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The Strategic Perspective and Long-Term Socioeconomic Strategies for Israel
RAND researchers supported a high-level Israeli government team tasked with improving long-term socioeconomic strategy for the state. This report highlights selected inputs made to the government team to summarize the essential mechanics and roles for bringing a strategic perspective to policy consi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Strategic Perspective and Long-Term Socioeconomic Strategies for Israel: Key Methods with an Application to Aging
RAND researchers supported a high-level Israeli government team tasked with improving long-term socioeconomic strategy for the state. This report highlights selected inputs made to the government team to summarize the essential mechanics and roles for bringing a strategic perspective to policy consi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Investor and Industry Perspectives on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers
In theory, financial professionals are relatively distinct: A broker-dealer conducts transactions in securities on behalf of itself and others; and an investment adviser provides advice to others regarding securities. Different laws regulate each type of professional, but boundaries have blurred. Th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Natural Gas and Israel's Energy Future
This book discusses the opportunities and risks the government of Israel faces in shifting to a greater reliance on domestic and imported natural gas. By applying newly developed methods for strategic planning and decisionmaking under deep uncertainty, the analysis seeks to help the Israeli governme... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Predicting Suicide Attacks: Integrating Spatial, Temporal, and Social Features of Terrorist Attack Targets
by Walter L. Perry • Claude Berrebi • Thomas Sullivan • John Hollywood • Parisa Roshan • Ryan Andrew Brown • Amber Jaycocks • Lisa MiyashiroAs part of an exploration of ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks, RAND conducted a proof-of-principle analysis of whether adding sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors would enhance the predictive ability of a methodology that focused on geospatial fea... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Effective Policing for 21st-Century Israel
by Robert C. Davis • K. Jack Riley • Claude Berrebi • Steven W. Popper • Andrew R. Morral • Jessica Saunders • Kristin J. Leuschner • Shira Efron • Boaz SegalovitzIsrael has changed dramatically in the past two decades. The Israel Police is transforming itself to meet the needs of modern Israel. The Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the Israel Police asked RAND to conduct a study to address issues of public perceptions and trust in t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013