Name

Stanford King Center on Global Development

Legal name

Stanford King Center on Global Development

Website

https://kingcenter.stanford.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Research - Global Development

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

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International & Global Research Universities (Multi-Campus/International Footprint) (EDAHABAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Social Sciences & Public Policy Research Universities (EDAHABAD)

Keywords

• Global development research
• Development economics
• Field research fellowships
• Academic research funding
• Poverty alleviation research

Headquarters

HQ city

Stanford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. University Institutional Funding: Core operational funding provided by Stanford University to support the center's research infrastructure, staff, and programming.
2. External Grants and Research Funding: Funding received from foundations, government agencies, and multilateral organizations to support specific research initiatives, faculty research grants, and fellowship programs.
3. Donations and Philanthropy: The center accepts charitable contributions through Stanford University's giving platform, with strategic funding priorities communicated to prospective donors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The Stanford King Center on Global Development is an academic research center that supports rigorous, field-based empirical research on global poverty and economic development. It provides research funding, fellowships for graduate students, undergraduates, postdocs, and predocs, and capacity-building grants to faculty and partner institutions, and it disseminates findings through seminars, a podcast, and policy engagement.

Product overview

The Stanford King Center on Global Development is a university-wide research center that functions as a platform of research programs and funding opportunities rather than a commercial product. It offers a portfolio of interconnected programs including graduate and undergraduate research funding, postdoctoral fellowships, faculty research grants, and community events. The center supports multidisciplinary research across nine thematic areas (Education and Skills, Environment and Climate Change, Gender and Equity, Governance and Institutions, Health, Innovations in Methods and Data, Trade and Migration, Urbanization and Infrastructure, and Work, Entrepreneurship, and Finance) through various research initiatives and funding mechanisms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Graduate Student Research Funding

Quantifiable outcome

• Research supported across 40+ countries globally with field operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Institute for an Independent Judiciary (LeIP), IndonesiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeIP is the King Center's primary in-country partner for research on blasphemy laws, human rights, and judicial reform in Indonesia. The partnership involves joint research, training tool development for the National Judicial Training Center, and capacity building workshops for civil society. Funded in part by the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta.
• Daayitwa, NepalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDaayitwa is a local NGO in Nepal working with King Center faculty on political candidate training and local governance research following Nepal's local elections.
• Equity Group Foundation, KenyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with one of the largest banks in East Africa to investigate the effectiveness of digital vs. non-digital business skills training for entrepreneurs in Kenya, using randomized controlled trial methodology.
• Water for PeoplecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater for People serves as the community partner for research on sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in rural healthcare facilities in Uganda and Ghana, supporting the UN Secretary-General's global call to action.
• World BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe World Bank is a collaborating institution on retail modernization field experiments in Mexico, working with Stanford GSB researchers to study the impact of business modernization on small-scale retailers.
• Mexico Ministry of FinancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMexico's Ministry of Finance partners with Stanford GSB researchers on field experiments studying the effect of modernization and e-payment technology on small-scale retailers in Mexico City and Guadalajara.
• Fundes, MexicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundes is the local community partner for retail modernization research in Mexico, supporting data collection and field operations for the RCT studying the impact of business modernization on small-scale retailers.
• Makerere School of Public Health, UgandacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Makerere School of Public Health is the local partner for WASH sustainability interventions in rural healthcare facilities in Uganda, supporting implementation and field research activities.
• Advanced Info Services (AIS), ThailandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIS serves as the local technology partner for research on gig economy platforms and rapid hiring for entrepreneurs in Thailand.
• Jobs Creation Commission, EthiopiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthiopia's government Jobs Creation Commission is the local partner for refugee entrepreneurship education and team matching algorithm research, facilitating government engagement and policy connections.
• Pradan, IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPradan is the implementing NGO partner for gender-oriented civics education research in rural Madhya Pradesh, India, conducting the randomized control trial on women's political representation.
• Delvic Sanitation Initiatives, SenegalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelvic Sanitation Initiatives serves as the local partner in Dakar, Senegal for electrochemical disinfectant recovery research from fecal sludge, collaborating on field trials and proof-of-concept development.
• Innovations for Poverty ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPA is the local research partner for socioeconomic impacts of urbanization research in Côte d'Ivoire, supporting survey data collection and field operations for the Stanford Economic Development Research Initiative (SEDRI).
• Global Oncology, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal Oncology partners with Professor Ami Bhatt on HPV vaccination education campaigns in Nigeria, developing comic book and media-based educational materials for school-age children and their families.
• Brazilian Federal Labor Prosecution OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Chief Data Officer at the Brazilian Federal Labor Prosecution Office collaborates with the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab on operationalizing administrative data for trafficking network research in Brazil.
• UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNHCR collaborates with the King Center on refugee entrepreneurship research and self-reliance programs, particularly in Ethiopia, providing operational support and policy connections for refugee-focused field research.
• Stanford WSD HANDA Center for Human Rights and International JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe WSD HANDA Center for Human Rights and International Justice is a Stanford partner on human rights research in Indonesia, providing additional resources and expertise for transitional justice and blasphemy law research.
• African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPHRC is the local health policy partner for tracking carbapenem antimicrobial resistance in two Nairobi informal settlements, enabling targeted interventions through environmental and human microbiome sampling.
• SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association), IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEWA is the NGO partner for the SEWA Wage Loss Insurance Experiment in rural Gujarat, India, working with Professor Grant Miller to evaluate a novel insurance product compensating for lost wages during hospital treatment.
• The Health Equity InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Health Equity Initiative collaborates with Karen Eggleston on leadership for health equity in southeast Asia and China, supporting the network of researchers studying non-communicable disease control.
• Chulalongkorn University, ThailandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChulalongkorn University partners on health disparities and chronic disease control research in Thailand, supporting comparative evaluation of national programs promoting physician supply in rural areas.
• Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ChinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Zhejiang Provincial CDC partners on rural China's non-communicable disease control research, supporting data collection and evaluation of health programs in rural Zhejiang province.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MIT D-Lab: MIT-based research and education program addressing global development challenges through technology, design, and field-based research. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary university development center with field operations in low-income countries.
• UC Berkeley Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA): Berkeley-based university research center running randomized controlled trials and field experiments on global development, with comparable faculty pipeline programs and policy-engagement mandate. Direct peer in funding model, methodology (RCTs), and emerging-economy focus.
• Harvard Kennedy School – Center for International Development: Harvard-affiliated research center producing evidence-based policy research on economic growth, governance, and poverty reduction in developing countries. Directly comparable in elite-university setting, policy engagement, and development-economics focus.
• Yale Economic Growth Center: Yale's hub for research on economic development in low-income countries, with strong faculty affiliate model and graduate student training. Comparable in academic rigor, country portfolio (especially Africa), and RCT-driven methodology.
• Georgetown Global Human Development Program: Georgetown's academic program focused on global development research and education, with emphasis on field-based evidence and policy engagement. Comparable as a university-based development research and training program.
• Princeton Innovations for Successful Societies: Princeton-based research program studying how governments in developing countries build effective institutions. Comparable as a university-based development research hub with field operations in emerging economies and policy-engagement mission.

Broad incumbents

• Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA): Elite university's policy school producing research on international development, governance, and economics. Comparable in cross-disciplinary policy research and training of future development leaders, but with a much broader mandate beyond development research.
• Oxford Martin School: Oxford University's research hub addressing global future challenges including development, health, and environment. Comparable as a major private research university's interdisciplinary global challenges platform with cross-school affiliate model.
• Northwestern Institute for Policy Research: Northwestern's social science research hub producing policy-relevant scholarship. Comparable as a university-based research institute with interdisciplinary social science and policy focus, though broader than global development specifically.

Others

• Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA): Major NGO running randomized controlled trials on poverty alleviation in 20+ countries, frequently partnering with academic researchers including those at the King Center (e.g., IPA is King Center's partner in Côte d'Ivoire). Closely comparable methodology and field footprint; functions more as a research implementation partner than a direct competitor.

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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