2012-05-24T14:56:27Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/colombia.html http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/conditional-cash-transfers.html May 3, 2012 May 3, 2012

Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) are seen as particularly effective in low- and middle-income countries, but relatively little is known about the interface between the supply of services and program administration and specific human development outcomes. RAND Europe is assessing the effectiveness of CCTs, through a two-year grant from UK Economic Social Research Council and Department for International Development.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1111z2.html Sep 7, 2011 Sep 7, 2011

This book examines six case studies of insurgencies from around the world to determine the key factors necessary for a successful transition from counterinsurgency to a more stable situation. The authors review the causes of each insurgency and the key players involved, and examine what the government did right — or wrong — to bring the insurgency to an end and to transition to greater stability.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/06/15.html Jun 15, 2011 Jun 15, 2011

Efforts by the United States to combat Latin American cocaine smugglers have disrupted drug supplies and captured key cartel leaders, but they have not significantly reduced the region's overall narcotics trade.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1076.html Jun 15, 2011 Jun 15, 2011

Efforts by the United States to combat Latin American cocaine smugglers have disrupted drug supplies and captured key cartel leaders, but they have not significantly reduced the region's overall narcotics trade.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100174.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

<p>We investigate how much value college enrollment adds to students' critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills, and the role college inputs play in developing these competencies, using data from a 2009 collegiate assessment pilot study in Colombia.</p>

http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/clasp/research/projects/social-security-coverage.html Sep 15, 2010 Sep 15, 2010

Chile, Colombia, and Mexico each have fully-funded, defined-contribution social security systems, yet there are significant differences in system design and incentive that may affect individuals' participation. The research team compared the differences of individual coverage in the three countries' systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000204.html Aug 1, 2010 Aug 1, 2010

It is unclear if vouchers increase educational productivity or are purely redistributive, benefiting recipients by giving them access to more desirable peers at others' expense. To examine this, the authors study an educational voucher programme in Colombia which allocated vouchers by lottery.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090029.html Jan 1, 2009 Jan 1, 2009

This chapter presents evidence on the impact of a voucher program implemented in 1991 in Colombia. Specifically, the analysis is centered on the mechanism by which the program increased learning outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091123.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP185.html Oct 15, 2007 Oct 15, 2007

<p>Six historic counterinsurgency operations are examined to determine which tactics, techniques, and procedures led to success and which led to failure, with the hope that U.S. counterinsurgency operations in the future can learn from past lessons. </p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG485.html May 9, 2007 May 9, 2007

<p>Terrorist groups around the world with different ideologies and from different religious and ethnic backgrounds have improved their effectiveness by teaching each other deadly skills such as bomb-making and guerilla warfare techniques.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2001/07/13/WSJ.html Jul 13, 2001 Jul 13, 2001

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2001/06/17/SDUT2.html Jun 17, 2001 Jun 17, 2001

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2001/06/17/SDUT.html Jun 17, 2001 Jun 17, 2001

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5780.html Dec 31, 1968 Dec 31, 1968

Formulates an econometric model of the supply of Colombian coffee to use in estimating how the coffee industry would respond to price incentives to lower production.

http://www.rand.org/about/people/r/rabasa_angel.html

<em>Senior Political Scientist</em><br>Ph.D. in history, Harvard University; Frank Knox Fellow at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford; B.A. in history, Harvard College