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Programa de Pensiones No Contributivas para Adultos Mayores en Yucatán, México: Diseño, Implementación y Evaluación del Programa en Valladolid
This report describes Yucatan's efforts to design, implement, and evaluate a program to provide cash benefits to the elderly to improve their well-being. It describes the program, its design and implementation, and the first evaluation in Valladolid.
May 13, 2014
Report
Distributing Noncontributory Pension Benefits by Debit Card in Mexico: A Pilot Test
This report describes a pilot test of debit-card disbursal of pensions in Yucatan, Mexico, and explores the results from several surveys of the pilot group.
May 6, 2014
Report
Mortality Expectations of Older Mexicans: Development and Testing of Survey Measures
Low literacy, language barriers, and cultural biases can hinder respondents' ability to answer mortality-expectation questions. Researchers experimented with new ways of asking these questions and report here what they learned.
May 6, 2014
News Release
Addressing Mexico's Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations Will Require Coordinated Effort
Mexico is not like any other case characterized by "warlordism," resource insurgency, ungoverned spaces, and organized crime. Despite the lack of a perfectly analogous case, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons from countries facing similar challenges.
May 5, 2014
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Addressing Mexico's Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations Will Require Coordinated Effort
Mexico is not like any other case characterized by “warlordism,” resource insurgency, ungoverned spaces, and organized crime. Despite the lack of a perfectly analogous case, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons from countries facing similar challenges.
May 5, 2014
Report
Mexico Is Not Colombia: Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations — Supporting Case Studies
Although there is no perfectly analogous case to Mexico's current security situation, historical case studies may offer lessons for policymakers as they cope with challenges related to violence and corruption in that country.
May 5, 2014
Journal Article
Fluid Intake in Mexican Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
An adequate hydration is critical for a series of body functions, including proper regulation of core body temperature, elimination of waste metabolites by the kidney and maintenance of normal physical and cognitive functions.
May 1, 2014
Report
A Noncontributory Pension Program for Older Persons in Yucatan, Mexico: Implementing and Designing the Evaluation of the Program in Valladolid
This report describes Yucatan's efforts to design, implement, and evaluate a program to provide cash benefits to the elderly to improve their well-being. It describes the program, its design and implementation, and the first evaluation in Valladolid.
Apr 7, 2014
Report
A Noncontributory Pension Program for Older Persons in Yucatan, Mexico: Implementing and Designing the Evaluation of the Program in Merida
This report describes Yucatan's efforts to design, implement, and evaluate a program to provide cash benefits to the elderly to improve their well-being. It describes the program, its design and implementation, and the evaluation in Merida.
Apr 7, 2014
Dissertation
Topics in Migration Research
Explores topics related to the determinants and consequences of migration in Mexico and Germany.
Mar 10, 2014
Journal Article
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Mexico as Preparation for Higher Education
In this study we analyse the relationship between Mexican students' enrolment in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and their college preparedness using a case-study methodology.
Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article
Beliefs About the Causes of Schizophrenia Among Aymara and Non-Aymara Patients and Their Primary Caregivers in the Central-Southern Andes
The aim of this study is to investigate differences in the beliefs about the causes of schizophrenia between Aymara and non-Aymara patients with schizophrenia and their primary caregivers.
Jan 1, 2014
Periodical
RAND Review Examines Immigration, Defense Policies, the ACA, and Correctional Education
Stories in RAND's flagship journal discuss U.S. and Mexican immigration and labor reforms; British, French, and German defense policies in the face of austerity; seven ramifications of the Affordable Care Act; and the cost-effectiveness of correctional education programs.
Nov 26, 2013
Report
The U.S. Military Response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Luck, serendipity, and longtime relationships fostered success in Haiti relief efforts, though actual performance is impossible to measure because metrics and plans were not in place before the earthquake hit. U.S. Department of Defense policy on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief needs to be updated.
Oct 29, 2013
Commentary
The Strategy Behind China's Aid Expansion
Between 2001 and 2011, China's pledged foreign aid was $671 billion. In all regions and countries, China's assistance focuses on the development of natural resources, principally energy-related (coal, oil, and gas). Both parties presumably benefit from China's aid but both are also exposed to added risks and hidden costs.
Oct 9, 2013
Blog
New RAND Study Examines Chinese Economic Assistance to Other Countries
With the world's second largest economy, China has the capacity to engage in substantial programs of economic assistance and government-sponsored investments in 93 emerging-market countries.
Sep 19, 2013
Report
China's Foreign Aid and Government-Sponsored Investment Activities: Scale, Content, Destinations, and Implications
With the world's second largest economy, China has the capacity to engage in substantial programs of economic assistance and government-sponsored investments. Researchers assessed the scale, trends, and composition of these programs in 93 emerging-market countries.
Sep 18, 2013
Journal Article
Barriers and Facilitating Factors for Disease Self-Management: A Qualitative Analysis of Perceptions of Patients Receiving Care for Type 2 Diabetes And/Or Hypertension in San José, Costa Rica and Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
People living with type 2 diabetes and hypertension present different barriers and facilitating factors for disease self-management, in part based on their readiness-to-change and also due to the broader context in which they live.
Sep 1, 2013
Solution
Reducing Poverty Among Mexico's Elderly
Mexico is undergoing unprecedented demographic changes and advancements that have raised life expectancy, but a larger percentage of Mexico's elderly is poor and rural, and many lack the social safety nets available to urban seniors. An experiment to reform to Mexico's social security system is helping to alleviate political and social instability.
Jul 1, 2013
Commentary
If U.S.-Mexico Get Security Right, Other Good Policy Will Follow
Obama and Peña Nieto emphasized economic cooperation at their summit not because security issues have gone away, but because the new rules of the game in this nascent relationship between the two leaders are evolving, writes Agnes Gereben Schaefer.
May 29, 2013

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Andrew Scruggs

Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND

Andrew Scruggs is a Ph.D. student in the Research, Analysis, and Design stream at Pardee RAND Graduate School and an assistant policy analyst at RAND. His research interests include international development, national development strategies, economic growth, developing countries, rural…
Stephen Dalzell

Senior Political Scientist

Steve Dalzell (he/his) is a senior political scientist at RAND. His current research focuses on military personnel management and readiness, particularly as they relate to the Reserve Components. Dalzell's other interests include security cooperation, military chaplains, urban security, and…

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