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FSI researchers consider international development from a variety of angles. They analyze ideas such as how public action and good governance are cornerstones of economic prosperity in Mexico and how investments in high school education will improve China’s economy.

They are looking at novel technological interventions to improve rural livelihoods, like the development implications of solar power-generated crop growing in Northern Benin.

FSI academics also assess which political processes yield better access to public services, particularly in developing countries. With a focus on health care, researchers have studied the political incentives to embrace UNICEF’s child survival efforts and how a well-run anti-alcohol policy in Russia affected mortality rates.

FSI’s work on international development also includes training the next generation of leaders through pre- and post-doctoral fellowships as well as the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program.

REAP Co-Director wins award for pioneering collaboration

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REAP Co-Director Scott Rozelle's received the Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology alongside Lothar Reh, reported an article published by China Daily on March 27, 2009.  

"Scott Rozelle and Lothar Reh are both scientists but their disciplines are as different as chalk and cheese - the only thing in common is their long association with China. Yesterday, they had another thing in common when they became winners of the Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology. Presented by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the awards - given for the first time - recognize their contributions to China's international cooperation in science and technology over the past decades, said Lu Yongxiang, CAS president." 

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Understanding the Education Gap in Rural China

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In China higher education is expanding at a rate unprecedented anywhere in the world. However, rocketing tuition and fees now exceed a rural family’s annual income many times over. Frequently, the best and brightest of China’s students from the countryside overcome miraculous odds academically to pass the rigorous entrance examinations to go to college, only to find their dreams shattered by the financial reality of escalating tuition.

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"We cannot afford to postpone investing in children until they become adults, nor can we wait until they reach school age—a time when it may be too late to intervene. Learning is a dynamic process and is most effective when it begins at a young age and continues through to adulthood."

Effect of Migration on Children's Educational Performance in Rural China

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Migration is one of the main ways of alleviating poverty in developing countries, including China. However, there are concerns about the potential negative effects of migration on the educational achievement of the children that are left behind in villages when one or both of their parents out-migrate to cities. This paper examines changes in school performance before and after the parents of students out-migrate. Surprisingly, we find that there is no significant negative effect of migration on school performance. In fact, we find that educational performance improves in migrant households in which the father out-migrates.

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China's Economic Development (2014), and Comparative Economic Studies
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Scott Rozelle

Li Han

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Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University. Research Team, Rural Education Action Project China.
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Li Han is an assistant professor of economics at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Li Han's research interests are development economics and political economy. Her recent work examines the recent wave of centralization reforms in rural education system in China.

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