Xiaobo Zhang

SMEs experienced a V-shaped recovery.

A survey shows lockdowns are having serious impacts on agricultural operations, particularly pig farmers.

As China begins to emerge from the worst, a survey shows many enterprises struggle to survive.

The event video, presenter slides, podcast, photos and blog will be available in the days following the event. Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara — especially for small farms and businesses — requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems. Can Asia, with its recent success in […]

China has rapidly transformed itself into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse, and is now the world’s second-largest economy. But low levels of basic education pose a challenge for the future. Authors Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell draw on extensive surveys on the ground to examine how low education levels among China’s large rural […]

After the COVID-19 outbreak began in December in Hubei Province, China locked down many areas to control the spread of the disease, and the economy ground to halt. Since the easing of restrictions in April, life has largely returned to normal and many economic activities have resumed. However, the lockdowns have had significant—and still not […]

Dhaka Tribune published an article stating that Bangladesh contributes to a tenth of the world’s total inland fish production. This has helped the country keep fish prices low and increased protein consumption.  In the IFPRI book, The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh, authors Shahidur Rashid (Division Director, South Asia Region) and Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang write, “A rapid increase […]

Daily Asian Age (Bangladesh) published an article on aquaculture/fish farming. Fish production in the country has increased by more than 50 percent in the last 11 years. An IFPRI study (See IFPRI book, The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, Impacts, and the Path Ahead for Aquaculture) made an interesting observation while reviewing the Bangladesh fish farming sector: […]

Bangladesh Post published an article on how the health pandemic is affecting the economy and resulting poverty according to experts at the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) conference. Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang presented a paper, “COVID-19 effects on SMEs in China,” discussed the conditions, productivity, optimism, and distribution of labor in Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).