Despite geographical closeness and many shared economic interests, the United States and Mexico remain wary of one another, and many factors have hindered their cooperation. This book focuses on how the alliance between the United States and Mexico can be strengthened through policies that could be adopted by both countries1 administrations as they tackle common interests and exploit new opportunities. One-liner: The United States and Mexico remain wary of one another, and many factors have hindered their cooperation. Both countries1 administrations can strengthen the relationship as they tackle common interests and exploit new opportunities.

United States and Mexico: Ties That Bind, Issues That Divide

History

Shatz, Howard J.

Kumar, Krishna B.

Aguila, Emma

Akhmedjonov, Alisher R.

Basurto-Davila, Ricardo

Americas

RAND Corporation

This binational reference for U.S. and Mexican policymakers presents the interrelated issues of Mexican immigration to the United States and Mexico¹s economic and social development. Differences in economic growth, wages, and the employment situation between two countries are critical determinants of immigration, and migration of labor out of Mexico, in addition to economic and social policies, affects Mexico¹s development.

United States and Mexico: Ties That Bind, Issues That Divide (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Business & Money

Kups, Sarah

International

What is the impact of demographics on the prospective production of military power and the causes of war? This monograph analyzes this issue by projecting working-age populations through 2050; assessing the influence of demographics on manpower, national income and expenditures, and human capital; and examining how changes in these factors may affect the ability of states to carry out military missions.

Global Demographic Change and Its Implications for Military Power (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Politics & Social Sciences

Libicki, Martin C.

Taylor, Julie E.

Social Sciences

Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City is a planned environmentally and technologically advanced city in China’s Guangzhou Development District that will host innovative industries and their workers. This report serves as an outline for a strategic plan for Knowledge City and is intended to help the developers create conditions that are conducive to innovation and the commercialization of new technologies.

An Outline of Strategies for Building an Innovation System for Knowledge City (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Crane, Keith

Popper, Steven W.

Nataraj, Shanthi

王潇

Economics

This report summarizes the approaches, findings, and recommendations of four studies intended to help the Kurdistan Regional Government expand access to high-quality education and health care, increase private-sector development and employment for the expanding labor force, and design a data-collection system to support high-priority policies. The detailed findings appear in four separate reports.

Building the Future: Summary of Four Studies to Develop the Private Sector, Education, Health Care, and Data for Decisionmaking for the Kurdistan Region―Iraq

Anthony, C. Ross

Vernez, Georges

Hansen, Michael L.

Reference

Building the Future: Summary of Four Studies to Develop the Private Sector, Education, Health Care, and Data for Decisionmaking for the Kurdistan Region - Iraq

Middle East

Rand Corp

The study addresses the question of how the Kurdistan Regional Government can improve the private-sector labor market in the Kurdistan Region–Iraq. Doing so will involve creating mechanisms by which job-seekers can develop the right skills and find employers who will hire them, employers can find the employees they need, and the government can create an enabling environment in which the best matches between job-seekers and employers can be made.

An Assessment of the Present and Future Labor Market in the Kurdistan Region―Iraq: Implications for Policies to Increase Private-Sector Employment

Constant, Louay

Luoto, Jill E.

Abramzon, Shmuel

Smith, Alexandria C.

Job Hunting & Careers

This executive summary describes key results from four studies carried out by the RAND Corporation in Phase II of its work for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). RAND’s work aims to help the KRG expand access to high-quality technical and vocational education and training; improve access to, the quality of, and financing for health care; improve the private sector labor market; and prepare and conduct the Kurdistan Region Labor Force Survey.

Making an Impact in the Kurdistan Region―Iraq: Summary of Four Studies to Assess the Present and Future Labor Market, Improve Technical Vocational ... Sector, and Build Data Collection Capacity

Glick, Peter

Culbertson, Shelly

Moore, Melinda

Meili, Robin C.

Management & Leadership

Drawing on Mongolian and international data, Rand analyzed the Mongolian labor market and compared it internationally. Based on an original survey, this report also examines challenges young people face in employment and education in Mongolia.

Improving the Mongolian Labor Market and Enhancing Opportunities for Youth

This report highlights selected inputs made to a high-level Israeli government team assessing how to bring a strategic perspective to domestic policy deliberations. To illustrate a strategy process, it uses the example of policy for population aging.

The Strategic Perspective and Long-Term Socioeconomic Strategies for Israel: Key Methods with an Application to Aging

Berrebi, Claude

Efron, Shira

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