Shenggen Fan (樊胜根) was the Director General of the

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(IFPRI) between 2009 and 2019.New Director General of IFPRI: Statement of the Chairman of the Board
/ref> He is known for his work on transition economies and rural development in China. His research has focused on analysis of the role of public and private investments in agriculture and public infrastructure in the fight against

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and hunger. In addition to his work on his home country, he has also worked extensively in other Asian countries, and East Africa.Paraphrased from
Profile of Shenggen Fan, Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals Website

Education

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Nanjing Agricultural University in China. In 1989, he graduated from the College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences of the University of Minnesota with a Ph.D. in applied economics. His research was the first to separately measure the effects of the green revolution promoted by international agricultural research, technological change, and institutional changes in China, on the productivity of the Chinese agricultural system.

Career

After completing his PhD, he was a post-doctoral fellow and associate research officer at the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) in The Hague, Netherlands from 1990-1992, and then a research economist at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology,

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, Fayetteville. From there, he joined IFPRI in 1995. At IFPRI, he was successively * 1995–1998: Research Fellow at IFPRI * 1998–2005: Senior Research Fellow and team leader of public investment at IFPRI * 2005–2009: Division Director of IFPRI's Development Strategy and Governance Division .Paraphrased from
Staff Profile on the IFPRI Website
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(IFPRI), Washington, DC.

Other activities

Fan has received the Outstanding Alumni Award in Applied Economics and the Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals in 2006 (both from the University of Minnesota). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Agricultural EconomistsExecutive Committee of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
/ref> and has been on the editorial boards of ''Food Policy'' (UK), 2002–Present.Editorial Board of Food Policy
/ref> ''Journal of Chinese Rural Economy, China'', 2001–PresentCurriculum Vitae
/ref> and '' Review of Agricultural Economics'', USA, 2001–2002 Fan is a member of the Leadership Council of Compact2025, an initiative for ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025. Since 2004, Fan is an adjunct fellow of the Institute of Indian Dalit Studies, New Delhi.Institute of Indian Dalit Studies: Visiting Faculty
/ref> Dr. Shenggen Fan is on the Board of Trustees of the

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Awards

Fan received the 2017 Fudan Management Excellence Award, which recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of management.

Publications

Fan has published 32 peer-reviewed journal articles, which were cited over 250 times.ISI Web of Knowledge He has also edited or (co-)authored 7 books: * Fan, Shenggen; Zhang, Linxiu (2003). ''WTO and rural public investment strategy in China''

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Beijing: China Agricultural Publishing House. * Fan, Shenggen; Zhong, Funing; Wen, Simei (2005). ''Globalization and small farm-holders.'' Beijing: China Agricultural Publishing House. * Fan, Shenggen; Chan-Kang, Connie (2006). ''Road development, economic growth, and poverty reduction''

Beijing: China Agricultural Publishing House. * Fan, Shenggen; Gulati, Ashok (2007).
The dragon and the elephant : Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
'' Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. * Fan, Shenggen (2008).
Public expenditures, growth, and poverty in developing countries: Lessons from developing countries
'' Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. * * Fan, Shenggen; Zhang, Xiaobo; de Haan, Arjan (2010)

Singapore: World Scientific.

References

External links

Profile on the IFPRI website

Publication summary on Scopus

Presentations on Slideshare
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