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Scholarly Publications

Capital Market Regulation in Japan after the Global Financial Crisis

December 2015

Author(s): 
Takeo Hoshi, Ayako Yasuda
This paper is examines the evolution of Japan’s capital markets and the related regulatory reforms after the Global Financial Crisis.

Democracy and Economic Growth: Some Regularities

July 2013

Author(s): 
Boris Begović
Abstract: The paper summarizes and evaluates our current understanding of relations between democracy and economic growth and analyzes the mechanisms of the causality from democracy to growth....

The Role of Agriculture in China's Development: Performance, policy determinants of success, and lessons for Africa

April 2013

Author(s): 
Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle
The lost decades for China in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s look remarkably like the lost decades of Africa in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Other Publications

ProZorro - From a Volunteer Initiative to a Major State Reform

March 2018

Author(s): 
Olexandr Starodubtsev and Yurii Buhai
This case examines the decision process of a team of volunteers that started a public procurement reform named ProZorro.

'Locked-In' to China: The Colombo Port City Project

October 2017

Author(s): 
Karthik Sivaram
This case looks at the predicament of a small nation burdened by Chinese debt, accumulated by infrastructure projects under the aegis of China’s One Belt One Road initiative.

Building Hydropower Plants in Uganda: Who is the Best Partner?

June 2017

Author(s): 
Lin Le
Uganda has long been plagued by chronic power shortages.
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News

SCPKU hosts financial industry forums

July 2017

On March 30 and 31, 2017, Stanford held two events at SCPKU featuring the latest developments in quantitative finance and financial technology.     

Japan transforming its innovation culture by changing social norms, Stanford scholar finds

August 2016

Japanese corporations are evolving and adopting a “startup culture” to boost their business creativity and country’s economic prospects, a Stanford expert says.“We can see that over the past 15...

China moves ahead on infrastructure initiatives in quest for soft power and security

June 2016

As the inaugural meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank sets to convene, Stanford researcher Thomas Fingar discusses findings from his new book that seeks to study China’s objectives...
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Events

The AIIB After Two Years

March 22, 2018

For directions to the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, please click here.The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) commenced operations on January 16, 2016.

Towards a New Japan: Connecting Japan’s Biggest Challenges with Global Technology Solutions

March 14, 2018

As the Tokyo-based co-founder and managing partner of global VC fund Fresco Capital, Allison Baum is frequently asked “Why are you in Japan?”  Indeed, with a global network of corporate partners,...

Taiwanese investment in China vis-a-vis the Chinese investment in Taiwan

March 12, 2018

Cross-Strait economic activities are no longer one-dimensional.
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Projects

Remote sensing approaches to improving aid targeting and understanding aid effectiveness

This project aims to develop and test remote-sensing based approaches to gathering two typesof aid-relevant data: data on agricultural productivity and data on household assets, with a focus on Sub...
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Leadership Academy for Development

Program Overview  |  Background and Rationale  |  Training Program  |  Curriculum   |  Case Studies  |  Partnership  |  LAD Around the World  |  Lectures  | Student Testimonials | Interviews |...
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Technology and Human Capital _ Migration

One often hears that China has the largest online population in the world.
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Multimedia

Japan and the World

February 2017

The “Japan and the World” video lectures and accompanying lessons were made possible by a generous grant from the Center for Global Partnership (CGP)/The Japan Foundation to the Japan Program, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC),...

Changing Corporate Governance in Japan

July 2015

Video and transcript from the event "Changing Corporate Governance in Japan" with Takeo Hoshi (Stanford University), Masaaki (Masa) Tanaka (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

Interview: Dr. Cary Fowler

May 2015

On May 6, Dr.
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People

Stephen D. Krasner Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Kenneth F. Scheve Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science
David Lobell Senior Fellow Professor, Earth System Science, William Wrigley Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Marcel Fafchamps Senior Fellow Professor, by courtesy, Economics
Phillip Lipscy Center Fellow Assistant Professor, Political Science
Jerry Kaplan Research Affiliate Lecturer, Strategic Director of CDDRL
Takeo Hoshi Senior Fellow, Professor, by courtesy, Finance
Kenji E. Kushida Research Scholar
Christopher Seifert PhD student, Earth System Science
Hongmei Yi Program Manager, REAP-China, Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Renfu Luo Program Manager, REAP-China, Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hirofumi Uchida Visiting Scholar