Other Regional Research at RAND

RAND engages in significant research in the regions of Latin America and Africa. RAND's Latin America work began during the Cold War era with in-depth analysis of U.S.-Cuban relations and has expanded to include issues related to health, education, economics, demographics, and political reform. RAND's work covering Africa encompasses many critical issues related to health, education, and political reform in the developing world.

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Piracy Needs Regional Answer — Nov. 26, 2008

The international community is at something of a loss as to how to respond to the increasingly audacious nature of piracy off the Horn of Africa, exemplified by the hijacking of the Saudi-owned supertanker Sirius Star and three other ships last week.

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Vicente Fox Center and RAND Launch Joint Program to Find Policies to Combat Poverty in Mexico and Latin America - Aug. 3, 2007

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox and RAND Corporation Executive Vice President Michael Rich today signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint research program that will study ways to fight poverty and aid vulnerable groups in Mexico and Latin America. Studies conducted by the Fox Center and RAND will be published jointly. In addition to the studies, this program will also conduct seminars, conferences and international forums designed to promote democracy, leadership, transparency, gender equality and strategies to fight poverty.

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Policy Insight, Volume 1, Issue 3, June 2007 - Making Liberia Safe through Comprehensive Security-Sector Reform - Jun. 26, 2007

For some 15 years, Liberia was wracked by unprecedented levels of brutality, corruption, incompetence, intrigue, and foreign adventures that engulfed the entire region in intertwined conflicts. This Policy Insight, based on work the RAND Corporation conducted at the request of President Johnson-Sirleaf, offers an architecture and strategy to give Liberians the security sector and the peace they need and deserve.

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RAND Study Finds Mexican Teacher Incentive Program had Negligible Effect on Student Achievement - Mar. 22, 2007

RAND researchers found that the program's incentives to raise student test scores, which were used to measure educational quality, had a negligible impact.

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Old Front Against Terrorism - Jan. 14, 2007

It would be premature to portray Ethiopia's swift defeat of the Islamist forces in Somalia as a victory in the global war on terror. The December invasion blunted the immediate threat of Somalia's takeover by Islamist hard-liners. Al-Qaeda fugitives who found sanctuary in Somalia are again on the run. Commentary by Brian Jenkins for the San Diego Union-Tribune

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