The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Environment
Environment
FSI scholars approach their research on the environment from regulatory, economic and societal angles. The Center on Food Security and the Environment weighs the connection between climate change and agriculture; the impact of biofuel expansion on land and food supply; how to increase crop yields without expanding agricultural lands; and the trends in aquaculture. FSE’s research spans the globe – from the potential of smallholder irrigation to reduce hunger and improve development in sub-Saharan Africa to the devastation of drought on Iowa farms. David Lobell, a senior fellow at FSI and a recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant, has looked at the impacts of increasing wheat and corn crops in Africa, South Asia, Mexico and the United States; and has studied the effects of extreme heat on the world’s staple crops.
Scholarly Publications
Assessment of the Development of Groundwater Market in Rural China
July 2014
Abstract: Using field survey data collected by the authors, this chapter first describes groundwater markets in northern China that have been developing rapidly in the past two decades.
The Role of Agriculture in China's Development: Performance, policy determinants of success, and lessons for Africa
April 2014
The lost decades for China in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s look remarkably like the lost decades of Africa in the 1980s an 1990s.
Mapping Poverty in Rural China: How Much Does the Environment Matter?
February 2011
A recently developed small area estimation technique is used to geographically derive detailed estimates of consumption-based poverty and inequality in rural Shaanxi, China.
News
Scott Rozelle on How Agriculture Vitalized China's Economy
April 2013
Over the last thirty years, China’s rural income per capita has risen an astounding 20 times.
The Re-emergence of Intestinal Worms: Investigation of Infection Status Among Children in Rural Southwest China
April 2011
As part of China’s public health efforts, the “baota lozenge” - a sugary anthelminthic commonly administered to schoolchildren - once valiantly fought to stop the rampant transmission of parasitic...
Events
In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution
October 21, 2016
About the Topic: Considering continued population growth, increasingly limited availability of uncultivated land, and persistent rural poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, it is imperative to improve...
China and Africa: Are there Lessons for Development?
April 17, 2013
The lost decades for China in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s look remarkably like the lost decades of Africa in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Real China Threat: Why Might We Need to Worry About a Stagnating China?
May 22, 2012
Stanford Center for International Development Twelfth Annual Huang Lian Memorial LectureThe Real China Threat: Why Might We Need to Worry About a Stagnating China?
Projects
Baby Malnutrition and Developmental Delays in Rural China
Left behind by the rapid growth of the Chinese economy in large cities, Stanford researchers find that the average baby in rural China is malnourished and developmentally dealyed.
English
Counseling, Vouchers, and High School Matriculation
China's national government still struggles to keep students in school through high school Compulsory education in China ends with grade 9.
English
Mandarin as a Second Language
Rural ethnic minorities are among the most disadvantaged in their ability to access educational resources.
English
Multimedia
Collaborating with Policymakers: Making High School Free
July 2014
Productive collaborations with education officials in rural areas are key to scaling up REAP's successful interventions.