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Apr 16, 2025

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

The design of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) highlights potential impacts on law enforcement. This report identifies key design choices and law enforcement techniques that may need to evolve if a U.S. CBDC is launched.
Expert Insights

Apr 16, 2025

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement: Key Insights

The introduction of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could have effects on law enforcement. This paper identifies key design choices and law enforcement techniques that may need to evolve if a U.S. CBDC is launched.
Commentary

Jan 2, 2025

Banking Fees Keep Low-Income Customers Away

The banking industry and its regulators should seek solutions to bring more of the unbanked into the traditional banking sector. That would be good for banks and their low-income customers.
Commentary

Dec 18, 2024

Crypto—The New Market for Lemons

Information asymmetry allows sellers to exploit buyers, evident in both used car sales and cryptocurrencies. While transparency has improved for cars, the crypto market remains opaque, risking consumer protections and raising questions about the true value of digital currencies.
Commentary

Dec 13, 2024

Corruption and Russia's Illicit Gold Trade

Russia's use of gold has surged since the Ukraine invasion, fueling corruption and human rights abuses while supporting its wartime economy. Disrupting these illicit networks is essential to countering Moscow's influence.
Research

Nov 27, 2024

Private Equity Penetration in Behavioral Health in the United States, 2010-2022

We provide data on trends for private equity acquisitions of behavioral health providers, including mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities, from 2010 to 2022.
Commentary

Nov 26, 2024

Russia Is Leveraging Gold and Working with China to Bypass Western Sanctions

Russia's evolving trade tactics, including the use of gold and informal networks, highlight the Kremlin's resourcefulness in circumventing Western sanctions. And China is playing a key role in its economic workarounds.
Project

Oct 21, 2024

Newton Fund Impact Evaluation

RAND Europe is working in partnership with Itad, IDR and Athena Infonomics to conduct an ex-post evaluation of the Newton Fund.
Research

Oct 17, 2024

Humanitarian Technology Adoption Case Study: Technology-enabled Cash and Voucher Assistance

RAND Europe, in partnership with Athena Infonomics and glass.ai, conducted a study exploring the adoption and use of emerging technologies in the humanitarian sector out to 2030, as well as associated risks, challenges and opportunities.
Research

Oct 3, 2024

Interim Impact Evaluation of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

This report explores interim findings on an evaluation assessing the effectiveness and impact of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).
Research

Sep 16, 2024

RAND Comment In Response to RFI on Uses, Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Sector

We provide a response to the Treasury's Request for Information on Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of AI in the Financial Services Sector. We provide a summary with observations, remedies, and responses to specific questions posed in the request.
Press

Sep 9, 2024

Gold Becomes Strategically Important to Russia

In response to Western economic pressure, Russia has turned to gold to support the economy, evade sanctions, and bolster its international trade.

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Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement: Key Insights

Banking Fees Keep Low-Income Customers Away

Crypto—The New Market for Lemons

Corruption and Russia's Illicit Gold Trade

Private Equity Penetration in Behavioral Health in the United States, 2010-2022

Russia Is Leveraging Gold and Working with China to Bypass Western Sanctions

Newton Fund Impact Evaluation

Humanitarian Technology Adoption Case Study: Technology-enabled Cash and Voucher Assistance

Interim Impact Evaluation of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

RAND Comment In Response to RFI on Uses, Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Sector

Gold Becomes Strategically Important to Russia

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Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement: Key Insights

Banking Fees Keep Low-Income Customers Away

Crypto—The New Market for Lemons

Corruption and Russia's Illicit Gold Trade

Private Equity Penetration in Behavioral Health in the United States, 2010-2022

Russia Is Leveraging Gold and Working with China to Bypass Western Sanctions

Newton Fund Impact Evaluation

Humanitarian Technology Adoption Case Study: Technology-enabled Cash and Voucher Assistance

Interim Impact Evaluation of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

RAND Comment In Response to RFI on Uses, Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Sector

Gold Becomes Strategically Important to Russia

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