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International Development

Experts in health, education, governance, energy and social justice collaborate to learn how different levers of action can impact communities.

Research Spotlight

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The Political Economy of Antipoverty Policies in Latin America

Alberto Díaz-Cayeros examines how conditional cash transfers have improved targeting in favor of the poor and become increasingly popular among politicians and policy makers, and whether these programs have shifted policy discretion away from political clientelism.

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Countering Brain Drain Through Circulation and Linkage: Illustrations and Lessons from China and India

A new framework uses the experiences of China and India to understand how circulation and transnational linkages are affecting the adverse impacts brain drain has on countries of different sizes, levels of development, and geographic regions.

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Reimagining Aid

Mary-Collier Wilks investigates the intricate interplay between aid donors from Japan and the United States, their competing priorities, and their impact on women's health initiatives in Cambodia.

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Featured Scholars

https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/lisa_blaydes

Lisa Blaydes

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Associate Professor of Political Science

Blaydes Full Bio

https://fse.fsi.stanford.edu/people/jennifer_burney

Jennifer Burney

Deputy Director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Burney Full Bio

https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/alberto_d%C3%ADazcayeros

Alberto Díaz-Cayeros

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Affiliated faculty, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law

Díaz-Cayeros Full Bio

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Prashant Loyalka

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education

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Publications

Policy Briefs

Role of Economic Incentives in Securing Cyberspace, The

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CISAC, 2004

Working Papers

IPP Investment in Turkey's Electric Power Industry

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #32, 2004

Journal Articles

Missed opportunities for patient education and social worker consultation at The Arbor Free Clinic

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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2004

Journal Articles

Standardizing and Globalizing the Nation-State

Sophia AGLOS News, 2004

Journal Articles

The Role of Perceived Team Effectiveness in Improving Chronic Illness Care

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Medical Care, 2004

Working Papers

Guangdong Electric Power Market Reform: Options and Impact

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #33, 2004

Journal Articles

Nuclear Proliferation Rings: New Challenges to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

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International Security, 2004

Journal Articles

Detecting Nuclear Material in International Container Shipping: Criteria for Secure Systems

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Journal of Physical Security, 2004

Journal Articles

Reengaging Russia: A New Agenda

Current History, 2004

Books

After the Collapse of Communism: Comparative Lessons of Transition

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Cambridge University Press, 2004

Working Papers

Quantifying Creative Destruction: Entrepreneurship and Productivity in New Zealand

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Journal Articles

The Party Elite and China's Trajectory of Change

China: An International Journal, 2004

Journal Articles

Translating research into practice: organizational issues in implementing automated decision support for hypertension in three medical centers

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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2004

Working Papers

The Quality of Democracy

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Commentary

Proposition 69 Could Threaten Privacy of DNA

San Francisco Chronicle, 2004

Books

Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles For Water and Power

Cornell University Press, 2004

Working Papers

Moving Up Out of Poverty: What Does Democracy Have to Do With It?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Human Rights and Citizenship: The Emergence of Human Rights Education

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Geopolitics of Gas: Executive Summary, The

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2004

Working Papers

Polish Electricity Market Investment Context, The

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #31, 2004

Working Papers

Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Avoid Hubris and Other Lessons for Reformers

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Institutions and Impersonal Exchange: The European Experience

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Sources of Rationalized Governance: Cross-National Longitudinal Analyses, 1985-2002

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Structural Convergence

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004