04-03T16:34:00Z 2009-04-03T16:34:00Z

This paper develops a framework for evaluating U.S. greenhouse gas-mitigation policy balancing several criteria, beyond just cost-effectiveness, to reflect institutional and political realities and the policies' effects on producers and consumers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200118.html 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z

Health outcomes in developing countries continue to lag the developed world, and many countries are not on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF269.html 2009-08-20T16:37:00Z 2009-08-20T16:37:00Z

The findings of a small group of experts from the U.S. government, allied partner nations, the maritime industry, and academic organizations convened to discuss piracy in the modern era.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR732.html 2010-05-07T16:32:00Z 2010-05-07T16:32:00Z

The National Environmental Performance Track program sought to encourage facilities to improve their environmental performance. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should continue to find ways to enhance traditional regulatory approaches.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP320.html 2011-02-22T14:45:00Z 2011-02-22T14:45:00Z

This paper discusses using an oil tax to fund U.S. transportation infrastructure, identifies the decisions Congress would need to make in designing such a tax, and outlines some of the likely implications of adopting an oil tax.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1250.html 2013-01-30T08:15:00Z 2013-01-30T08:15:00Z

A RAND study evaluated U.S. Department of State contributions to the Global Methane Initiative, an international partnership to promote methane recovery and reuse. The study focused on the strategic contributions and program activities and outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR876.html 2011-03-29T09:30:00Z 2011-03-29T09:30:00Z

Biomass energy is a renewable resource with lower life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. The model described here estimates cost and availability of these resources from U.S. agricultural lands for an individual power plant.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR984.html 2011-07-29T08:45:00Z 2011-07-29T08:45:00Z

Biomass is an increasingly important source of electricity, heat, and liquid fuel. This report examines changes to power plants and their operations, costs of cofiring biomass, and logistical issues associated with delivering biomass to the plant.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20101303.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report is intended to complement extensive documentation contained in the model itself. CUBE 1.0, available for download on the NETL website, determines the life cycle GHG emissions of biomass feedstocks from planting the biomass to delivery to the bioenergy plant gate ("farm-to-gate").

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/02/06/RAND.html 2013-02-06T15:30:00Z 2013-02-06T15:30:00Z

Carbon dioxide has garnered the most attention in the climate change debate because it accounts for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions. But there is good reason to worry about methane, say Nicholas Burger and Noreen Clancy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50160.html 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z

Producing natural gas from shale generates air pollutant emissions. RAND researchers provided a first-order estimate of air emissions, and the monetary value of the associated damages, from the extraction of shale gas in Pennsylvania.