Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Investment
Scholarly Publications
Democracy and Economic Growth: Some Regularities
July 2013
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....
Gurgaon and Faridabad - An Exercise in Contrasts
September 2009
There is a general sense that the legal system in India is inefficient.
Distribution of Highways Public Private Partnerships in India: Key Legal and Economic Determinants
September 2009
Private sector participation and private investment have become the mainstay of the Government of India's policy toward infrastructural development.
Other Publications
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.
'Locked-In' to China: The Colombo Port City Project
October 2017
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
Uganda has long been plagued by chronic power shortages.
News
Egyptian visiting scholar examines political economy of the Arab world
March 2016
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is pleased to welcome Egyptian economist Samer Atallah as a visiting...
Where's Taiwan on the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
October 2015
With the announcement on Monday that an agreement has been reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the controversial trade accord is in the news all across Asia this week.
UCSB historian revisits Egypt's 1977 bread uprising [VIDEO]
April 2015
As part of the Arab Reform and Democracy Program's speaker series, UC Santa Barbara Historian Sherene Seikaly discusses her research on Egypt's 1977 bread intifada. A return to the historical...
Events
Taiwanese investment in China vis-a-vis the Chinese investment in Taiwan
March 12, 2018
Cross-Strait economic activities are no longer one-dimensional.
Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Re-appraisal
April 22, 2016
This half-day symposium will bring together scholars and practitioners to reconsider Taiwan's prospects for entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership in light of the conclusion of negotiations in...
The Sunflower Movement and the Future of Taiwan's Political Culture
October 13, 2015
Abstract Based on first-hand participant-observation, this talk will examine the culture, politics, and spatiality of the Sunflower Movement.
Projects
Leadership Academy for Development
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Rule of Law Program
Today, it is widely recognized that the absence of the rule of law constitutes a critical barrier to economic growth and democractic political development.
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