Xinshen Diao
Biographic Data
| ID | 6291928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xinshen Diao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xinshen |
| FAMILY NAME | Diao |
| SIGNATURE | DIAO X |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4843-1670 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Cities and rural transformation
Recent growth in many African countries has been accompanied by rapid urbanization, which could have major impacts on rural livelihoods. This paper examines patterns of rural livelihoods and poverty in Ghana based on the proximity of rural areas to cities of different sizes. The paper finds that many rural households in the areas close to cities have shifted their primary employment from agriculture to nonagriculture, especially in the more urban…
Understanding the Role of Rural Non-Farm Enterprises in Africa’s Economic Transformation
Tanzania’s recent growth boom has been accompanied by a threefold increase in the share of the rural labour force working in nonfarm employment. Although households with nonfarm enterprises are less likely to be poor, a substantial fraction of these households fall below the poverty line. Heterogeneity in the labour productivity of rural nonfarm businesses calls for a two-pronged strategy for rural transformation. Relatively unproductive enterpri…
Effects of tractor ownership on returns-to-scale in agriculture
Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa
Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa
We develop a model economy that has many of the features of Lewis (1954) but that also includes an in-between sector as described by Lewis (1979). Our model underscores the importance of the following determinants of structural change: (i) productivity growth in the agricultural sector; (ii) productivity growth in the nonagricultural sector and; (iii) the terms of trade. Public investment enhances productivity growth in all sectors but when it is…
Mechanization in Ghana
Influential studies in the 1980s and early 1990s drew on the Boserup–Ruthenberg theories of farming systems evolution to argue that African countries were not yet ready for widespread agricultural mechanization. Through applying the theories of farming systems evolution and of induced innovation in technical change, this paper shows that demand for certain mechanized farming operations particularly plowing has emerged even among smallholders, sug…
Local impacts of a global crisis
The Role of Agriculture in African Development
Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia – An economy-wide model analysis
International spillovers, productivity growth and openness in Thailand
Strategic policies and growth
Fiscal Debt Management, Accumulation and Transitional Dynamics in a CGE Model for Turkey
We use a dynamic general equilibrium model based on intertemporally optimizing agents to study alternative debt management policies for the Turkish economy. The model is based on the neoclassical growth theory in its adjustment to steady state dynamics, and on Walrasian general equilibrium theory of a small open economy in attaining equilibrium in its commodity and factor markets. Key features of the model are its explicit recognition of the dist…
The Role of Agriculture in African Development
Mechanization in Ghana
Influential studies in the 1980s and early 1990s drew on the Boserup–Ruthenberg theories of farming systems evolution to argue that African countries were not yet ready for widespread agricultural mechanization. Through applying the theories of farming systems evolution and of induced innovation in technical change, this paper shows that demand for certain mechanized farming operations particularly plowing has emerged even among smallholders, sug…
Cities and rural transformation
Recent growth in many African countries has been accompanied by rapid urbanization, which could have major impacts on rural livelihoods. This paper examines patterns of rural livelihoods and poverty in Ghana based on the proximity of rural areas to cities of different sizes. The paper finds that many rural households in the areas close to cities have shifted their primary employment from agriculture to nonagriculture, especially in the more urban…
Local impacts of a global crisis
Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa
Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa
We develop a model economy that has many of the features of Lewis (1954) but that also includes an in-between sector as described by Lewis (1979). Our model underscores the importance of the following determinants of structural change: (i) productivity growth in the agricultural sector; (ii) productivity growth in the nonagricultural sector and; (iii) the terms of trade. Public investment enhances productivity growth in all sectors but when it is…
Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia – An economy-wide model analysis
Strategic policies and growth
International spillovers, productivity growth and openness in Thailand
Fiscal Debt Management, Accumulation and Transitional Dynamics in a CGE Model for Turkey
We use a dynamic general equilibrium model based on intertemporally optimizing agents to study alternative debt management policies for the Turkish economy. The model is based on the neoclassical growth theory in its adjustment to steady state dynamics, and on Walrasian general equilibrium theory of a small open economy in attaining equilibrium in its commodity and factor markets. Key features of the model are its explicit recognition of the dist…
Strategic policies and growth
International spillovers, productivity growth and openness in Thailand
Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia – An economy-wide model analysis
Local impacts of a global crisis
The Role of Agriculture in African Development
Mechanization in Ghana
Influential studies in the 1980s and early 1990s drew on the Boserup–Ruthenberg theories of farming systems evolution to argue that African countries were not yet ready for widespread agricultural mechanization. Through applying the theories of farming systems evolution and of induced innovation in technical change, this paper shows that demand for certain mechanized farming operations particularly plowing has emerged even among smallholders, sug…
Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa
We develop a model economy that has many of the features of Lewis (1954) but that also includes an in-between sector as described by Lewis (1979). Our model underscores the importance of the following determinants of structural change: (i) productivity growth in the agricultural sector; (ii) productivity growth in the nonagricultural sector and; (iii) the terms of trade. Public investment enhances productivity growth in all sectors but when it is…
Understanding the Role of Rural Non-Farm Enterprises in Africa’s Economic Transformation
Tanzania’s recent growth boom has been accompanied by a threefold increase in the share of the rural labour force working in nonfarm employment. Although households with nonfarm enterprises are less likely to be poor, a substantial fraction of these households fall below the poverty line. Heterogeneity in the labour productivity of rural nonfarm businesses calls for a two-pronged strategy for rural transformation. Relatively unproductive enterpri…
Effects of tractor ownership on returns-to-scale in agriculture
Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa
Cities and rural transformation
Recent growth in many African countries has been accompanied by rapid urbanization, which could have major impacts on rural livelihoods. This paper examines patterns of rural livelihoods and poverty in Ghana based on the proximity of rural areas to cities of different sizes. The paper finds that many rural households in the areas close to cities have shifted their primary employment from agriculture to nonagriculture, especially in the more urban…
Economics (12 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Market economy (5 works) · Poverty (5 works) · Productivity (5 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works)