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Airpower in the Libyan Civil War
In 2011, a coalition of nations waged a war against Muammar Qaddafi's regime that reversed the tide of Libya's civil war. The intervention's central element was a relatively small air campaign. What lessons did each nation glean from the experience?
Jul 8, 2015
Report
The Economic Consequences of Investing in Shipbuilding: Case Studies in the United States and Sweden
This report assesses the economic impacts that a shipbuilder has on its local community and region. The authors utilize a case study methodology to examine two U.S. shipbuilders and the Saab Aeronautics Gripen program in Sweden.
Apr 15, 2015
Commentary
Yes, Russia's Military Is Getting More Aggressive
As Russia's relations with the U.S. and Europe have deteriorated following Moscow's aggression in Ukraine, fly-bys of European neighbors by Russian aircraft have taken on new urgency. How should the West think about these provocative flights in light of understanding Russia's nuclear threat?
Dec 31, 2014
Journal Article
Review of Experiences in Three Countries Informs England's Patient Choice Scheme
The experiences of Finland, Norway, and Sweden in offering patient choice schemes highlight England's need to carefully monitor the impact of enhanced choice in primary care to ensure that related policies truly enhance access to and improve the quality of care, and not inadvertently benefit those who are more able to exercise choice.
Sep 1, 2013
Report
Analysis of Cyber Threats Informs Swedish Strategy
How do governments characterize cyber threats and what role does law enforcement play in tackling cyber crime in different countries? These are some of the questions RAND Europe investigated on behalf of the Swedish National Defence College to inform the development of the Swedish Cyber Security Strategy.
Feb 5, 2013
Journal Article
Measuring Consumer Preferences for Postal Services
Increasing digitalization and the evolution of the Internet have had, and are still having, an impact on the demand for postal services.
Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article
Opioid Consumption and Substitution Treatment in Finland and Sweden: A Similar Path with Different Outcomes?
This chapter seeks to develop plausible hypotheses to account for the observed differences in opioid-consumption prevalence between Finland and Sweden.
Jan 1, 2013
Report
Measuring Consumer Preferences for Postal Services in Europe
Different market segments have varying postal service needs, according to RAND Europe research conducted for the European Commission. All consumers value parcel services, reliability, and low levels of loss, but big businesses value letter services more than small or medium businesses or the public.
Jan 16, 2012
News Release
Low Fertility in Europe — Is There Still Reason to Worry?
The post-war trend of falling birth rates has been reversed across Europe. However, despite an increasing emphasis on family and fertility policies in Europe, this recent development involves social, cultural, and economic factors more than individual policy interventions.
Jun 16, 2011
Research Brief
Europe's demography: Are babies back? The recent recovery in EU period fertility due to older childbearing
An update to the RAND Europe 2004 study into the causes and consequences of low fertility in Europe analysing the latest data, reviewing recent literature, and examining the situation in Germany, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK in depth.
Jun 16, 2011
Report
Low Fertility in Europe — Is There Still Reason to Worry?
The post-war trend of falling birth rates has been reversed across Europe. However, despite an increasing emphasis on family and fertility policies in Europe, this recent development involves social, cultural, and economic factors more than individual policy interventions.
Jun 16, 2011
Report
How health systems make available information on service providers: Experience in seven countries
This report reviews information systems that report on the quality or performance of providers of healthcare in seven countries to inform the use and further development of quality information systems in the English NHS.
Jan 31, 2011
Report
International Review of Approaches to Funding Intensive Care
A review of international approaches for funding intensive care shows there is no obvious example of
Mar 5, 2010
Journal Article
Convergence Without Diffusion? A Comparative Analysis of the Choice of Performance Indicators in Tax Administration and Social Security
This article aims to contribute to the debate around how organizations could learn from the experience of others in designing performance indicators and management systems.
Dec 1, 2008
Report
Health Research Evaluation Frameworks: An International Comparison
Provides an overview and comparison of international health research evaluation frameworks to consider what modifications might be needed to adapt such a framework for the Canadian context.
Oct 3, 2008
Report
Implementation of New Curriculum Arrangements for 14-19 Year Olds
The National Audit Office commissioned RAND to undertake a comparative study investigating the implementation of education programmes for 14-19 year olds in Australia, the Netherlands, and Sweden, in order to identify lessons that could lead to improvements in implementation and delivery of the new 14-19 Diplomas.
May 1, 2008
Report
Health and Medical Research in Sweden: Observatory on Health Research Systems
Provides an overview of health and medical research in Sweden. The report is part of a series of country-specific reports available from RAND Europe's Observatory on Health Research Systems.
Jan 27, 2008
Report
International Comparison of Neonatal Services
A study commissioned by the UK National Audit Office (NAO) analyses the provision of neonatal services in seven countries: Australia,Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the U.S., Canada, and Sweden. Findings determined that all countries studied use neonatal networks, but with varying levels of formalisation, that low staffing is a problem for UK neonatal services, and that a few international regions are leaders in high-quality neonatal service provision.
Jan 1, 2008
Journal Article
Measurement Error and Misclassification: A Comparison of Survey and Administrative Data
The authors provide both a theoretical and empirical analysis of the relation between administrative and survey data.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
International Benchmark of Fraud and Error in Social Security Systems
This report, which was commissioned by the National Audit Office (NAO), presents the results of a benchmarking exercise investigating the issue of fraud and error in the social security systems of eight European and non-European countries.
Jul 20, 2006

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