Information
- Time and Date: 13:00 - 18:00, Tuesday, December 19, 2017
- Venue: Nadao Hall, Japan National Council of Social Welfare (Zenshakyo) (Tokyo Shin-Kasumigaseki Bldg 1F, 3-3-2)
- Language: Japanese
- Admission: ¥1,000 (Students: free)
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Program
13:00-13:10 Opening Remarks
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
13:10-13:20 Introduction
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
13:20-14:40 Session 1: Latest Trends in the United Kingdom and the United States
Presentation 1: "Evidence-based Policymaking in the UK Government"
UCHIYAMA Yu (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Presentation 2: "Evidence-based Policymaking by UK Independent Agencies"
KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Chief Analyst, Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd.)
Presentation 3: "Evidence-based Policymaking in the U.S. Government"
TSUDA Hirokazu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director for Financial Affairs, Office of Financial Affairs, Finance Bureau, City of Yokohama)
Moderator
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
14:40-14:50 Break
14:50-16:20 Session 2: How to Utilize Evidence in Policymaking
Presentation 4: "How to Evaluate Policies Using Microdata"
OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)
Presentation 5: "Evidence Use in the Field of International Development"
AOYAGI Keitaro (Representative Director, Metrics Work Consultants Inc.)
Presentation 6: "Efforts in Evidence-based Policymaking by METI"
MIURA Satoshi (Director, Policy Evaluation and Public Relations Division, Minister's Secretariat, METI)
Moderator
UCHIYAMA Yu (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
16:20-16:35 Coffee Break
16:35-18:00 Panel Discussion:What Is Necessary to Promote Evidence-based Policymaking?
Panelists (in alphabetical order)
MIURA Satoshi (Director, Policy Evaluation and Public Relations Division, Minister's Secretariat, METI)
NAKAMURO Makiko (Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management & Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
YANO Makoto (President and CRO, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
Moderator
OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)
