Profile

Current Position and Affiliation

Professor and Director of GRIPS Global Governance  (G-cube)  Program, 

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)  

Room 1211, 7-22-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan 

Email: kaz-takahashi[at]grips[dot]ac[dot]jp

Research Fields

Development Economics, Rural Poverty Dynamics, Microfinance, Technology Adoption, Human Capital Investment, Impact Evaluation

Education

2009                       Ph.D. in Development Economics, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

2002                       Master of International Development Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS/FASID Joint Graduate Program)

1996                       B.A. in Policy Management, Keio University

Professional Experience

2020-                      Director, GRIPS Global Governance (G-cube) Program, GRIPS 

2020-                       Visiting Fellow, Sophia Institute for Human Security 

2019-                       Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

2018-2019           Adjunct Lecturer, GRIPS

2017-2019           Professor, Faculty of Economics, Sophia University

2015-2017           Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Sophia University 

2015, 2019           Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Sophia University

2012-2015           Associate Professor, Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School

2010-2012           Visiting Scholar,  Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and  Management, Cornell University

2006-2015           Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO

2003-2006           JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), GRIPS

1998-2000           Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (dispatched to South Sulawesi, Indonesia)

Editorial Appointment 

2021- Associate Editor, Food Security

2009-2010, 2012-2015      Editorial Board Member, Developing Economies

Grants and Honors 

2022-                      GRIPS Research Project Fund- G221RP204: Principal Investigator, GRIPS, Japan

2020-                      Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)-22H02443:  Co-Investigator, JSPS, Japan

2020- 2022         GRIPS Research Project Fund- G204RP112: Principal Investigator, GRIPS, Japan

2020-                      Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)- 20H00075: Principal Investigator, JSPS, Japan

2019- 2020         GRIPS Research Project Fund- G192RP108: Principal Investigator, GRIPS, Japan

2018-2023          Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)- 18H00839: Co-Investigator,  JSPS, Japan

2017- 2022         Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)- 17H04548: Principal Investigator, JSPS, Japan  

2017- 2020         Private University Research Branding Project: Co-Investigator, MEXT, Japan  

2016-2017          Project Research Fund: Co-Investigator, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

2014-2017          Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)- 26301021:Principal Investigator, JSPS, Japan  

2013-2017          Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)- 25245038:Co-Investigator, JSPS, Japan

2013-2016          Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)- 25285088:Co-Investigator, JSPS, Japan

2012-2015          Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)- 24402023:Co-Investigator, JSPS, Japan

2010-2013          Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)-22730245:Principal Investigator, JSPS, Japan

2003-2006          Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows-03J52461:Principal Investigator,  JSPS, Japan

2003                        Hayami Award for Outstanding Development Research Paper, FASID, Japan

2001-2002          Long-Term Training Scholarship for Advanced Studies, JICA, Japan