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Quality education for all children? What works in education in developing countries
February 10, 2014
Education is critical to economic and social development. There has been substantial progress in improving education in developing countries, but there are still considerable challenges ahead.
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.
Teaming Up to Learn How to Overcome Anemia: Nutritional Education and Mobile Messaging Design for Household Engagement
January 25, 2013
This study seeks to understand whether developing an innovative curriculum kit that will supplement health instruction for 3rd to 6th grade students and teachers in underdeveloped areas of rural...
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?
Information, Counseling or Conditional Cash Transfers: How Can China Increase Matriculation into High School in Poor Rural Areas?
April 5, 2012
China’s future economic growth is dependent on skilled and educated workers.
Will China Fall into a Middle Income Trap? Growth, Inequality and Future Instability
December 6, 2011
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED The problem: Despite the recent robust growth, there is concern that as China moves up the income ladder that its high level of inequality may be a breeding ground for...
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...
Informational Session on FSI Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
February 16, 2011
This event will introduce the 2011 Freeman Spogli Institute's Undergraduate Summer Research Internships.
Understanding the Expansion and Quality of Engineering Education in India
February 22, 2010
The Indian economy has expanded at a fairly steady and rapid rate in the past fifteen years, and part of that expansion has been a greatly increased demand for university graduates, particularly...
The Contributions of School Quality and Teacher Qualifications to Student Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Beijing Middle Schools
December 18, 2009
We use administrative data from the lottery-based open enrollment system in Beijing middle schools to obtain unbiased estimates of school fixed effects on student performance.
Program Evaluation Training
August 22, 2009
A REAP-sponsored workshop lead by REAP affiliate Paul Gewwe (University of Minnesota) designed to target foundation and non-profit managers and executives, researchers and government officials....
International Workshop on Rural Education Policy
August 21, 2009
A REAP-sponsored workshop designed to target foundation and non-profit managers and executives, researchers and government officials.
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Sarah-Eve Dill Senior Editor, SCCEI Senior Editor, SCCEI, Early Childhood Education Program Lead, REAP 