Reseach Center on the Rule of Law and Regional Development Study

"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership." - by John Maxwell, Developing the Leader Within You (Thomas Nelson publ.)

The Research Center on the Rule of Law and Regional Developmental Studies (CRLRDS) is an independent research center affiliated with Huadong Normal University 's Institute for International Studies. Founded by Dr. Kate Zhou and Prof. Li Hongtu, the center seeks to promote innovative and practical research to assist developing countries and underdeveloped regions in the design and implementation of policies to foster sustainable growth and healthy environment, and to advance the rule of law. Scholars affiliated with the center explore how best to use market solution, local knowledge, rule of law, and transparent policies to harmonize the pursuit of each of these goals.

The research center encourages multi-disciplinary research to do comparative studies on trade, non governmental organizations, micro finance, land allocation and use, local markets, rural education and management, rule of laws, environment protection, township urbanization, rural health care, and gender relations.

The Center also supports specialized teaching, training, and outreach activities to assist countries and regions struggling with problems of political, economic, and judicial reform, environmental design, and property rights institutional building, to improve their prospects for success. An important dimension of the Center's work is the identification and cultivation of institutional arrangements at all levels of society to encourage greater responsibility and accountability in decision-making, both public and private.

 

The Center is founded in partnership with the Cato Institute (US), the Hogan Entrepreneurship Program (US), and Education Advancement Fund International (US), Liberty Fund ( India ), Indone , Thailand .