Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Trade
Scholarly Publications
The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law
December 2011
From Oxford University Press: There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights...
Human Rights for the 21st Century: Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture
December 2009
A new moral, ethical, and legal framework is needed for international human rights law.
Development and Practice of Arbitration in India --Has It Evolved as an Effective Legal Institution?
October 2009
The significant increase in the role of international trade in the economic development of nations over the last few decades has been accompanied by a considerable increase in the number of...
Other Publications
Facilitating Trade through Effective Border Control: Costa Rica's Challenging Reform Agenda
April 2015
Peñas Blancas, the border post where all overland commerce passed between Costa Rica and Central American countries to the north, was infamously slow and exceedingly congested.
Customs Reform in Indonesia
April 2015
This case describes the Indonesian government’s decision to combat systemic corruption and enhance efficiency in the customs service by “outsourcing” the customs inspections function to a foreign...
Getting Special Economic Zones to Work in Tanzania
March 2015
Tanzania spent years trying to attract foreign investment using Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
News
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.
Stanford conference to examine economic and trading pact in East Asia
October 2013
On October 11-12, the Taiwan Democracy Project at CDDRL in partnership with APARC is holding its eighth annual conference on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Taiwan’s future development strategy...
Stanford conference to explore governance and the provision of public goods
May 2012
The CDDRL Program on Poverty and Governance together with the Center for Latin American Studies will host a conference on May 18-19 to explore how governance impacts the provision of public goods...
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.
U.S.-China Rivalry and the Origins of Taiwan's Developmental State
October 1, 2017
Abstract Scholars have credited a model of state-led capitalism called the developmental state with producing the first wave of the East Asian economic miracle.
Special Event: Party Politics and Cross-Strait Relations in Taiwan after the 2016 Elections
August 20, 2017
For this special theme panel, the Taiwan Democracy Project has invited presentations that examine important changes in Taiwan’s party politics and cross-Strait relations since the election of...
Multimedia
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...
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