Latin America and Africa in the News
RAND researchers often write commentaries for publications on a variety of topics. This page lists commentaries
and op-eds about or related to Latin America and Africa. For a complete list of commentaries and op-eds by RAND staff,
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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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RAND Study Finds Adolescent Asian Immigrants Improve Their Good Health Habits Over Time; Latinos' Nutrition Grows Worse - Dec. 5, 2006
The good health habits of adolescent Asian immigrants improve with each generation born in the United States, but health habits among adolescent Latino immigrants generally remain poor or become worse in succeeding generations, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.
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By Edward Gonzalez (Los Angeles Times)
By James Dobbins (Miami Herald)
By Robert E. Hunter (Washington Post)
By Felicia Wu (Financial Times)
Brian Michael Jenkins (Mercury News)
By James Dobbins (New York Times)
By Angel Rabasa (Los Angeles Times)
By Angel Rabasa (Wall Street Journal)
By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Angel Rabasa (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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