6 Feb 2008: Latest update on research
"Managing Social Risk in Global Infrastructure Projects." PowerPoint Presentation, November, 2007, Stanford University, CA.

8 Aug 2006: Meeting Minutes from NGOs & Governance Project Meetings
NEXT MEETING: Our regular weekly meeting time for the remainder of Winter quarter will be 1:15 to 2:15 on Mondays.
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5 Aug 2006: Database of Water & Sanitation PPP Projects

• Cochabamba, Bolivia case summary
  
• Cochabamba, Bolivia coded table
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia case summary
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia coded table
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina coded table
  
• East Manila, Philippines coded table
  

4 Aug 2006: Database of Pipeline Projects

• (a)Patagonia and (b)Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan(BTC) coded table
  
• Haoud el Hamra-Arzew coded table
  
• Chad_Camaroon coded table
  
• West East China case brief
  
• West East China coded table

2 Jun 2006: Methodological References
Ragin, Charles. 1987. THE COMPARATIVE METHOD. Univ of California Press.
Ragin, Charles. 2000. FUZZY SET SOCIAL SCIENCE. Univ of Chicago Press.

"...fuzzy set analysis is a good bit more sophisticated and powerful than the boolean approach described in THE COMPARATIVE METHOD, but it also demands a lot more of the researcher in terms of theoretic rigor and empirical knowledge of his/her cases. Fortunately, we don't have to make this decision anytime soon."

1 Jun 2006: Research Questions
(1a) What are the key, relatively stable, institutional elements and differences between them that affect the behavior of global project participants, local hosts, and interested parties? Can we identify, categorize, and assess them?
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2 Mar 2006: NGOs & Governance Study Project Proposal

View the project proposal.

View a Stanford Report article summarizing the project.
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