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Scholarly Publications
The Economic Costs of Drug-Trafficking Violence in Mexico
June 2017
The levels of violence in Mexico have dramatically increased in the last few years due to structural changes in the drug trafficking business.
The Economic Costs of Drug-Trafficking Violence in Mexico
December 2013
The levels of violence in Mexico have dramatically increased in the last few years due to structural changes in the drug trafficking business.
The Role of Legal Process in the Redesign of Indian Government-Business Relations
October 2009
The institutional context of economic activity in India has undergone tremendous change in the past 15 years.
Other Publications
Choosing the Japanese Way: Thilawa Special Economic Zone in Myanmar
January 2019
From 1962 onward, Myanmar was a military dictatorship.
ProZorro - From a Volunteer Initiative to a Major State Reform
March 2018
This case examines the decision process of a team of volunteers that started a public procurement reform named ProZorro.
Thailand's Collective Action Coalition Against Corruption
March 2018
This case focuses on a private sector initiative to fight deep-seated corruption in Thailand.
News
Amr Adly Explains Market-Making Failure in Egypt [VIDEO]
June 2020
In a webinar dated June 8, 2020, American University in Cairo Scholar Amr Adly presented findings from his new book Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt (Stanford...
Ziad Abu-Rish Analyzes the Trajectory of Lebanon's Uprising [VIDEO]
May 2020
In a webinar dated, May 27, 2020, Ohio University Historian Ziad Abu-Rish analyzed the trajectory of Lebanon's Uprising and the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the contemporary political scene....
Introducing CDDRL's incoming pre- and postdoctoral fellows
August 2016
Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is proud to announce our four incoming fellows who will be joining us in the 2016-2017 academic year to develop...
Events
When Beijing Goes to Washington: Autocratic Lobbying Influence in Democracies
September 23, 2020
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The Social Origins of Egypt's Failed Market Making
May 28, 2020
This event is co-sponsored by the Arab Studies Institute ABSTRACTThis talk is based on the speaker's new book Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt (Stanford...
LAD Course: LBSNAA Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
September 6, 2016
This five day intensive program for a select group of mid- and high-level Indian government officials and business leaders is designed to address how government can encourage and enable the private...
Projects
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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Economic Consequences of Violence
The Poverty and Governance Program has an ongoing research agenda aiming to evaluate the impact of drug-related violence on economic activity.
English
Program on Social Entrepreneurship
"Transforming ripples into waves of transformational change across the world" Vision: The Program on Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law...
English
Multimedia
Taiwan’s China Dilemma
October 2016
Contested Identities and Multiple Interests in Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Economic PolicyAbstractChina and Taiwan share one of the world's most complex international relationships.
Taiwan and the TPP: A Re-Evaluation
April 2016
This half-day symposium brought together scholars and practitioners to reconsider Taiwan's prospects for entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership in light of the conclusion of negotiations in October 2015 and the election of a new president and...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Russia: Back to the Future
April 2015
On April 13, 2015, Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) welcomed former Russian businessman and political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky as he presented his talk, Russia: Back to the Future. Mr.
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Saumitra Jha Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Research Affiliate at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Associate Professor of Political Economy, GSB Senior Fellow, SIEPR 
