Poverty
Scholarly Publications
Unequal Access to College in China: How Far Have Poor, Rural Students Been Left Behind?
May 2018
In the 1990s, rural youth from poor counties in China had limited access to college.
The Institutional Imperative: The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia
August 2011
Why do some countries in the developing world achieve growth with equity, while others do not?
Project Timeline: Program for the Study of Biofuels, Poverty and Food Security
February 2007
A concept note about setting up an international program for studying the effects of the emergence of biofuels on global poverty and food security. The recent global expansion of biofuels...
News
Experts Gather to Share Findings, Brainstorm Approaches, and Spur Further Research on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
March 2020
The Stanford Center at Peking University (SCPKU), the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), and the APARC China Program jointly hosted a workshop on China’s Belt and Road...
Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Anna Fifield and Expert Panel Discuss Change and Continuity in North Korea
November 2018
“I learned long ago to never predict anything about North Korea.” So began the keynote address by Anna Fifield, veteran journalist and winner of the 2018 Shorenstein Journalism Award.
Stanford expert: Asia's year in review
December 2011
The past year unfolded with Japan’s unprecedented triple disaster and closed with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s historic trip to Myanmar.
Old Events
The U.S. Rebalance to the Indo-Pacific: Understanding the Australia Pivot Point
April 15, 2014
In the next 20 years, the middle class in Asia is projected to swell from 600 million to 3.2 billion. If managed successfully, this could not merely be the single largest reduction in poverty in...
Does Decentralization Lessen or Worsen Poverty? Evidence from Post-‘Big Bang’ Indonesia
December 12, 2013
Co-sponsored by the Stanford Center for International Development Under what conditions is decentralization most likely to foster development and reduce poverty? Plausible answers include: a...
Is the Party Over? The Obsolescence of Authoritarian Growth in Singapore and Malaysia
April 8, 2013
In Singapore the People’s Action Party has held power continuously since 1959, having won 13 more or less constrained legislative elections in a row over more than half a century.
