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Aug 4, 2020

Climate Finance and Green Bond Evolution: Informing Policy with Machine Learning Text Analytics

Explores the evolution of themes associated with climate finance and green bonds to identify opportunities to enhance public-private cooperation and facilitate policymaking.
Research

Feb 6, 2020

A New Zimbabwe? Assessing Continuity and Change After Mugabe

This report presents Zimbabwe's political and economic reform efforts since President Robert Mugabe's overthrow and offers recommendations for how to help the country recover.
Commentary

Jun 26, 2017

The European Commission Is Struggling to Demonstrate 'Value for Money'

Great work is happening as a result of EU spending and programmes, particularly around democracy, rule of law and human rights. To make sure the trend continues, it is important for the populace to understand the value for money of this work.
Research

Sep 30, 2016

A Microfinance Program Targeting People Living with HIV in Uganda: Client Characteristics and Program Impact

Ugandans living with medically stable HIV are able to repay microcredit loans; paired with business training, the loans can help this vulnerable population improve their weekly income and build assets.
Project

Mar 30, 2015

RAND Europe Project: Understanding External Determinants of the Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers

Conditional cash transfer programmes (CCTs) are seen as particularly effective in low- and middle-income countries, but relatively little is known about the interface between the supply of services and programme administration and specific human development outcomes. RAND Europe is assessing the effectiveness of CCTs, through a two-year grant from UK Economic Social Research Council and Department for International Development.
Research

Jan 1, 2014

Inclusive Innovation: An Architecture for Policy Development

Inclusive innovation needs to be understood and developed in the context of a holistic conception of the innovation cycle, the distinction between process and product innovation and the roles played by the poor as both producers and consumer.
Commentary

Oct 9, 2013

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.
Article

Sep 19, 2013

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.
Research

Sep 18, 2013

China's Foreign Aid and Government-Sponsored Investment Activities: Scale, Content, Destinations, and Implications

RAND researchers assessed the scale, trends, and composition of China's foreign aid and government-sponsored investment programs in six regions: Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia.
Project

Jul 3, 2012

Project: Does Transferring Cash to Women Improve Household Well-Being?

Many cash transfer programmes designate women and mothers as transfer recipients, on the assumption that doing so will lead to better outcomes. RAND Europe is undertaking a systematic review for the UK Department for International Development to assess whether transferring cash to women rather than men in low- and middle-income countries has a greater impact on household well-being.
Research

Jul 1, 2012

The Impact of Economic Resource Transfers to Women Versus Men: A Systematic Review

This systematic review examined the question: what is the evidence of the impact on family well-being of giving economic resources to women relative to the impact of giving them to men?
Research

Jun 15, 2012

Anti-Corruption Regulations in Emerging and Expeditionary Markets: New Markets, New Challenges

This document synthesizes the discussion from a roundtable symposium RAND convened in January 2012 to explore the practical difficulties facing companies in complying with anti-corruption mandates and the challenges of corruption in foreign markets.

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Climate Finance and Green Bond Evolution: Informing Policy with Machine Learning Text Analytics

A New Zimbabwe? Assessing Continuity and Change After Mugabe

The European Commission Is Struggling to Demonstrate 'Value for Money'

A Microfinance Program Targeting People Living with HIV in Uganda: Client Characteristics and Program Impact

RAND Europe Project: Understanding External Determinants of the Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers

Inclusive Innovation: An Architecture for Policy Development

The Strategy Behind China's Aid Expansion

New RAND Study Examines Chinese Economic Assistance to Other Countries

China's Foreign Aid and Government-Sponsored Investment Activities: Scale, Content, Destinations, and Implications

Project: Does Transferring Cash to Women Improve Household Well-Being?

The Impact of Economic Resource Transfers to Women Versus Men: A Systematic Review

Anti-Corruption Regulations in Emerging and Expeditionary Markets: New Markets, New Challenges

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Climate Finance and Green Bond Evolution: Informing Policy with Machine Learning Text Analytics

A New Zimbabwe? Assessing Continuity and Change After Mugabe

The European Commission Is Struggling to Demonstrate 'Value for Money'

A Microfinance Program Targeting People Living with HIV in Uganda: Client Characteristics and Program Impact

RAND Europe Project: Understanding External Determinants of the Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers

Inclusive Innovation: An Architecture for Policy Development

The Strategy Behind China's Aid Expansion

New RAND Study Examines Chinese Economic Assistance to Other Countries

China's Foreign Aid and Government-Sponsored Investment Activities: Scale, Content, Destinations, and Implications

Project: Does Transferring Cash to Women Improve Household Well-Being?

The Impact of Economic Resource Transfers to Women Versus Men: A Systematic Review

Anti-Corruption Regulations in Emerging and Expeditionary Markets: New Markets, New Challenges

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