The RAND Corporation

The RAND Corporation (formerly Research and Development Corp.), a research and analysis think tank based in Santa Monica, USA, was founded in 1948. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest and to making our work accessible to people throughout the world. The organization's mission is to help improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. It does not have a print edition. The RAND Corporation's website is www.rand.org.