Leveraging Research for China
The Rural Education Action Project uses its studies about China’s poorest places to influence government policy.
As China’s economy boomed, classrooms in rural provinces emptied. One in four teenagers were dropping out of junior high to work in factories to help their impoverished families. Giving cash to students as an incentive to stay in school, as many nonprofits have done in other countries, seemed like an obvious solution.
But for Scott Rozelle, a good idea
isn’t good enough—it has to be
backed by empirical evidence. So
Rozelle, founder and co-director of
the Rural Education Action Project...
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One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead. 
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
