Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Education
Scholarly Publications
Traditional Governance, Citizen Engagement and Local Public Goods: Evidence from Mexico
December 2013
We study the governance of public good provision in poor communities in Oaxaca, Mexico.
History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia: Divided Memories
December 2011
Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy.
Political Liberalization in the Persian Gulf
September 2009
The countries of the Persian (or Arab) Gulf produce about thirty percent of the planet's oil and keep around fifty-five percent of its reserves underground.
Other Publications
Impact Evaluation: Program Jóvenes con Porvenir
June 2017
Jóvenes con Porvenir is a public-funded program run by the government of Zapopan.
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.
Impact Evaluation: Program Jóvenes con Porvenir
November 2015
Jóvenes con Porvenir is a public-funded program run by the government of Zapopan.
News
Russian History Expert Stephen Kotkin Appointed FSI Senior Fellow
September 2022
Kotkin’s research interests include authoritarianism, geopolitics, global political economy, and modernism in the arts and politics.
"We Have Entered a New Historical Era": Larry Diamond on the Future of Democracy
April 2022
Speaking at the April 2022 meeting of the FSI Council, Larry Diamond offered his assessment of the present dangers to global democracy and the need to take decisive action in support of liberal...
A History of Unity: A Look at FSI’s Special Relationship with Ukraine
April 2022
Since 2005, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies has cultivated rich academic ties and friendships with Ukrainian scholars and civic leaders as part of our mission to support...
Old Events
Political Contestation and New Social Forces in the Middle East and North Africa
March 9, 2018
Please note: Registration for the conference is open only to Stanford University affiliates. A valid SUNet ID is required to register. Click here to register.
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.
Talk by ballroom dancing legend Pierre Dulaine
May 29, 2015
Abstract:Ballroom dancing legend Pierre Dulaine will discuss his 'Dancing Classrooms' method which he applied in his award winning documentary 'Dancing in Jaffa' to bring Arab and Jewish children...
Projects
Network for Youth Agency: A Program Evaluation
BACKGROUNDCharacterized as a notorious case study of urban violence in Latin America, Rio de Janeiro slums (known as favelas) have long been home to dangerous drug factions.
English
Youth with Hope Program
BACKGROUND Youth with Hope is the first large-scale vocational training program implemented in Mexico.
English
Improving Teacher Quality in Mexico
Teaching is a core element of the educational process and a significant body of literature demonstrates that good teachers matter a lot for improving student academic achievement.
English
Multimedia
Infrastructural State Power in Putin's Russia
September 2016
Abstract:The paper introduces the public sector as a major source of infrastructural state capacity that helps autocrats survive.
Valnei Succo, Favela’s Observatory (Rio de Janeiro)
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: Born in the Baixada Fluminense and raised in Rocha Miranda in Rio’s North...
Christa Gannon, Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY)
June 2015
This talk is presented in English. To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 ----Speaker Bio: Christa Gannon is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fresh Lifelines...
People
Pascaline Dupas Senior Fellow Professor, Economics, Senior Fellow, SIEPR, Director, Stanford King Center on Global Development 
Carlos Schmidt-Padilla Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Impact Labs (SIL), affiliated with PovGov at CDDRL 