Stanford Global Projects Center
Recent News
While Dr. Caroline Nowacki was still a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford and working with GPC, she and Executive Director Ashby Monk worked with CDC International Capital and wrote a series of articles to present Sovereign Wealth Funds and Sovereign Investors in simple terms and to address questions about SWFs that led to many misunderstandings and myths in politics.
Today, the volume of alternative data is exponentially increasing with technological innovation and growing interest from investors. Investors are now seeking innovative ways to draw meaningful insight from the flood of data and to increase value for sustainable investment. The team of Stanford GPC scholars who specialize in alternative data and environmental social and governance (ESG) investment have written this article that discusses the definition of “alternative ESG data” and how we evaluate its quality.
This case study on transportation policy discusses causes and effects of toll-managed lane adoption, particularly in five states--Texas, California, Colorado, Minnesota, and Florida.
The Global Projects Center and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (both of Stanford) explore and critique the Belt and Road Initiative adopted by China.
This article shares its study and analysis of 160 PPP projects in Canada, which has relatively shorter PPP tendering periods than other countries. Read the complete article by Carter Casady et.al. here.
