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Latest research examines link between violence and economic growth
In a report for the Inter-American Development Bank, CDDRL's Program on Poverty and Governance research team explores the relationships between economic outputs and drug trafficking violence in Mexico. Read more »
October 10th, 2012
The Program on Poverty and Governance releases report on Mexico's elections
Who voted for who in the last Mexican presidential elections? CDDRL's Program on Poverty and Governance released the study The 2012 Electoral Geography examining the electoral results from the 2012 Mexican presidential election. 
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September 27th, 2012
Groundbreaking research into dropout rates in Mexican schools released
AnnouncementThe Program on Poverty and Governance released a research update on the relationship between criminal activity and dropout rates in Mexico. Read more »
July 1st, 2012
With a new president and an old party, Mexico faces uncertain future
FSI Stanford, CDDRL, CISAC, Program on Poverty and Governance, CrimeLab NewsEnrique Peña Nieto was elected Mexico's president promising to curb the country's drug-related violence. Political scientist Beatriz Magaloni talks about what to expect from the largely unknown politician, what his policies may mean for Mexican-U.S. relations, and how his government would likely allow cartels some freedom to operate in exchange for the promise of peace. Read more »
May 15th, 2012
Stanford conference to explore governance and the provision of public goods
AnnouncementThe CDDRL Program on Poverty and Governance together with the Center for Latin American Studies will host a conference on May 18-19 to explore how governance impacts the provision of public goods and services throughout the world. Read more »
November 22nd, 2011
Researchers explore potential solutions to Mexican crime and violence
CISAC, FSI Stanford, CDDRL AnnouncementScholars and policymakers from around the world gathered at Stanford in October for a two-day conference that examined, from a comparative perspective, issues in violence, crime, and governance in Mexico. An executive summary of the program and a series of papers presented there highlight the causes of these challenges and explore some potential solutions. 
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October 14th, 2011
Cuéllar, Magaloni on Iranian assassination plot and link to Mexican cartels
FSI Stanford, CDDRL, Program on Poverty and Governance, CrimeLab NewsAs if the alleged Iranian plan to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S. wasn’t strange and sinister enough, it offered an outlandish twist: American officials say the Iranian plotters wanted to hire a Mexican drug cartel to carry out the murder. FSI’s Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and Beatriz Magaloni discuss the developing events. Read more »
August 24th, 2011
Mexico conference to draw international experts
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsOn October 3 and 4, the Program on Poverty and Governance at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law will co-sponsor a conference examining the issues of violence, drugs, and governance in Mexico from a comparative perspective. Read more »
August 23rd, 2011
Chiapas research examines women and governance
We sat down with recipient of the FSI Global Underdevelopment Action Fund, Professor Beatriz Magaloni to learn more about her research plans and how her work will address the larger issues of poverty and governance in Latin America and beyond. Read more »
August 10th, 2011
The lives of women in rural Guatemala
FSI Stanford in the newsAmaya Cotton-Caballero, one of the seven FSI undergraduate interns who traveled to Guatemala in July 2011, details some of her experiences in health clinics and home visits with local women, along with Professors Paul Wise and Beatriz Magaloni and Dr. Kate Leonard. Her blog entry examines how daily life stresses manifest in women's lives.
August 3rd, 2011
FSI Undergraduate Interns report from Guatemala
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsSeven Stanford undergraduates traveled to Guatemala as FSI Research Abroad Undergraduate Interns this summer, conducting field research examining poverty, governance, and health in the rural Guatemalan highlands, alongside Professors Paul Wise and Beatriz Magaloni. From the field, they have been documenting their experiences in FSI's blog, intheworld.stanford.edu.
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