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Labor and Population Research for the Greater Middle East

RAND provides decisionmakers with analysis-based information and recommendations on labor market reforms, social welfare policy, demographic behavior, immigration policies, and economic development.

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Arab Spring Revolutions Have Not Yet Created Democracies, but Democratization Is Possible
The Arab world is the one region that has been left out of the global trend toward greater embrace of democracy, but a successful shift from authoritarian regimes to democratic governments is possible there.
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Living Conditions in Anbar Province in June 2009
Effective counterinsurgency is dependent on understanding the local population. A survey of those living in Iraq's Anbar Province (once one of the country's most violent areas), reveals both the many improvements that have occurred, as well as the extent to which these Iraqis have suffered from the effects of war.