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Briefing paper

Briefing paper

Public sector reform in Iraq


Iraq’s public sector has shown formidable resistance to reform. The goal of this briefing is to guide policymakers, international financial institutions and development agencies in their design and implementation of public sector reform programmes in Iraq.
Briefing paper

Data collection for community-based allied health chronic disease management


This paper argues that there is a lack of digital infrastructure to support the collection of allied health data. The authors suggest that development and implementation of nationally consistent clinical terminology for data entry, software interoperability standards for data exchange and sharing, and support for organisational adoption of new digital health technologies are required.
Briefing paper

The escalating terrorism problem in the United States


This CSIS brief examines the state of terrorism in the United States. It asks two sets of questions. First, what are the most significant types of terrorism in the United States, and how has the terrorism threat in the U.S. homeland evolved over time? Second, what are the implications for terrorism over the next year?
Briefing paper

International students vital to coronavirus recovery


This Mitchell Institute issues paper highlights the far-reaching implications across many Australian communities and industries of a collapse in international student numbers.
Briefing paper

Background paper: Land management – hazard reduction: a literature review


This literature review focuses predominantly on prescribed burning, which has been used in Australia as the preferred method to reduce fuel loads and fuel continuity and thus has received the most attention in the scientific literature. The paper also canvasses literature related to mechanical fuel load reduction and livestock grazing as fuel management techniques.