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Journal Article
Barriers Along the Care Cascade of HIV-infected Men in a Large Urban Center of Brazil
Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2011 with HIV-infected men receiving care at the only HIV/AIDS state reference center in Salvador, Brazil. Researchers identified barriers to services along the care cascade.
Nov 19, 2015
Commentary
Ensuring Robust Water Management Strategies in Lima-Callão, Peru
Water resource agencies around the world are grappling with how to make smart investments to ensure long-term water reliability at a time of unprecedented water stress, growing demands, uncertain climate change, and limited budgets.
Nov 16, 2015
Journal Article
Robust Decision-Making in the Water Sector: A Strategy for Implementing Lima's Long-Term Water Resources Master Plan
This study helped SEDAPAL, the water utility serving Lima, Peru, answer the question of long-term water reliability by drawing on state of the art methods for decision making under deep uncertainty.
Nov 11, 2015
Commentary
Bringing FARC in from the Cold
The announcement of a preliminary peace accord by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian government is not receiving public support. Most Colombians manifest a strong desire for peace but reject the possibility that crimes committed in the name of revolution should receive amnesty.
Oct 28, 2015
Journal Article
Automobility in Brazil, Russia, India, and China: Quo Vadis?
Toward which levels of automobility are the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) headed?
Oct 5, 2015
Commentary
In Latin America, Breaking the Cycle of Intimate-Partner Abuse One Handwritten Letter at a Time
Latin America has one of the highest rates of intimate-partner violence in the world, but a series of high-profile cases, including the murder of a journalist by her policeman husband, have propelled intimate-partner violence to the fore of Bolivia's public agenda.
Sep 30, 2015
Brochure
Center for Latin America Social Policy: Spanish translation
El Centro de Políticas Sociales para Latinoamérica (CLASP), parte de la división de investigación de los Mercados Laborales y Población de RAND Corporation, se dedica a mejorar el bienestar de la población de América Latina.
Sep 25, 2015
Report
Building Special Operations Partnerships
Building the capacity of Afghan special operations forces (SOF) is a key goal of the U.S. and its coalition partners. An analysis of partnering practices from case studies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia helps identify best practices to benefit the development of Afghan SOF, as well as partnerships beyond Afghanistan.
Jul 31, 2015
Journal Article
Evaluating Consumer Preferences for Healthy Eating from Community Kitchens in Low-Income Urban Areas: A Discrete Choice Experiment of Comedores Populares in Peru
We sought to understand preferences for items prepared in Comedores Populares, government-supported food vendors serving low-income Peruvians, to determine whether it would be feasible to introduce healthier items, specifically fruits and vegetables.
Jul 30, 2015
Commentary
El Chapo's Prison Escape Should Come as No Surprise
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel and similar criminal organizations have long used tunnels to literally undermine security along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jul 24, 2015
Research Brief
Workplace Accidents in Brazil Are Significantly Underreported: Inspection issues and informal workplaces make it difficult to determine true safety levels
Discusses why workplace accidents are severely underreported in Brazil and the issues that make it difficult to determine true safety levels, and makes recommendations for improving the situation.
Jul 22, 2015
Journal Article
Long Journey Home: Family Reunification Experiences of the Disappeared Children of El Salvador
Between 2005 and 2009, we conducted semi-structured interviews with twenty-six children, now young adults aged twenty-four to thirty-four years, who had been reunited with their biological families.
Jul 16, 2015
Journal Article
Intake of Water and Different Beverages in Adults Across 13 Countries
Describes the intake of water and all other fluids and to evaluate the proportion of adults exceeding the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations on energy intake from free sugar, solely from fluids.
Jul 10, 2015
Journal Article
Total Fluid Intake and Its Determinants: Cross-Sectional Surveys Among Adults in 13 Countries Worldwide
There were considerable differences in total fluid intake between countries but not between genders.
Jul 10, 2015
Journal Article
Total Fluid Intake of Children and Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Surveys in 13 Countries Worldwide
A high proportion of children and adolescents are at risk of an inadequate fluid intake. This risk is especially high in males and adolescents when compared with females or children categories.
Jul 10, 2015
Journal Article
Challenges of Implementing Mhealth Interventions for Lifestyle Modification in Prehypertensive Subjects in Argentina, Guatemala, and Peru
This study describes the processes related to implementation of mHealth interventions for lifestyle modification in a randomized controlled trial conducted with prehypertensive subjects in Argentina, Guatemala, and Peru from low-resource settings.
Jul 1, 2015
Journal Article
Pobreza Y Vulnerabilidad En México: El Caso De Los Jóvenes Que No Estudian Ni Trabajan
Recently, the phenomenon of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has come to the fore due to the risks associated to this situation.
May 11, 2015
Journal Article
Self-employment, Health Insurance, and Return Migration of Middle-Aged and Elderly Mexican Males
In this study, the authors analyze the labor-market dynamics of middle-aged and older men in Mexico.
May 11, 2015
Research Brief
Evaluating conditional cash transfer programmes: The case of Bolsa Familia
Summary of report examining factors affecting quality of implementation of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme Bolsa Familia.
Apr 30, 2015
Journal Article
Design and Multi-Country Validation of Text Messages for an Mhealth Intervention for Primary Prevention of Progression to Hypertension in Latin America
This study highlights the importance of developing and validating a package of simple, preventative SMS text messages, grounded in evidence and theory, across three different Latin American countries with active engagement of end users.
Apr 22, 2015

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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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