REAP Policy Impact
REAP by the Numbers

Research to Affect Change
What makes us different?

Who we work with
REAP works with local and national-level policy-makers depending on their interest and compatibility with respective government agendas. Depending on project needs and government interest, we either take a top-down or bottom-up approach.

Top-down approach
Working from the top-down with the support of the national government typically means quick policy impact on a large scale. National support may come with funding and directives for initiatives the provincial governments can then implement locally.

Bottom-up approach
The bottom-up approach allows us to work directly with local policy makers to identify and refine initiatives that target a specific need in the area. Once we know what works, our local government partners can share the findings and successes with national decision makers who can advocate for policy change at the national level.
Our Four Steps to Policy Change




- Strategies to Influence Policy
- 1. Leading by Example
- 2. Coalition Building
- 3. Briefing China's Leadership
Strategies to Influence Policy
- We lead by example by converting effective interventions into sustainable and scalable social enterprises.
- We build coalitions with notable companies, media outlets, and contacts.
- We brief China’s leadership through formal policy briefs.
1. Leading by Example
REAP converts successful interventions into social enterprises that demonstrate to government stakeholders how proven solutions can be scaled sustainably. Currently, we have two established social enterprises:
- Smart Focus secures cost sharing agreements with governments in dozens of counties across three provinces to provide affordable vision care to over a hundred thousand rural school children per year.
- REAP’s Online Computer Assisted Learning (OCAL) social enterprise partners with rural school districts to deliver remedial tutoring software to thousands of classrooms each year.

2. Coalition Building
3. Briefing China's Leadership
- The Development of Cooperative Rural Medical Care: Policy Evaluation and Suggestions for Reform
- Promoting the Development of the Rural Education System through Preschool Education
- Improving School Management in Rural Western Areas and Protecting the Health of Boarding School Students
- Improving the Education of Migrant Children
- The Future Direction of Rural Investment: Village Level Infrastructure Investment and the Changing Wishes of Rural Residents
- Promoting Childhood Development by Eliminating Childhood Anemia in Impoverished Areas
- Childhood Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Impoverished Areas: Suggestions for Research and Policy
- Dropping Out of Middle School: A Critical Problem in Poor Rural Areas
- Suggestions for Quickly Eliminating Childhood Anemia in Poor Rural Areas
- The Nutritional Milk and Eggs Program: A Call to Consider Eliminating Childhood Anemia in Poor Rural Areas
- Ningxia's Nutrition through Eggs Program: A Call to Consider Eliminating Childhood Anemia in Poor Rural Areas
- The Safety of Accommodations at Rural Elementary Boarding Schools
- Research on Development of Basic Services in Ningxia
- Exploration and Policy Suggestions for Popularization of Education in Rural High Schools in Poor Areas
- Exploration and Policy Suggestions to Improve Poor Rural Areas and Urban Migrant Schools’ Academic Performance (CAL)
- Policy Recommendations on the Implementation of Nutrition Improvement Plan for Students Under Compulsory Education in Poor Areas
- Research and Policy Recommendations on the Situation of Infant Malnutrition and Underdevelopment in Poor Areas
- Advisory for Implementing a Free Nutritious Lunch Program in Compulsory Schools in Poor Rural Areas
- Policy Recommendations on the Control and Prevention of Myopia Among Primary School Students in Poor Rural Areas
- Suggestions to Improve the Quality and Development of Vocational Schooling in China