The RAND-Qatar Policy Institute analyzes complex policy problems and helps implement enduring solutions for clients across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.
Nations across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia face daunting challenges: Providing children with a good education. Giving people the health care they need. Building effective infrastructures. Creating efficient, transparent government agencies. Preserving the environment and valuable national resources. Making sure that citizens feel secure.
These problems have no easy solutions. Their enormous scope, constraints on budgets and resources, conflicting interests, and a lack of reliable information and clear analysis can lead to measures that are less than effective—or to no change at all. The RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (RQPI) is committed to helping make changes that make a difference.
RQPI works closely with decisionmakers who want to make things better:
- Examining complex issues. We provide objective, thorough analysis that explains challenges and options.
- Developing sound plans for action. We offer informed recommendations for sustainable solutions.
- Effecting lasting change. We design strategies for implementation and know how to anticipate—and surmount—the inevitable stumbling blocks.
Getting Results to the Right People
Busy decisionmakers need clear, relevant communications. Ensuring that results are both understandable and accessible is one of the things RAND does best. Each year, RAND researchers make frequent presentations and publish hundreds of books, reports, articles, and research summaries to inform and advise clients, while enriching and shaping the public debate on prominent issues.
A Permanent Presence in the Middle East
RQPI is a part of Education City Qatar in Doha, home to a vibrant community of academic and industrial researchers. Education City Qatar functions as a hub for initiatives to expand the local base of skilled professionals, diversify the local economy, and serve the entire Gulf region. Top international universities maintain branch campuses here, and leading global firms operate state-of-the-art research facilities.
Education City Qatar provides an excellent central location for RAND to serve clients throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.
RQPI Director and Board of Overseers
Richard E. Darilek, Director
RAND-Qatar Policy Institute
P.O. Box 23644
Doha, Qatar
Ph. +974.492.7400
Fax: +974.492.7410
Email: RAND-QatarPolicyInstitute@rand.org
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