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Connie Chan-Kang
Researcher at University of Minnesota
Publications - 38
Citations - 1919
Connie Chan-Kang is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 38 publications receiving 1755 citations. Previous affiliations of Connie Chan-Kang include International Food Policy Research Institute & CGIAR.
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A meta-analysis of rates of return to agricultural R&D : ex pede Herculem?
TL;DR: Pinstrup et al. as mentioned in this paper presented the first attempt to take a comprehensive look at all the available evidence on rates of return to investments in agricultural R&D since 1953, and the only attempt to do so in a formal statistical fashion.
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Road Development, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction in China:
Shenggen Fan,Connie Chan-Kang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the impact of public infrastructure on growth and poverty reduction in China, paying a particular attention to the contribution of roads, and find that the benefits of roads on production and productivity are well recognized in the literature but some important gaps remain.
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Is small beautiful? Farm size, productivity, and poverty in Asian agriculture
Shenggen Fan,Connie Chan-Kang +1 more
TL;DR: In the 1970s and 1980s, as many Asian countries rapidly moved towards industrialization and urbanization, small farms were considered to be a major obstacle in this process.
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Regional road development, rural and urban poverty: Evidence from China
Shenggen Fan,Connie Chan-Kang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an econometric model that captures the different channels through which road investment impacts growth and poverty is developed and estimated using provincial-level data for 1982-1999 in China.
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Agricultural R&D is on the move.
TL;DR: Pardey et al. as discussed by the authors argue that big shifts in where research and development in food and agriculture are carried out will shape future global food production, write Philip G. Pardey and colleagues.