One out of every three children under age 5 in developing countries lives in conditions that impede human capital …

western rural China, the empirical study found that school expenditures on students and teachers account for only 12% of total … expenditures, while expenditures on school administration is as high as 72%. Expenditures on students and teachers (software) are …

Aiming to provide better education facilities and improve the educational attainment of poor rural students, China …. To accompany the policy, boarding facilities have been constructed that allow (mandate) primary school-aged children to … and investment programmes on the educational performance of students. Drawing on a unique dataset that records both the …