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The King Center appoints two scholars as faculty fellows
Katherine Casey and Grant Miller have been awarded faculty fellowships at the King Center on Global Development.
September 14, 2020
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A 'citizen of the world' takes the King Center helm
Stanford Professor of Economics Pascaline Dupas begins her term as faculty director at the King Center.
September 11, 2020
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Another unity government won’t solve Lebanon’s crisis
Graduate student Christiana Parreira writes in the Washington Post about her research showing that ideologically opposed parties rarely share power well.
August 20, 2020
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King Center welcomes two new postdoctoral fellows for 2020 - 2021
Nirvikar Jassal and Madeline McKelway will join the King Center on Global Development as postdoctoral fellows for the 2020 - 2021 academic year.
August 04, 2020
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A cultural approach to development
Catherine Thomas, a PhD candidate in social psychology and King Center research funding recipient, traveled to Niger to help facilitate community discussions.
July 27, 2020
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Quest for security and empowerment
The King Center’s David Lobell and Soledad Artiz Prillaman focus their research on food security and political representation in India.
July 22, 2020
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Intra-household and intra-personal constraints to women’s employment in India
Low self-confidence may keep women from persuading family members that they should enter the workplace, despite wanting to work themselves.
July 20, 2020
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Trump-era racist rhetoric makes Chinese students in the U.S. less supportive of democracy
A new paper by Faculty Affiliates Jennifer Pan and Yiqing Xu showed that racist, anti-Chinese taunts boost support for the Chinese regime from an unexpected group.
July 17, 2020
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Stanford researcher finds lead in South Asian turmeric and jumpstarts a bigger movement
Researchers part of the King Center initiative focused on lead poisoning have shown that turmeric is a key contributor to heightened blood-lead levels.
July 15, 2020
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In the eyes of the beholder: How do artisans set prices for their products
Artisans who are attached to their creative output offer discounts to discerning buyers, even when these buyers have a high willingness to pay.
July 13, 2020
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Center affiliates help launch Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab
A new multidisciplinary initiative convenes researchers across Stanford's campus and in Brazil to secure localized, high-quality data to fight human trafficking.
July 08, 2020
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Ending poverty in 2020 was going to be Xi's crowning achievement. Coronavirus might have ruined it
Faculty Affiliate Scott Rozelle spoke with CNN Business about China's 2020 poverty alleviation goals and the impact COVID-19 is having on achieving them.
July 02, 2020
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Air pollution's connection to infant mortality
A study by Faculty Affiliates Marshall Burke and Eran Bendavid focuses on the impact of air pollution on infant mortality.
June 29, 2020
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A singing Xi Jinping look-alike battles the censors in China
Faculty Affiliate Jennifer Pan talks with The New York Times about authoritarian censorship in China.
June 29, 2020
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When planting trees threatens the forest
Research by Faculty Affiliate Eric Lambin reveals that subsidies for tree plantations in Chile resulted in the loss of biologically valuable natural forests.
June 22, 2020
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Postdoctoral fellow Brandon de la Cuesta on using data for sustainable development and what's next for him at Stanford
In a Q&A, Brandon de la Cuesta reflects on his time spent at the King Center as a 2019 - 2020 postdoctoral fellow, as well as his research on resource-revenue accountability.
June 18, 2020
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Podcast: Exploring the powerful, puzzling connections between climate change and the coronavirus crisis
Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud speaks to Stanford journalism student Matthew Vollrath about the likely increase of vector-borne diseases as climate change intensifies.
June 15, 2020
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How travel matters for trade
Postdoc Meredith Startz talks on the Trade Talks podcast about her trade research in Lagos, Nigeria, and how COVID-19 is affecting Lagos traders.
June 11, 2020
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A new approach to reducing spread of mosquito-borne diseases
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, another source of deadly and increasingly frequent disease outbreaks goes largely unnoticed by much of the world.
June 08, 2020
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Postdoctoral fellow Sara Lowes reflects on her research in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In a Q&A, Sara Lowes reflects on her time spent at the King Center as a 2019 - 2020 postdoctoral fellow and her research in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
June 03, 2020