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Innovation
Scholarly Publications
Youth Movements in Post-Communist Societies: A Model of Nonviolent Resistance
June 2009
Over the past decade, the rise of youth movements applying nonviolent methods of resistance against autocratic incumbents occurred in the post-Soviet region.
Quantifying Creative Destruction: Entrepreneurship and Productivity in New Zealand
September 2004
Creative destruction "revolutionises the economic structure from within," Joseph Schumpeter famously said, "incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one." Innovation in...
Other Publications
Brick Kilns in Bangladesh
March 2020
Bangladesh is situated on the deltas of several large rivers passing into the Bay of Bengal. The country’s location on this alluvial plain means there is little natural rock available for use in...
Conference Report: Educational and Entrepreneurial Initiatives to Support Youth in Places of Violence [June 2015]
June 2017
Following in the footsteps of last year’s international conference on violence and policing in Latin American and U.S.
Teaching Values and Purpose for Social Change
September 2015
View the original article on the Stanford Social Innovation Review website here.As more students look to pursue meaningful careers in the social sector, it is imperative that educational...
News
Local Democracy in Action: Stories from the Field
August 2022
CDDRL's Leadership Network for Change and the Center for International Private Enterprise awarded collaboration grants to six teams of alumni to foster cooperation and strengthen democratic...
Leading social entrepreneurs join Stanford community
April 2017
Stanford’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship welcomes four social entrepreneurs to campus in spring quarter to engage students and the Stanford community with leaders in the social sector.
World Bank chief presents plan to end extreme poverty, prevent pandemic
November 2015
Stanford students belong to the first generation that could witness the end of extreme global poverty – in what would be one of humankind's greatest achievements – the head of the World Bank said...
Old Events
System Error, Live! With Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy Weinstein
September 21, 2021
Register for System Error, Live! This event will be held outside on Stanford's campus.
A New Approach to Economic Development
February 8, 2019
AbstractFrom the point of view of institutional economics, growth is related to the implementation and enforcement of property rights.
Silicon Valley and Asian Economies
February 2, 2016
This event is co-sponsored by NHK WORLD, Global Agenda, and the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.About NHK and Global AgendaNHK WORLD is NHK's international broadcast service....
Projects
Safadi-Stanford Initiative for Policy Innovation
Purpose of SSIPI The Safadi-Stanford Initiative for Policy Innovation (SSIPI) initiative is a partnership between the Safadi Foundation USA and the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford...
English
Quality of Democracy Project
As democracy has spread over the past three decades to a majority of the world's states, analytic attention has turned increasingly from explaining regime transitions to evaluating and explaining...
English
Multimedia
Carlos Cruz, Cauce Ciudadano (Citizen Channel) (Mexico)
June 2015
This talk is presented in Spanish. To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 ----Speaker Bio: Carlos Cruz founded the NGO Cauce Ciudadano (Citizen Channel) almost 15...
Mariluce de Souza, Social Entrepreneur from Complexo do Alemão Favela (Brazil)
June 2015
This talk is presented in Portuguese. To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 ----Speaker Bio: Mariluce Mariá de Souza is a community leader from Complexo do Alemão -...
Antonio Cervantes, "Heroes Cotidianos" La Pandilla
June 2015
This talk is presented in Spanish. To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 ----Speaker Bio: Antonio Cervantes is a movie producer from Mexico.
People
Stephen P. Luby Senior Fellow Professor, Medicine, Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health (by courtesy) 
