Our Impact
Research insights generated by the King Center’s multidisciplinary community of Stanford scholars help to provide a better understanding of critical issues, as well as create scalable solutions and inform policies and implementation efforts.
Transformative innovations
Read examples of how the King Center has contributed to building the evidence base on global poverty alleviation challenges and solutions, and learn more about promising innovations and new results in the fight against global poverty.
Counting calories
PhD student Nano Barahona investigated the impact of a national food labeling law in Chile, garnering interest from policymakers in countries considering similar laws.
Read about the impacts of food labeling on consumer food purchases
Socialization training is a key factor in retaining first-time women workers
Faculty Affiliate Aruna Ranganathan shows that the retention of first time women workers in textile factories in India is higher if the women receive training in social aspects as well as work practices.
Learn about the implications for public policy and organizational practiceImpact at scale
Learn how our affiliates' work is having a broad impact in the world by informing policy, influencing decision makers, and jump-starting action.
Satellites for sustainable development
A paper in Science by King Center researchers documents how new techniques to study development trends using satellite imagery and machine learning are now used by governments and the private sector.
Read how King Center researchers are paving the way in this field
Stanford researcher finds lead in South Asian turmeric and jumpstarts a bigger movement
Researchers part of the King Center initiative focused on lead exposure have shown that turmeric is a key contributor to lead levels in rural Bangladeshis.
See how this research has informed policy decisions by the Bangladeshi government and others