Dr SAING Chan Hang completed his doctoral degree in economics from Oklahoma State University in 2017 and earned his master degree in development economics from Kobe University in 2006.
His primary areas of interest include development economics, applied microeconomics, poverty, inequality, trade, investment and growth. His recent publications have been featured in Oxford Development Studies, Review of Development Economics and B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy.
Prior to his PhD study, he was a research associate at the economics unit of CDRI between 2008 and 2012 and a lecturer of economics at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (PUC) between 2007 and 2012. He was involved in several research projects, including impact of economic crisis on household welfare in rural Cambodia, impact of China on poverty reduction in Cambodia, binding constraint to economic growth in Cambodia, foreign investment in agriculture in Cambodia, among others. At PUC, he taught principles of microeconomics, principles of macroeconomics, development economics and international economics.
Email: chanhang@cdri.org.kh
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Cambodia Development Review – June 2008
CDR Volume 12 Issue 2, June 2008 English and Khmer In this issue: Cambodia: A 2008 Macro View; Making the Most of Cambodia’s Natural Resources; Making the Most of Cambodia’s Human Resources; Public-Private partnership; Land, Property, Real Estate; Economy Watch; and CDRI Update.
Author: Brett Ballard, Chan Sophal, Hossein Jalilian, Larry Strange, Phann Dalis, PON Dorina, SAING Chan Hang, PhD - June , 2008
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Cambodia Development Review – September 2008
CDR Volume 12 Issue 3, September 2008 English and Khmer In this issue: Approaches to Measurement and Analysis of Poverty; Poverty Dynamics Study; The National Identification of Poor Households Programme; Economy Watch; and CDRI Update.
Author: Hossein Jalilian, Julian Hansen, Phann Dalis, PON Dorina, SAING Chan Hang, PhD, So Sovannarith - September , 2008
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Cambodia Development Review – December 2008
CDR Volume 12 Issue 4, December 2008 English and Khmer In this issue: Youth Migration in Cambodia;Community Well-being and Household Mobility in Post-Conflict Cambodia; Social Security and Social Policies in Cambodia; Economy Watch; and CDRI Update.
Author: Brett Ballard, Chea Chantum, Hildegard Lingnau, Lim Sovannara, Phann Dalis, PON Dorina, SAING Chan Hang, PhD - December , 2008
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Cambodia Development Review – March 2009
CDR Volume 13 Issue 1, March 2009 English and Khmer In this issue: Youth Situation Analysis in Cambodia; Building Community Capacity for Poverty Reduction Initiatives in the Tonle Sap Basin; Child Poverty and Disparities in Cambodia; Economy Watch; and CDRI Update.
Author: Em Sorany, Han Phoumin, Kem Sothorn, KER Bopha, Koy Ra, Net Neath, Phann Dalis, PON Dorina, Rebecca F. Catalla, SAING Chan Hang, PhD - March , 2009
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Cambodia Development Review – September 2009
CDR Volume 13 Issue 3, September 2009 English and Khmer In this issue: Vulnerable Workers Survey in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kompong Speu, Siem Reap and Battambang; Rapid Assessment of Impacts of Global Economic Crisis on Cambodian Households: Effects and Coping Strategies; Informal Risk Management/Safety Net Practices: Experiences of Poor and ...
Author: HEM Metta, Hossein Jalilian, KHIENG Sothy, PhD, Phann Dalis, PON Dorina, SAING Chan Hang, PhD, So Sovannarith, Theng Vuthy, Tong Kimsun - September , 2009
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ADR 5: Annual Development Review 2009-10
Khmer (a summary), 124 pp. Mar 2010 (Download) English, 294 pp. Mar 2010 (Download)
Author: Glenda Reyes, HEM Metta, Hem Socheth, Hossein Jalilian, KHIENG Sothy, PhD, Kim Sedara, Lun Pide, Net Neath, Ou Sivhuoch, Phann Dalis, PON Dorina, Roger HAY, Ros Bandeth, SAING Chan Hang, PhD, SENG Bundeth, So Sovannarith, Sok Sethea, Tong Kimsun - March , 2010
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Cambodia Development Review – June 2010
CDR Volume 14 Issue 2, June 2010 English and Khmer In this issue: Returning to a High Growth Economy-Policy Priorities and Action for Growth and Sustainable Development’: The 4th Cambodia Outlook Conference; Returning to a High Growth Economy: Indicators, Prospects and Policy Priorities; Promoting Export of Cambodia’s White Gold; Strengthe ...
Author: Larry Strange, PON Dorina, SAING Chan Hang, PhD, SRY Bopharath, Tong Kimsun - June , 2010
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ADR 6: Annual Development Review 2010-11
Khmer (a summary), 166 pp. Mar 2011 (Download) English, 266 pp. Mar 2011 (Download)
Author: CHEM Phalla, PhD (wrm), M.Eng (hydro), CHHIM Chhun, Gove Kimhong, Heng Seiha, HING Vutha, LL.M, M.A, Kem Sothorn, KHIENG Sothy, PhD, KHIEV Pirom, Kruy Virak, Lun Pide, Ly Tem, Net Neath, OUCH Chandarany, PAGAIYA Nonglak, Pak Kimchoeun, Phann Dalis, SAING Chan Hang, PhD, SENG Bundeth, Sok Sethea, Someth Paradis, Thon Vimealea, Tong Kimsun - March , 2011
Economics
WP 52: Assessing China’s Impact on Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: The Case of Cambodia
CDRI Working Paper Series No. 52 Khmer, 130 pp. Jun 2011 (Download) English, 120 pp. Jun 2011 (Download)
Author: OUCH Chandarany, Phann Dalis, SAING Chan Hang, PhD - June , 2011
Economics
WP 60: Foreign Investment in Agriculture in Cambodia
CDRI Working Paper Series No. 60 Khmer, 80 pp. Dec 2012 (Download) English, 76 pp. Nov 2011 (Download)
Author: Hem Socheth, OUCH Chandarany, Phann Dalis, PON Dorina, SAING Chan Hang, PhD - November , 2011
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ADR 7: Annual Development Review 2011-12
Khmer (a summary), 156 pp. Feb 2012 (Download) English, 186 pp. Feb 2012 (Download) CDRI’s 2011-12 Annual Development Review is published to coincide with the 2012 Cambodia Outlook Conference, a partnership of CDRI, Cambodia’s leading independent development policy research institute, and ANZ Royal Bank. The 2012 conf ...
Author: CHHIM Chhun, Chhuon Nareth, Em Sorany, HING Vutha, LL.M, M.A, Huon Chantrea, Joakim Ojendal, Keo Socheat, KHIENG Sothy, PhD, Kim Sedara, Kim Sour, Koy Ra, Larry Strange, Lun Pide, Nang Phirun, Net Neath, Ros Bansok, ROTH Vathana, SAING Chan Hang, PhD, Sok Sethea, Sum Sreymom - February , 2012
Economics
WP 70: Baseline Survey for Socio-economic Impact Assessment: Greater Mekong Sub-region Transmission Project
CDRI Working Paper Series No. 70 English, 86 pp. Apr 2013 (Download)
Author: HING Vutha, LL.M, M.A, KHIENG Sothy, PhD, SAING Chan Hang, PhD - August , 2012
Economics
WP 77: Household Vulnerability to Global Financial Crisis and Their Risk Coping Strategies: Evidence from Nine Rural Villages in Cambodia
CDRI Working Paper Series No. 77 English, 36 pp. Mar 2013 (Download)
Author: SAING Chan Hang, PhD - March , 2013
Economics
WP 80: Binding Constraints on Economic Growth in Cambodia: A Growth Diagnostic Approach
CDRI Working Paper Series No. 80 English, 60 pp. Mar 2013 (Download)
Author: SAING Chan Hang, PhD - March , 2013
Economics
International Journal: Rural Electrification in Cambodia: Does it Improve the Welfare of Households
This study uses subsamples of socio-economic surveys from 2004 and 2011 to construct village panel data and apply the difference-in-differences (DID) method to examine the impact of rural electrification on household consumption and children’s education in Cambodia at the village level. Conditional on the DID assumption and observed village and household characteristics, rural electrification increased household consumption by approximately 16.6%. This study also finds that higher-quintile h ...
Author: SAING Chan Hang, PhD - June , 2017
Economics
International Journal: Is there Really a Trade-off? Family Size and Investment in Child Quality in India
Abstract: We address the relationship between number of children and investment in child quality, known as quantity–quality (Q–Q) trade-off, for India. Using a number of investment and outcome measures, we find that the OLS estimates suggest the presence of Q–Q trade-offs in nine out of ten measures considered. Using the gender of the first-born child as an instrument, the tr ...
Author: SAING Chan Hang, PhD - November , 2017
Economics
International Journal: Assessing the Impact of District Primary Education Program in India
Abstract: We examine the impact of India's District Primary Education Program (DPEP) introduced in the mid‐1990s. We exploit the fact that the DPEP was targeted towards primary school age children and was introduced in phases to different districts in India, and many of the districts never got the program to implement a difference‐in‐difference strategy to find the causal impact of the program on probability of attended primary sc ...
Author: SAING Chan Hang, PhD - November , 2017