Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
International Development
International Development
FSI researchers consider international development from a variety of angles. They analyze ideas such as how public action and good governance are cornerstones of economic prosperity in Mexico and how investments in high school education will improve China’s economy.
They are looking at novel technological interventions to improve rural livelihoods, like the development implications of solar power-generated crop growing in Northern Benin.
FSI academics also assess which political processes yield better access to public services, particularly in developing countries. With a focus on health care, researchers have studied the political incentives to embrace UNICEF’s child survival efforts and how a well-run anti-alcohol policy in Russia affected mortality rates.
FSI’s work on international development also includes training the next generation of leaders through pre- and post-doctoral fellowships as well as the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program.
Recent Other Publications
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Impact Evaluation: Program Jóvenes con Porvenir
June 2017
Jóvenes con Porvenir is a public-funded program run by the government of Zapopan.
Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia
April 2014
Ongoing upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia since the 2011 revolutions indicates high levels of dissatisfaction with the political order, and expresses a deep desire for a drastic remodeling of the...
Conference Report: Trans-Pacific Partnership [Oct. 2013]
January 2014
On Oct. 11-12, 2013, the Taiwan Democracy Project convened a conference on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Taiwan’s Future Development Strategy” at Stanford.
Understanding the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Tunisia and Egypt
December 2013
Why has private entrepreneurship in Egypt and Tunisia remained underdeveloped despite decades of economic liberalization and private sector-friendly incentives and reforms?
For Each and Every Child: A strategy for Education Equity and Excellence
February 2013
Selection from the report (Foreword by the commission co-chairs):This report summarizes how America’s K-12 education system, taken as a whole, fails our nation and too many of our children.
Crowdsourcing for Democracy: New Era in Policy-Making
December 2012
By drawing on several cases around the world, this book illuminates the role of crowdsourcing in policy-making.
Social Entrepreneurship: Why is It Important Post Arab Spring?
December 2012
This white paper comments on the challenges and opportunities facing social entrepreneurship in the Arab world after the Arab Spring, with policy recommendations for the development community.
Drafting Egypt's New Constitution Policy Paper
March 2012
This is the first paper in the BDC-Stanford Project on Arab Transitions series, authored Dr.
New Day New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century
June 2008
U.S. foreign assistance—the rationale behind it, the amount we give, its orientation and organization—has changed dramatically in the last decade.
Russia: Rebuilding the Iron Curtain
May 2007
As an eternal optimist, I have for decades been one of those who believed that Russia could make the transition from communism to democracy, a development which in turn would help to integrate...
Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?
January 2007
Francis Fukuyama and Michael McFaul present an argument for continued American efforts to promote democracy and a plan to strengthen policy tools for those efforts.
Democracy and Human Development in the Broader Middle East: A Transatlantic Strategy for Partnership
December 2004
The report presented here is the result of several months of meetings and debate.
On the Brink: Weak States and US National Security
June 2004
The Center for Global Development opened its doors in November 2001, just two months after the terrorist attacks of September 11.
Capital Account Liberalization: Lessons for the Chile Singapore Trade Agreements
December 2003
Chairman King, Ranking Member Moloney and distinguished members of the committee, my name is Peter Henry Blair.
Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia Relations: Unfinished Business
September 2003
... Our hearing today is also intended to look at the current United States-Russia relationship.
How to Look Credible in Promoting Liberty
June 2003
George W. Bush wants Americans and the world to believe that the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two months ago represented a defeat for tyranny and a victory for liberty.
Reshaping the Middle East: Winning a Lasting Peace in Iraq Will Take More than Tanks
February 2003
Protesters who marched around the world last week were wrong to assume that American inaction against Iraq will make their children safer or the Iraqi people better off.
Unfinished Business in Europe
September 2002
To make his case, [Bush] has a powerful historical experience to draw upon: the end of the Cold War.
Change the Focus on Iraq
September 2002
PALO ALTO, CALIF.A year ago, a group of terrorists from Saudi Arabia and Egypt attacked the United States using box cutters as their weapons and citing extremist versions of Islamic fundamentalism...
Prospects for Democratic Development in Africa
December 1997
Although Africa has been one of the least democratic regions of the world, it has been experiencing widespread pressures for democratic change since 1990.
People
Francis Fukuyama Senior Fellow Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
Chonira Aturupane Senior Research Scholar Associate Director for Academic and Student Affairs, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy 
Michael Tomz Affiliated Faculty, CDDRL and CISAC Professor, Political Science, Chair of the Department of Political Science 
Stephen P. Luby Senior Fellow Professor, Medicine, Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health (by courtesy) 
