Expertise
interests
economic development
Education
March 2017 doctor of philosophy, nagoya university japan
March 2010 bachelor of economics, chuo university japan
Experience
August 2023 - Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
February 2020 - August 2021 economist, world bank
April 2018 - January 2020 economist, ministry of finance of japan
April 2014 - January 2016 economist, credit risk analysis department, JICA
December 2010 - April 2011 labour migration and research officer (internship), international organization for migration, people’s democratic republic of Laos
Consultant work
March 2017 consultant, regional office for asia and pacific, international labour organization, bangkok Thailand
June 2013 - February 2014 fellow, project for the small and medium enterprises agency in japan
November 2012 - January 2013 united nations development programme (UNDP) seoul policy centre
Selected Publications and Papers
- ‘industrial development, poverty reduction, and inequality: a robustness test using nighttime lights in Vietnam,’ published to SD (open access)
- ‘the mode-based decomposition into the growth and distribution effects for segments of poor,’ published to JID (accepted version)
- ‘the long-term causal effect of United States of America bombing missions on economic development - evidence from ho chi minh trail and xieng khouang province in Lao People’s Democratic Republic,’ published to JDE (accepted version)
- ‘dynamics of spatial inequality and poverty: evidence from two decades of surveys in vietnam, 1993-2014,’ published to Economics Bulletin
- ‘the turning point in the vietnamese economy - revisiting labour surplus theory,’ published to Forum of International Development Studies (FIDS) (accepted version)
- ‘is air pollution aggravating covid 19 in south asia?,’ End Poverty in South Asia, world bank, june 23rd, 2020
- ‘exploring air pollution and covid 19 linkages in south asia‘ in oxford research encyclopedia of environmental science. oxford university press, 2021 (with Mani)
- ‘measurements of absolute inequality,’ in reduced inequalities, encyclopedia of the united nations sustainable development goals. springer, chams, 2021
- ‘is air pollution aggravating covid 19 in south asia?‘ End Poverty in south asia, world bank Blogs, world bank, 2020（with Mani）
- ‘district level convergence and public banks in india‘ august 13th, 2020
- ‘policy options for south asian countries during the crisis of covid 19,’ a manuscript, march 2020
- ‘a song for barley.’ rieti. (in japanese)
- ‘concepts of income.’ rieti. (in japanese)
- ‘tsunami and evacuation.’ rieti. (in japanese)
- ‘recovery from earthquake disasters - turning devastation into creative destruction.’ rieti
- ‘discussions about development - seeing the earth from outer space,’ The Finance, ministry of finance of japan (in japanese)
- ‘discussions about development – international monetary fund and world bank low income countries debt sustainability analysis (DSA)‘ The Finance (in japanese)
- ‘discussions about development - introduction‘ The Finance (in japanese)
- ‘de Janvry et al., delinking land rights from land use - certification and migration in mexico’ AER (a review, published to the quarterly journal of housing and land (in japanese))
- 夜間光ラスターデータを用いた都道府県別夜間照度の要約統計量
- summary statistics of illumination intensity using nightlights - a case of 47 prefectures in Japan. chapter 12, introduction to gis for economic and policy analysis 2 - spatial statistics tools and applications learning with arc gis pro. kokon shoin, 2018. (in japanese)
- vegetation activity using landsat 8 - a case of rwanda vicinage. chapter 13, introduction to gis for economic and policy analysis 2 - spatial statistics tools and applications learning with arc gis pro. kokon shoin, 2018. (in japanese)
Others
Grants as a PI:
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