Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Research
About
Part of CDDRL's mission is to understand how countries can overcome poverty, instability, and abusive rule to become prosperous, just, democratic, and well-governed states. This concern for the overall trajectory of national development—and for the intricate links among the economic, political, legal, social, and health dimensions of development—sets CDDRL apart from other research centers.
Research Programs
The Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective
Conducts policy-relevant research related to effective governance in the United States.
Program on Arab Reform and Democracy
Examines the different social and political dynamics within Arab countries and the evolution of their political systems.
Democratic Fragility and Conflict
More information coming soon.
The Governance Project
Seeks to better conceptualize and measure governance.
Global Infrastructure Policy Research Initiative
Conducts interdisciplinary research on infrastructure public policy, investment, and governance.
Poverty, Violence, and Governance Lab
Aims to provide solutions to lawlessness and violence.
Program on Turkey
A platform for critical analysis and research on politics and society in Turkey.
Program on Urbanization and Development
Studying the changing economic, social, and political conditions in two of Africa’s largest cities.
People
CDDRL is a multi-disciplinary center, and our faculty, researchers, and affiliates hail from across the University the fields of law, philosophy, history, political science, economics, medicine, business, and computer science.
Publications
Browse cutting-edge scholarship on the themes of global, political, and economic development.
Browse Our Archive of Research Projects