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Study looks at impact of Trump policy on abortion rate In sub-Saharan Africa
Research by Faculty Affiliate Grant Miller is highlighted on National Public Radio
June 27, 2019
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Stanford King Center on Global Development names new director
Economist Pascaline Dupas will take the helm in 2020.
June 14, 2019
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Robot Inc.: Study shines new light on China’s manufacturing makeover
Rising labor costs, an aging population and government policies are reshaping Chinese manufacturing. Hongbin Li is on a singular mission to understand how that’s happening.
May 29, 2019
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Socialization training is a key factor in retaining first-time women workers
Faculty Affiliate Aruna Ranganathan finds that the retention of first time women workers in textile factories in India is higher if the women receive training.
May 22, 2019
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Global poverty research center gets major philanthropic boost
The Stanford King Center on Global Development expands efforts to improve quality of life in the developing world.
May 22, 2019
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How global warming has made the rich richer
A recent study from Marshall Burke shows that climate change has dragged down growth in the poorest nations whilst likely boosting prosperity in some of the richest.
May 06, 2019
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Climate change has worsened global economic inequality
A new study co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Marshall Burke shows global warming has increased economic inequality since the 1960s.
April 22, 2019
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Economist and Faculty Affiliate Pascaline Dupas among 2019 Guggenheim Fellows
Economist Pascaline Dupas, a faculty affiliate, has been named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow.
April 10, 2019
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Farmers in China can manage their land for economic as well as environmental benefits
Research by Faculty Affiliate Gretchen Daily shows that Chinese farmers who took environmental concerns into account doubled their income
April 03, 2019
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Stanford researchers explore the effect of climate change on suicide rates
Suicide rates increase in warmer temperatures, leading to concerns about an uptick in suicides as Earth continues to warm.
March 29, 2019
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Q&A with Meredith Startz, the first postdoctoral fellow at the King Center on Global Development.
Meredith Startz is the inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the King Center. In a Q&A with the Center, she shares some of her research experience.
March 19, 2019
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Stanford researchers explore the effects of climate change on hunger
Stanford researchers explore how crop nutrition — zinc and iron, for instance — will respond to climate change and what that means for human health.
March 19, 2019
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Protected by prawns
Restoring native crustaceans along West Africa’s Senegal River may be a critical step in controlling one of the world’s deadliest tropical diseases.
March 17, 2019
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Migration to end poverty
Removing barriers to internal migration can boost a country’s productivity, albeit modestly and with heterogonous effects on original populations
February 22, 2019
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Solomon Hsiang on the economic impacts of global climate change
Solomon Hsiang, the Noosheen Hashemi Visiting Scholar at the King Center, combines data with mathematical models to understand the economic effects of climate change.
January 22, 2019
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The double-edged sword of palm oil
Widespread cultivation of oil palm trees has been both an economic boon and an environmental disaster for tropical developing-world countries.
January 16, 2019
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The ‘left-behind’ children miss out on China's economic miracle
Faculty Affiliate Scott Rozelle is quoted in the LA Times about the nearly 70 million Chinese children who are "left behind" in China's education system.
January 14, 2019
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Economics of a border wall
On National Public Radio, Faculty Affiliate Melanie Morten examined the economic effects of 2006 Secure Fence Act.
January 07, 2019
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Improving the social performance of supply chains
In a recent paper, Faculty Affiliate Jens Hainmueller and his co-authors showed that lean manufacturing in the apparel industry had the side benefit of improving labor standards.
December 19, 2018
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Yemen's cholera epidemic hits children hardest
Faculty Affiliate Paul Wise speaks about the horrific impact of civil war on the children of Yemen, including preventable cholera epidemics.
December 11, 2018