Saumitra Jha
Associate Professor of Political Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Senior Fellow, Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Affairs
Saumitra Jha is an associate professor of political economy at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and, by courtesy, of economics and of political science, and convenes the Stanford Conflict and Polarization Lab. He is also a senior fellow at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law within the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Affairs and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. More information can be found on his website.
Recent work by Saumitra Jha
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Promoting development in ethnically divided societies: Historical lessons on peace and prosperity
Many poor, ethnically divided societies are caught in an ‘ethnic growth trap’, where conflict, low public investment, and political economy dynamics reinforce each other, hindering development. Historical examples reveal that inter-ethnic economic co...
Published 01.09.25
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Drawing the line: The short- and long-term consequences of partitioning India
The economic and political consequences of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947
Published 15.08.17