Seed Research Library

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
Award Type
Results for

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