East Africa

Journal Article

Al Qaida Recruitment Trends in Kenya and Tanzania

Despite claims that the traditionally tolerant Muslim populations of Kenya and Tanzania are being radicalized, evidence suggests that Islamist radicals have in fact made little headway.

Commentary

We've Been Down This Road Before

commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.

News Release

U.S. Will Continue to Lead Information Revolution

The United States will continue to lead the information technology revolution for years to come because U.S. businesses are focused on innovation, Americans readily accept change, and the U.S. government provides an environment hospitable to IT business development.

Report

The Global Course of the Information Revolution: Recurring Themes and Regional Variations

Projects the impact of information technology and the "information revolution" on areas across the globe for the next 10 to 15 years.

Report

Honing the Keys to the City: Refining the United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Force for Urban Ground Combat Operations

The U.S. Marine Corps must tailor its reconnaissance tactics in urban environments.

Report

The Information Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

Explores the future of the information revolution in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

Journal Article

Growing Pains: The Challenges of Medical Support for Operations Other Than War

What is the appropriate future role of U.S. medical forces in OOTW?; and How can these military assets be most effectively utilized?

Research Brief

Contraception and Fertility in Zimbabwe: Family Planning Services and Education Make a Difference

Controlling for access to services, education is a powerful predictor of both fertility and contraceptive use, particularly among younger women, who have benefited from the large increase in education opportunities since independence.

Report

Economic imperatives and political systems in the Middle East and North Africa

Report

Ethiopia in 1990 — The Revolution Unraveling

This paper describes the author's visit to Ethiopia in November and December 1990.

Report

Ethiopia in 1991 — Peace Through Struggle

This trip report is based on briefings before the National Endowment for Democracy on July 26, 1991.

Report

Ethiopia in Early 1989: Deepening Crisis

This paper summarizes the author's observations during a five-week visit to Ethiopia in February and March 1989.

Report

Contrasts in African Development: The Economies of Kenya and Ethiopia, 1975-1984

Compares Kenyan and Ethiopian economic development during the crucial decade, 1975-1984.

Report

Ethiopia — Contrasts and Contradictions

This paper, based on a presentation at the Georgetown University Intercultural Center, Washington, D.C., in September 1987, summarizes impressions of Ethiopia gained during a three-week visit in March 1987.

Report

The Maghrib and the Middle East.

This study explores the relationship between Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria, and the Middle East. A geographically compact and culturally unified area, the Maghrib (North Africa) has had familial but uneasy relations with the Middle East. Its strong...

Report

Economic union in East Africa: an evaluation of the gains

An examination of the prospective gains from continued economic integration in East Africa, limited to the effect of the East African Common Market on investment in manufacture. The real importance of the Common Market relates to its role in that fut...

Report

The Politics of Social Change in the Middle East and North Africa

An attempt to analyze the cause and character of a profound revolution taking place from Morocco to Pakistan. Examines the forces, groups, ideas, and institutions now in motion.

Report

East African Economic Union: An Evaluation and Some Implications for Policy

A study of the East African common market composed of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika.

Report

Industrialization and Economic Union in Greater East Africa.

A study of the contribution that economic union can make to industrialization in underdeveloped areas in general and in Greater East Africa in particular. Other aspects of East African economic integration discussed are the choice between production...

Report

Trade between East Africa and neighbouring countries

An attempt to determine the prospects of expanding trade between the territories of East Africa and other countries in the Eastern part of the continent by examining their existing patterns of trade. The volume and composition of the trade that devel...