Wei Zhang is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division. While a great deal of her current research activity focuses on the economic and environmental impacts of biofuels, Wei has a broader research background in natural resource management -- especially that of ecosystem services management and payment for environmental services (PES). Wei also has interests in bioeconomic modeling, dynamic economics, and the application of econometrics to the empirical study of household welfare impact of environmental policies.
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A Chinese national, Wei joined IFPRI in November 2008. Prior to that, Wei was a consultant at the Environment Department of the World Bank for about two years, where she worked on PES and the linkage between PES and poverty. Wei earned a Ph.D. in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University with a specialization in Environmental and Resource Economics. She has a Masters degree in Community Development and Applied Economics at University of Vermont and a BA degree in International Economics from Renmin University of China in Beijing.
