The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Water
Scholarly Publications
Agricultural water management at the village level in northern China
April 2015
"Growing scarcity of freshwater worldwide brings to light the need for sound water resource modeling and policy analysis.
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.
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...
Old Events
Using Mixed Methods to Improve the Quality and Relevance of Impact Evaluation
April 11, 2011
Overview: It is now widely recognized that a rigorous, policy-relevant impact evaluation embeds the counterfactual analysis of impact in a wider analysis of the underlying program theory (theory of...
Projects
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.
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Worm Count 2010
Poor health habits are prevalent in crowded dining commons. Intestinal worms are a widespread problem in many developing countries.
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