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RQPI Publications

Most RAND publications can be read online or downloaded in PDF format. Some RQPI titles also are available in Arabic translations. All RQPI publications were peer-reviewed before being released to clients or the public.

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Jun 4, 2013

Knowledge-Based Economies and Basing Economies on Knowledge: Skills a Missing Link in GCC Countries

Assesses the development of Gulf Cooperation Council countries in the various dimensions of a knowledge-based economy.
Aug 22, 2012

Sustaining the Qatar National Research Fund

An examination of what must be done to ensure sustainability of the Qatar National Research Fund, its achievements in its first five years, and recommendations for actions to respond to the new responsibilities mandated in Decree-Law (24) of 2008.
Aug 21, 2012

Launching the Qatar National Research Fund

The design and implementation of the Qatar National Research Fund — the first research — funding organization of its kind in the Middle East—and descriptions of its first two programs, along with some early results and lessons learned.
Mar 28, 2012

Qatar's School Transportation System: Supporting Safety, Efficiency, and Service Quality (Arabic-language version)

Assesses stakeholder perspectives on Qatar's school transportation system (STS), identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar's STS with international norms. This is the Arabic-language version.
Feb 13, 2012

Qatar's School Transportation System: Supporting Safety, Efficiency, and Service Quality

Assesses stakeholder perspectives on Qatar's school transportation system (STS), identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar's STS with international norms.
Sep 22, 2011

Recommended Research Priorities for the Qatar Foundation's Environment and Energy Research Institute

The Qatar Foundation is establishing a national research institute to conduct energy, environment, and water research. This book recommends research priorities for the institute and reports on a survey of related research institutions in the region.
Aug 25, 2009

Implementation of the K-12 Education Reform in Qatar's Schools

RAND's analysis of the early years of Qatar's system-wide K-12 education reform finds that students in new, Independent schools perform better than those in Ministry schools, but most are still not meeting the new, higher curriculum standards.
Aug 13, 2009

The Reform of Qatar University

Summarizes the project, begun in October 2003, to reform Qatar University, including the impetus for reform, the design and implementation of the reform agenda, and a review of challenges that have been overcome and those that remain.
Mar 17, 2009

Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006

This report recounts the development of Qatar's internationally benchmarked standards-based assessment system, providing important lessons learned for Qatar and other countries that are seeking to implement standards-based educational reforms.
Feb 24, 2009

Developing a School Finance System for K-12 Reform in Qatar

Reform-minded leaders of Qatar, who have embarked on a sweeping reform of their nation's education system, asked RAND to evaluate the education finance system that has been adopted and to offer suggestions for improvements.
Dec 22, 2008

Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates: Executive Summary

Overview of the education and labor market initiatives under way in four Arab nations -- Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates -- to address the challenges of developing their human capital for the 21st century global economy.
Oct 7, 2008

Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates

Describes the education and labor market initiatives under way in four Arab nations -- Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates -- to address the challenges of developing the human capital of their populations for the 21st century global economy.

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