The Seed research library serves as a resource for Stanford faculty and PhD students conducting work on poverty alleviation.
This library hosts a collection of completed research project findings, including published research papers, video content, articles, and more funded by Seed through the Stanford King Center on Global Development.
All researchers received funding support for their projects from the Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies Award Program, or I-Award; the Global Development and Poverty Initiative Award Program; or the Discovery Awards Program.
Seed Research Projects Search Opensearch
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Corruption, Trust, and Firms’ Access to Finance: Evidence from Brazil
Principal Investigator
Emanuele Colonnelli Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Brazil
Award Date
June 2014
Developing Capacity to Assess Health Interventions and Poverty Reduction: The Stanford Global Health and Poverty Model
Principal Investigator
Douglas Owens Stanford School of Medicine
Award Type
Faculty GDP Capacity-Building Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
June 2014
Economic Development, Human Capital, and Private Sector Interests
Principal Investigator
Agustina Paglayan Political Science Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela
Award Date
June 2014
Explaining Human Capital Investment in Africa
Principal Investigator
Melina Izama Political Science Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Malawi
Award Date
June 2014
Poverty, Institutions, and Economic Development in the Long Run
Principal Investigator
Stephen Haber Political Science Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty GDP Capacity-Building Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
June 2014
Savings Monitor: Deploying Local Social Networks to Mobilize Savings
Principal Investigator
Arun Chandrasekhar Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
June 2014
Tax, Lies & Red Tape
Principal Investigator
Megha Patnaik Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
June 2014
Women’s Ascents to Executive Roles in the Middle East and Africa: The Potential of Swift Changes in the Face of Stagnated Progress
Principal Investigator
Bobbi Thomason Management Science & Engineering Department, Stanford School of Engineering
Award Type
PhD Fellowship
Research Locations
Egypt
Award Date
June 2014
Assessing Enterprise-Level Benefits of Direct Monitoring of Solar PV Products in East Africa
Principal Investigator
Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
Uganda
Award Date
May 2014
Criminal Violence, Security, and Poverty
Principal Investigator
Beatriz Magaloni Political Science Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty GDP Capacity-Building Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Examining the Impact of Online Courses and the Flipped Classroom Model: Evidence from Mongolia
Principal Investigator
Award Type
Faculty GDP Exploratory Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Firm-to-Firm Transactions in Ecuador
Principal Investigator
Dave Donaldson Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
Ecuador
Award Date
May 2014
Improving Profits and Safety of Pig Farmers in Bangladesh and China: A Targeted Approach to Reduce Poverty Among Discriminated Minorities
Principal Investigator
Stephen Luby Stanford School of Medicine
Award Type
Faculty GDP Exploratory Project Award
Research Locations
Bangladesh, China
Award Date
May 2014
Pilot Study A: Characterizing a Transformation in Agency Among Disadvantaged Subsistence Farmers in Tribal Communities in Central India
Principal Investigator
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
May 2014
Poor Relief and Economic Development: A New Perspective
Principal Investigator
Avner Greif Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty GDP Exploratory Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Private Equity and the Organization of Firms: Evidence from Latin America
Principal Investigator
Diego Torres Patino Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Brazil
Award Date
May 2014
Rethinking the Problem of Refugees Around the World
Principal Investigator
Ran Abramitzky Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty GDP Exploratory Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Stanford Economic Development Research Initiative (SEDRI)
Principal Investigator
Pascaline Dupas Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty GDP Capacity-Building Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
The Role of Law, Legal Institutions and “Legal Substitutes” in Economic Development and Poverty Reduction
Principal Investigator
Erik Jensen Stanford Law School
Award Type
Faculty GDP Exploratory Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Training for the Future: Transforming Teacher Training Programs for Rural Teachers in Developing Economies
Principal Investigator
Prashant Loyalka Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Award Type
Faculty GDP Exploratory Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Transparency and New Technology to Reduce Childhood Malnutrition in India
Principal Investigator
Grant Miller Stanford School of Medicine
Award Type
Faculty GDP Capacity-Building Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Understanding Movement Patterns of Populations of Internally Displaced Persons in North Kivu, DRC
Principal Investigator
Shripad Tuljapurkar Biology Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty GDP Exploratory Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
May 2014
Choosing the Wrong Entrepreneurs? How to Improve Public Resource Allocation Using Rational Heuristics
Principal Investigator
Michael Leatherbee Management Science & Engineering Department, Stanford School of Engineering
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Chile
Award Date
December 2013
Entrepreneurship and Growth in a Global Economy
Principal Investigator
Kalina Manova Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
China
Award Date
December 2013