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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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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Journal Articles

Biotechnology in the Developing World: A Case for Increased Investments in Orphan Crops

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Food Policy, 2004

Working Papers

Clashing Inspirations: Presumptive Universals and the Cult of Local Knowledge

University of British Columbia, 2004

Working Papers

Factors that Explain Investment in Cross-Border Natural Gas Transport Infrastructures: A Research Protocol for Historical Case Studies

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #8, 2004

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Time to Listen (commentary), A

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004

Journal Articles

Within-Year Variation in Hospital Utilization and Its Implications for Hospital Costs

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Journal of Health Economics, 2004

Working Papers

Reform of the Chinese Electric Power Market: Economics and Institutions

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #3, 2004

Working Papers

What IT Can and Cannot Do for the Power Sector and Distribution in India: Link to Reforms, Incentives, and Management

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #19, 2004

Journal Articles

Learning from Normal Accidents

Organization and Environment, 2004