FSI researchers consider international development from a variety of angles. They analyze ideas such as how public action and good governance are cornerstones of economic prosperity in Mexico and how investments in high school education will improve China’s economy.
They are looking at novel technological interventions to improve rural livelihoods, like the development implications of solar power-generated crop growing in Northern Benin.
FSI academics also assess which political processes yield better access to public services, particularly in developing countries. With a focus on health care, researchers have studied the political incentives to embrace UNICEF’s child survival efforts and how a well-run anti-alcohol policy in Russia affected mortality rates.
FSI’s work on international development also includes training the next generation of leaders through pre- and post-doctoral fellowships as well as the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program.
Shorenstein APARC's Daniel Okimoto receives high honors from Japan
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On Thursday, June 7, 2007, Daniel I. Okimoto, director-emeritus and co-founder of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University was awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. Professor Okimoto was chosen for "his contribution to the promotion of scholarship and academic exchange between Japan and the United States."
According to the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, Professor Okimoto was chosen for the following contributions to Japan:
1. Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center
In 1978, Prof. Okimoto established a multi-disciplinary research center called the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) at Stanford University which focuses on the study of key issues in public policy involving the United States and Asia. Prof. Okimoto served as the Director of APARC for 12 years from 1985 to 1997 during which time he held many conferences and seminars on the political economy of both Japan and the United States. Through those activities, Shorenstein APARC contributed to deepening the mutual understanding for people in the field of politics and economics of both countries.
2. Japan-U.S. Legislative Leaders Meeting and Asia Pacific Roundtable
Prof. Okimoto approached some U.S. Congressmen and organized a Japan-U.S. Legislative Leaders Meeting. For 14 years from 1984 to 1998, this annual meeting helped to promote exchanges between political leaders in Japan and the United States and advance mutual understanding between the two countries. In 1999, the Japan-U.S. Legislative Leaders Meeting became the Asia Pacific Roundtable and included leaders from the entire Asian region as well as from Japan and the United Sates. The Asia Pacific Roundtable has been instrumental in enhancing exchange among the political leaders of Japan, the United States and other Asian countries.
3. Asia Pacific Scholarship Program
Prof. Okimoto established the Asia Pacific Scholarship Program at Stanford University in 1997. Stanford University selected the best and brightest college graduates from Asian countries as well as from Japan and gave them an opportunity to study in graduate programs at Stanford University on scholarship. Highly promising young Japanese scholars were also selected and had an opportunity to study at Stanford University through this scholarship program.
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Boosting business in the Philippines: Gold mining firm cleared of toxic dumping charges in Indonesia - Pacific Time on Public Radio International
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Newmont Mining, the world's second-largest producer of gold, was acquitted this week by an Indonesian court. The firm, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, was accused of dumping toxic mercury and arsenic waste off Indonesia's Sulawesi Island. Shorenstein APARC's Donald K. Emmerson is interviewed by K. Oanh Ha on KQED's Pacific Time about the court's decision.
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Beyond Green and Blue? Reassessing and Forecasting the Dynamics of Taiwan's Politics
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This is a CDDRL's Special Seminar within our Democracy in Taiwan Program. In this seminar, Dr. Da-chi Liao will reassess Taiwan's political polarization and make her prediction regarding Taiwan's upcoming legislative and presidential elections.
Dr. Liao is Professor of Graduate Institute of Political Science at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. She is currently a Fulbright Scholar at The Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Professor Liao is former President of Taiwanese Political Science Association. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1990. Since then, she has been involving in an international project entitled "Democracy & Local Governance," which has been conducted in more than twenty-six countries at least once throughout the last fifteen years. Dr. Liao has been the project leader of Taiwan since 1993. Her other research interests include issues related to democratization, constitutional development, and legislative institutions. Recently, she is utilizing a new research tool, data-mining, developed by information technologists, to uncover politics beneath the surface.
Dr. Liao has published about 40 refereed articles in journals such as Issues & Studies, Journal of Contemporary China, Chinese Political Science Review, Taiwanese Political Science Review, Sun Yat-sen Journal of Social Sciences, Taiwan Journal of Democracy.
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The 2007 Nigerian Elections: Implications for the Future of Democracy
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Rotimi Suberu is a professor of political science at the University of Ibadan, where he has taught since 1986. He is currently Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the United States Institute of Peace. Suberu has served as a consultant to the Nigerian government, and the EU delegation to Abuja as well as to the National Democratic Institute and National Endowment for Democracy. He recently led a research project on ethnic and federal studies funded by the Ford Foundation. His publications include Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria (USIP Press, 2001); Ethnic Minority Conflicts and Governance in Nigeria, (Spectrum Books [Ibadan], 2003); Public Policies and National Unity in Nigeria (Development Policy Center [Ibadan], 1999).
Suberu has won fellowships and visiting positions from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, New Delhi's Center for the Study of Developing Societies, and from the U.S. Institute of Peace. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for African Studies at Stanford.
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Managing Global Insecurity Project (MGI)
Nearly 20 years into the post-cold war era, the existing multilateral architecture of international organizations, treaties, and alliances shows signs of acute distress. Built for a different age, different threats, and different structure of world power, many of its institutions cannot meet today's challenges. The United Nations and the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are two such institutions, designed for a different world.
Venezuela: Revolutionizing Energy Integration and Democracy
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Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez, formerly Vice Minister of Hydrocarbons in the Ministry of Energy and Mines, is also Professor in the School of Political and Adminstrative Studies at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.In addition to his previous positions in the Ministry of Energy and Mines, he is currently the Venezuelan Representative to the Energy Council of the U.S. and has coordinated different international agreements with the U.S. Department of Energy, the French Energy Task Force, and the Conferences of Ministers of OPEC. He served as Deputy of the National Congress of Venezuela from 1994-1999.
This event is co-sponsored by the Woods Institute for the Environment, The Progam for Energy and Sustainable Development, and the Center for Latin American Studies.
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Ukraine and the European Union: Current Prospects and Concerns for Ukraine Membership in the European Union
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Natural Gas and Energy Futures of India and China
The Stanford Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) is concluding a major study aimed at understanding the future role for natural gas in the rapidly growing economies of China and India. On June 4-5, 2007 PESD will convene a meeting at Stanford to present the results of the study and engage with participants from industry and academia on the implications of this work for global energy markets.
PESD has partnered with leading regional research centers in both China and India to construct detailed assessments of the key drivers for future gas demand in both countries. At the June meeting PESD and its research collaborators will share results from the natural gas study and explore the study's broader implications on China and India's role in the future world energy market. Meeting participants will include representatives from government, industry, academia, and non-government organizations from the United States, China, India, Europe, and others.
Panels at the meeting with focus primarily on the implications of the study on larger questions of energy and global geopolitics, including:
§ Competitiveness of natural gas vis a vis coal in the power sector
§ Geopolitical implications of major supply projects
§ Regulatory reform and pricing
§ Implications for CO2 and climate change
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