RUral education action program
Cultivate Research Networks and Advance Capacity with
Partners in China
The Rural Education Action Program (REAP) is a multidisciplinary team of social scientists working towards a common goal: help China’s underserved
population reach their full potential. To meet this goal, we partner with pioneering minds in pediatrics, psychology, global health, education, and economics to
learn what works elsewhere in the world, adapt interventions to the Chinese context, then test their effectiveness.
REAP is at the cutting edge of impact research and evaluation, searching for evidence-based interventions that are both cost-effective and scalable. Over
the course of several decades, the team has built a vast network of partner universities, institutions, faculty, and practitioners who team up with Stanford
researchers to implement new projects and test out new ideas.
REAP is committed to nurturing future research talent working on China. Every year, REAP provides field research and quantitative methods training to
hundreds of students in China and in the US. Many of the current team leaders and faculty members began their careers with REAP as survey enumerators,
reflecting their focus on career development and capacity building within our network.
introduction to reap
In China, three out of every four children grow up in rural areas.
They have worse schooling and health outcomes than their
urban counterparts, and lack the opportunities and resources
that urban Chinese enjoy, yet China relies on their labor to drive
economic growth, and on their happiness to maintain political
stability.
In other words, the future of rural China will shape China’s
economic and political trajectory, which will in turn affect the
global economy.
REAP aims to help underserved children in China reach their full potential and become
happy and healthy members of a global economy. In our interconnected world, their future will impact
us all.
Parenting the Future
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Sustainability of Early Childhood
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