http://aparc.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from Shorenstein APARCen-usPublic domainhttp://aparc.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://aparc.stanford.edu/60http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1617In looking back at President Lee's first 100 days, Gi-Wook Shin and a former Pantech Fellow, John Feffer, assess the issues in Korea today. "With a big margin in his victory, President Lee thought and misunderstood that he had a mandate to do whatever he wanted to do and that backfired, " says Shin.]]>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1617http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1591Shorenstein APARC senior research scholar Rafiq Dossani reflects on the revolution in higher education in India, which "has still not been understood, even within India, perhaps because of the speed of its happening."]]>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1591http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1561"These are big, complex countries. It takes time to get to know them. Certainly, some familiarity is better than none." Rafiq Dossani comments on HP's new China Executive in Residence Program.]]>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1561http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1550"The policy that John McCain proposes is the policy that George W. Bush pursued--and that policy failed," says Shorenstein APARC's associate director for research %people1% tells Slate magazine in an interview.]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1550http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1547On May 14, SPRIE visiting scholar Robert Eberhart spoke about his current research assessing the effect of Japanese corporate governance reforms and the question of whether the corporate system in Japan will ultimately be converging with the Western model.]]>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1547http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1539New Beginnings, a nonpartisan policy study group of former senior U.S. officials and other experts on Korea, will discuss the results of President Lee's visit and the prospects for forging a real partnership with South Korea at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on June 3.]]>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1539http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1535Ten 2008 POSCO NGO Fellows were selected by the Fellowship admission committee during the second POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference held on May 1 and 2 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1535http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1538Shorenstein APARC is pleased to announce that Alisa Jones has been chosen as the 2008-2009 Northeast East Asia History Fellow.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1538http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1524The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center has selected Benjamin Self as the Takahashi Fellow in Japanese Studies.]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1524http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1517The Second Annual POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference to be held on May 1 at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada]]>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1517http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5349RSVP (RSVP required)
Marcus W. Feldman]]>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:37:54 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5349http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5348RSVP (RSVP required)
Judith Banister, Director of Global Demographics, The Conference Board]]>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:44:58 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5348http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5264By Invitation Only
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Although genetically modified (GM) crops are being grown on increasing large areas in both developed and developing countries, with few minor exceptions, there has been almost no country that has commercialized a GM major food crop. One reason may be that it is unclear how the commercialization of GM crops will help poor, small farmers. The objective of this article is to report on the results of an economic analysis that uses 3 years of data from a series of quasi-experimental areas (called preproduction trials) in China's GM rice program that were carried out in the fields of small and relatively poor producers in two provinces in China. The article shows that the use of GM rice by farmers in preproduction trials allows farmers to reduce pesticide use and labor input. The effect on yields is less clear, and the findings suggest that there is very little if any yield effect. The article concludes by arguing that the commercialization of GM rice in China could have consequences that exceed the direct impacts on China's farmers and could be a key step in breaking the world's current plant biotechnology logjam.]]>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:58:20 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22190http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22189World Development vol. 36, 2008
The overall goal of the paper is to better understand the development of groundwater markets in northern China. Field survey shows that groundwater markets in northern China have emerged and are developing rapidly. Developing in a number of ways that make them appear somewhat similar to markets that are found in South Asia, groundwater markets in northern China also differ by the impersonality and case bases. The privatization of tubewells is one of the most important driving factors encouraging the development of groundwater markets. Increasing water and land scarcity are also major determinants that induce the development of groundwater markets.]]>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:40:25 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22189http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22160Value in Health vol. 11, 2008
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In transitional economies, the scale of economic enterprise and the allocation of property rights shape social structures and influence income distribution. In agrarian economies, where labor-intensive family enterprises dominate, political officials income advantages decline rapidly relative to those of private entrepreneurs. Larger enterprises, however, provide greater income opportunities for officials, especially when a government retains an ownership stake in the initial phases of reform. This article replicates the findings from an earlier study of rural China using comparable survey data from Vietnam. We find that during the first two decades of rural market reform in Vietnam and China, the scale and ownership of firms differed radically. Small family enterprises dominated rural development in Vietnam, whereas Chinas development was dominated by larger firms, initially established by rural governments. Consequently, while cadre income advantages have kept pace with those of private entrepreneurs in China, they have declined rapidly in Vietnam.]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:40:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22155http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22153Economics Letters, March 14, 2008
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