| The role of agriculture in African development X Diao, P Hazell, J Thurlow World development 38 (10), 1375-1383, 2010 | 801 | 2010 |
| The role of agriculture in development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa X Diao, PBR Hazell, D Resnick, J Thurlow Intl Food Policy Res Inst, 2007 | 627 | 2007 |
| The recent growth boom in developing economies: A structural-change perspective X Diao, M McMillan, D Rodrik The Palgrave Handbook of development economics: Critical reflections on …, 2019 | 371 | 2019 |
| Agriculture, rural development, and pro-poor growth country experiences in the post-reform era D Byerlee, X Diao, C Jackson | 282 | 2005 |
| Mechanization in Ghana: Emerging demand, and the search for alternative supply models X Diao, F Cossar, N Houssou, S Kolavalli Food Policy 48, 168-181, 2014 | 275 | 2014 |
| Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia–An economy-wide model analysis X Diao, AN Pratt Food Policy 32 (2), 205-228, 2007 | 182 | 2007 |
| Toward a green revolution in Africa: what would it achieve, and what would it require? X Diao, D Headey, M Johnson Agricultural economics 39, 539-550, 2008 | 170 | 2008 |
| Local impacts of a global crisis: Food price transmission, consumer welfare and poverty in Ghana G Cudjoe, C Breisinger, X Diao Food policy 35 (4), 294-302, 2010 | 169 | 2010 |
| Impact of COVID-19 on China's macroeconomy and agri-food system–an economy-wide multiplier model analysis Y Zhang, X Diao, KZ Chen, S Robinson, S Fan China Agricultural Economic Review 12 (3), 387-407, 2020 | 160 | 2020 |
| Economic importance of agriculture for sustainable development and poverty reduction: The case study of Ethiopia X Diao, AS Taffesse, B Yu, AN Pratt Global forum on agriculture, 29-30, 2010 | 158 | 2010 |
| A global analysis of agricultural trade reform in WTO member countries X Diao, A Somwaru, TL Roe | 156 | 2001 |
| Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies X Diao, J Thurlow, S Benin, S Fan Intl Food Policy Res Inst, 2012 | 151 | 2012 |
| A recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model X Diao, J Thurlow Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives …, 2012 | 146 | 2012 |
| Strategic policies and growth: an applied model of R&D-driven endogenous growth X Diao, T Roe, E Yeldan Journal of Development Economics 60 (2), 343-380, 1999 | 131 | 1999 |
| The changing structure of Africa’s economies X Diao, K Harttgen, M McMillan The World Bank Economic Review 31 (2), 412-433, 2017 | 130 | 2017 |
| Exploring market opportunities for African smallholders X Diao, PBR Hazell | 129 | 2005 |
| Mechanization and agricultural technology evolution, agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa: Typology of agricultural mechanization in Nigeria H Takeshima, A Nin-Pratt, X Diao American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95 (5), 1230-1236, 2013 | 125 | 2013 |
| Regional disparities in Ghana: Policy options and public investment implications RM Al-Hassan, X Diao | 122 | 2007 |
| Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa SW Omamo, X Diao, S Wood, J Chamberlin, L You, S Benin, ... Intl Food Policy Res Inst, 2006 | 121 | 2006 |
| Agricultural mechanization and agricultural transformation X Diao, J Silver, H Takeshima Intl Food Policy Res Inst, 2016 | 120 | 2016 |
