C. Ross Anthony

For decades, the two-state solution has dominated efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, as a result of political and structural developments, that solution might no longer be feasible. RAND researchers used a novel focus group approach to assess which, if any, of five possible alternative futures in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be supported by Israelis and Palestinians.

This report summarizes analysis of three distinct but intertwined health policy issue areas for the Kurdistan Regional Government: health financing, primary care, and quality and patient safety. The researchers assessed policy options, developed plans to overcome barriers and achieve policy objectives, and developed and helped implement a new management information system.

The authors offer a vision for how spatial planning, infrastructure, and resource management in the West Bank and Gaza could better daily lives while supporting the evolution of a future Palestinian state. The vision incorporates six sectors (governance, environment, cities, transportation, energy, and water), about 200 projects, and plans in six locations (Nablus, Jericho, Hebron, Gaza City, North Jordan Valley, and East Jerusalem).

Since 2010, the RAND Corporation has worked with the Kurdistan Regional Government to develop initiatives to improve the region's health care system. The third phase of the project focused on development and use of a primary care management information system; health financing reform, with a focus on policy reform options to deal with physician dual practice; and hospital patient safety training within the context of health quality improvement.

This study estimates the net costs and benefits if the long-standing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians follows its current trajectory over the next ten years, relative to five other possible trajectories that the conflict could take. The goal of the analysis is to give all parties comprehensive, reliable information about available choices and their expected costs and consequences.

This executive summary highlights findings from a study that estimates the net costs and benefits if the long-standing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians follows its current trajectory over the next ten years, relative to five other possible trajectories that the conflict could take. The goal of the analysis is to give all parties comprehensive, reliable information about available choices and their expected costs and consequences.

Presents the results of a yearlong analysis of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with a focus on primary care. The authors project future supply and demand for health services, describe the strengths of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region as well as the challenges it faces including financing issues, and discusses what strategies can be pursued to move toward a more effective and higher-quality health care system.

An examination of options for strengthening the housing and transportation infrastructure of a potential future independent Palestinian state in the context of a large and rapidly growing Palestinian population. The book includes initial cost estimates for improving and expanding infrastructure to facilitate successful development.