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

The Auctions of Real Options, Financial Innovations, and Economic Growth

Principal Investigator
Lin Cong Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD Fellowship, PhD I-Award
Research Locations
China, Ghana, Vietnam
Award Date
December 2013

The Pseudo-Integration of SMEs in Turkey: The Case of MÜSIAD

Principal Investigator
Avital Livny Political Science Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Turkey
Award Date
December 2013

Re-Crafting the Agricultural Supply Chain to Create More Value and Benefit the Small Farmers in Developing Economies

Principal Investigator
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
Pakistan
Award Date
October 2013

Networks and Growth in India's Startup Ecosystem

Principal Investigator
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
September 2013

Analyzing the Role of Subsidies in Growing the Kenyan Aquaculture Sector

Principal Investigator
Rosamond Naylor Environmental Earth System Science Department, Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
Kenya
Award Date
July 2013

Developing the Tourism Supply Chain for Poverty Alleviation in Rural China

Principal Investigator
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
China
Award Date
June 2013

Ethnic Diversity and Innovation in Developing Economies

Principal Investigator
Sunny Jeon Political Science Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD Fellowship
Research Locations
Kenya
Award Date
June 2013

Evaluating and Improving the Educational Impacts of Solar Lights

Principal Investigator
Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty GDP Capacity-Building Project Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
June 2013

Informing a Behavioral Study on Innovation Triggers Across Low-Income Populations in Rural India

Principal Investigator
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
June 2013

Performance Effects of Private Equity on Indian Firms

Principal Investigator
Troy Smith Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD Fellowship, PhD I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
June 2013

Size Distribution of Manufacturing Establishments in Developing Countries

Principal Investigator
Sidharth Kothari Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD Fellowship
Research Locations
India
Award Date
June 2013

Optimizing Microfinance Groups for Microenterprise: The Power of Social Networks

Principal Investigator
Arun Chandrasekhar Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
May 2013

Business Literacy and Development: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Mexico

Principal Investigator
Giacomo De Diorgi Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
Mexico
Award Date
April 2013

Impact of Export Opportunity on Productivity, Management Practices, and Working Environment in Manufacturers in Myanmar

Principal Investigator
Mari Tanaka Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Myanmar
Award Date
March 2013

Political Accountability and Public Fund Management in Kenya

Principal Investigator
Kelly Zhang Political Science Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
PhD I-Award
Research Locations
Kenya
Award Date
March 2013

Social Learning of Innovation Skills: Does Promoting Cross-Cultural Interaction Improve Human Capital?

Principal Investigator
Michael Leatherbee Management Science & Engineering Department, Stanford School of Engineering
Award Type
PhD Fellowship
Research Locations
Chile
Award Date
March 2013

Feeling Good and Doing Better: Enhancing Smallholder’s Livelihoods Through High Quality Cacao Varieties

Principal Investigator
Eric Lambin Earth System Science Department, Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
Belgium, Ecuador, Mexico, United States
Award Date
February 2013

How Trade System (GATT/WHO) Could be Better Designed to Open up New Markets in Developing Economies

Principal Investigator
Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
January 2013

Governance Innovations in Sierra Leone

Principal Investigator
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
Sierra Leone
Award Date
September 2012

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Around the Globe and Early Stage Company Growth Dynamics

Principal Investigator
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
N/A
Award Date
August 2012

Does Management Matter?

Principal Investigator
Nick Bloom Economics Department, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Award Type
Faculty I-Award
Research Locations
India
Award Date
January 2012