Shenggen Fan is the director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD). A Chinese citizen, Shenggen joined IFPRI in 1995. His major research includes technical change, institutional reforms, productivity measurement, effects of government spending and development and poverty reduction strategies in developing countries. He led IFPRI's public investment program before the current position. Prior to IFPRI, he worked for the International Service for National Agricultural Research, and the University of Arkansas. He received his PH.D in applied economics from the University of Minnesota. Both of his B.S. and M.S. are from Nanjing Agricultural University, China.

• Pro-Poor Public Investment
• China Program
• Development Strategy
• Rural-Urban Linkages
• The Dragon and the Elephant: China and India Development and Reform Experience

• India
• China
• Asia
• Africa
• Middle East and West Asia
• Global

• The Dragon and the Elephant: A Comparative Study of Agriculture and Rural Reforms in China and India
  2007. Gulati, A.; Fan, S. (eds). The Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Public Investment and Poverty Reduction: Lessons from China and India
  2007. Fan, S.; Thorat, S. Economic and Political Weekly.
• Investment, Subsidies, and Pro-Poor Growth in Rural India
  2007. Fan, S.; Gulati, A.; Thorat, S. Discussion Paper No. 716, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C.
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• National and International Agricultural Research and Rural Poverty: The Case of Rice in India and China
  2007. S. Fan; Chan-Kang, C. Agricultural Economics 33 (3): 369-379.
• Public Policy and Poverty Reduction in the Arab Region
  2007. Gadir, A. Abdel; Fan, S. Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, and the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C.
• Road Development, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
  2005. Fan, S.; Chan-Kang, C. IFPRI Research Report 138.
  Abstract (PDF 105K)  |  Full Report (PDF 308K)
• Public investment and poverty reduction in Tanzania: Evidence from household survey data
  2005. Fan, S.; Nyange, D.; Rao, N. DSDG Discussion Paper No. 18. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C.
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• National and International Agricultural Research and Rural Poverty: The Case of Rice in India and China
  2005. Fan, S.; Chan-Kang, C. Agricultural Economics.
• Investment, Reforms and Poverty in Rural China
  2004. Fan, S.; Zhang, X. Economic Development and Cultural Change 52 (2) 395-422.
• Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Rural China: The Role of Public Investment
  2002. Fan, S.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, X. IFPRI Research Report 125.
  Abstract (PDF 79K)  |  Full Report (PDF 529K)  |  Chinese translation available