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Journal Article

Reflections on the Initial Multinational Response to the Earthquake in Haiti

Expert panel discussion of the emergency response in Haiti concluded that rigorous, objective after-action reports are needed both to improve ongoing operations in Haiti and to enhance future responses to large-scale population emergencies.

Jun 1, 2010
Research Brief

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America? (Spanish translation)

Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.

May 26, 2010
Report

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America (Spanish translation)

Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing HIV in these countries, and discusses how this role might be expanded.

May 24, 2010
Research Brief

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America?

Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.

May 20, 2010
Report

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

Faith-based organizations such as churches and religious relief and development groups can play an important role in the response to HIV and AIDS in Central America, despite the fact that many do not support certain prevention measures such as condoms.

May 19, 2010
Commentary

A Month After the Earthquake: Opportunities Slipping Away

Previous efforts by the international community to stabilize Haiti have met with little or only short-term success. This time, following the earthquake, the U.S. response could actually leverage the response and recovery opportunities into a broader international plan, write Agnes Gereben Schaefer and Anita Chandra.

Feb 24, 2010
Testimony

Reconstructing Haiti

In testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, James Dobbins discusses the current international disaster relief operation in Haiti and how it is affected by a preexisting post-conflict reconstruction mission, which he considers ultimately more important.

Jan 26, 2010
Commentary

Skip the Graft

The latest disaster to befall Haiti creates the opportunity to combine bipartisan accord on Haiti in Washington with keen and perhaps sustained American public interest, writes James Dobbins.

Jan 17, 2010
Journal Article

Theory and Method at the Intersection of Anthropology and Cultural Neuroscience

Exploring the intersection of neuroscience and anthropology can productively inform our understanding of the relationship between human brains and their socio-cultural contexts.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Height, Education and Later-Life Cognition in Latin America and the Caribbean

This study investigates the relationship between anthropometric markers (height and knee height), early-life conditions, education, and cognitive function in later life among urban elderly from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Jan 1, 2010
Report

Legalizing Marijuana in CA Will Not Dramatically Reduce Mexican Drug Trafficking Revenues

The only scenario where marijuana legalization in California could substantially reduce the revenue of the drug trafficking organizations is if high-potency, California-produced marijuana is smuggled to other U.S. states at prices that are lower than those of current Mexican supplies.

Dec 31, 2009
Journal Article

Reducing Inequities Among Children with Asthma in the Island of Puerto Rico: Experiences of a Community-Based, Trans-Sectoral Effort

This project has implemented successful interventions to improve the quality of life and reduce disparities for children with asthma in Puerto Rico.

Nov 1, 2009
Commentary

Prime Numbers: Doped

The illicit drug trade is the ultimate value-added chain. As cocaine and heroin make their perilous journeys from the fields of Colombia and Afghanistan to markets in U.S. and European cities, each border crossed and each trafficker involved adds dollars to a price, write Beau Kilmer And Peter Reuter.

Oct 19, 2009
Journal Article

Exploring the Links Between Immigration and Educational Quality and Opportunity in Mexico

Researchers' initial results are consistent with the notion that an expectation to migrate to the U.S. lowers incentives for Mexicans to continue their schooling. High migration municipalities may also offer fewer schooling opportunities.

Sep 1, 2009
Multimedia

Mexican Security in Decline: Implications and Options for the United States

On June 17, 2009, Jack Riley discussed how Mexican security issues affect the United States, implications for traditional border concerns such as illegal immigration and drug trafficking, and various policy options available to aid the Mexican government in improving security.

Jun 17, 2009
Commentary

Assessing Mexico's Narco-Violence

Drug-related violence in Mexico has more than doubled over the past 18 months, with a sharp increase in crimes that can only be understood as atrocities. The executions, assassinations, and decapitations may all seem wanton and senseless. But this violence actually has a purpose, write Benjamin Bahney and Agnes Gereben Schaefer.

May 14, 2009
Report

Could Mexico Fail?

Suggests ways the U.S. could address concerns about the growing lawlessness in northern Mexico and its consequences for U.S. national security.

Apr 23, 2009
Research Brief

What Are U.S. Policy Options for Dealing with Security in Mexico?

A RAND study identified three U.S. policy options for dealing with Mexico's deteriorating security situation, assessing their impact in terms of four priority areas and likely Mexican responses.

Apr 23, 2009
Report

Estimating the size of the global drug market: A demand-side approach: Report 2

The report generates country-level consumption and retail expenditure estimates for cannabis, heroin, cocaine, and amphetamine-type substances.

Apr 21, 2009
Report

Economic Costs of Major Oil Supply Disruption Pose Risk to U.S. National Security

While on a net basis the United States imports nearly 60 percent of the oil it consumes, this reliance on imported oil is not by itself a major national security threat. The study finds that the economic costs of a major disruption in global oil supplies—including higher prices for American consumers—pose the greatest risk to the United States.

Apr 20, 2009

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