I offer courses in the Doctoral Program in Economics, the Program in Economic and Public Policy Management (PEPPM) - funded by Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programs (JJ/WBGSP) and Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) -, and the Graduate Program in Economics English Track (GPEET) at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2015, GPEET will be reorganized as Master's Program in Economics (MPE).
Economic Development I and II will be offered as a new course Development Economics in MPE. Most students who take my courses are from developing countries. All courses are taught in English. I taught another lecture course Microeconomics in 2001.
Advising
I also supervise graduate students' theses
For Prospective Students List of My Major Advisees
For Prospective Students
My students should have a strong interest in microeconomic analysis on development, poverty, social problems, and/or environment; should have strong quantitative and economics background; should conduct empirical work using micro data; and must have sufficient English skills. If you are interested in studying in the master program under my supervision, please apply for either the Program in Economic and Public Policy Management (PEPPM) or the Master's Program in Economics (MPE). The next admission for 2015 will begin in summer 2014. I do not accept doctoral students.
You may want to contact my advisees for more information.
My Main Advisees
Current students:
None.
Former students:
Abiyot Seleshe Yimer (Ethiopia): Abi completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2015. He wrote a thesis entitled, "Informal institutions as risk coping strategies: Labor sharing in rural Ethiopia." Before coming to Tsukuba, he was working for the National Bank of Ethiopia. He holds a Bachelor in Economics.
Bopharath Sry (Cambodia): Sry completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2015. She wrote a thesis entitled, "On the effectiveness of land titling programs in rural Cambodia." Before coming to Tsukuba, she was a research assistant at Cambodian Development Resource Institute. She holds a Bachelor in Economics.
Sifiso Blessing Nkomo (Zimbabwe): Blessing completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2015. He wrote a thesis entitled, "The long-run impact of working-age adult mortality on asset accumulation: The case of Kagera, Tanzania." Before coming to Tsukuba, he was a senior economist at the Ministry of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion in Zimbabwe. He holds a Bachelor in Economics.
Ram Hari Gaire (Nepal): Ram completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2013. He conducted a research on measurement of gender-related information using household surveys in his thesis entitled, "Can household survey measure women's roles in household decisions?: Evidence from Nepal." Before coming to Tsukuba, he was a statistical officer at the Central Bureau of Statistics in Nepal. He holds a Bachelor in Statistics, Mathematics, and Physics.
Vernon John Kikabi (Uganda): Vernon completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2013. He wrote a thesis entitled, "Assessing the impact of agricultural extension: A case of National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) in Uganda." Before coming to Tsukuba, he was a banking officer at the Bank of Uganda. He holds a BA in Economics.
Keziahruth Wanjiku Njeri (Kenya): Keziah completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2013. She wrote a thesis entitled, "Impacts of working adult mortality on child schooling and labor in Kenya." Before coming to Tsukuba, she was an economist at the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security in Kenya. She holds a Bachelor in Education.
Emilian Karugendo Nestory (Tanzania): Karugendo completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2011. He conducted his research on poverty in Tanzania in his thesis titled "What Do Standard Measures of Poverty Not Explain: Evidence From Tanzania's Daily Data." Before coming to Tsukuba, he was a principal statistician of National Bureau of Statistics in Tanzania. He holds a BA degree in statistics. After getting a MA in economics, he resumed his work as a principal statistician of National Bureau of Statistics in Tanzania.
Debosree Banerjee (India): Debosree completed the Master Program in Economic and Public Policy Management in March 2011. She conducted her research on impacts of women's status on children's human capital development in India in her thesis titled "Investigating the Role of Women in Children's Human Capital Development: Evidence from India." Before coming to Tsukuba, she was a research associate of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. She holds a MA and BS in economics. She is doing her Ph.D. in agricultural and development economics in Germany.
Renato Concha Urday (Peru): Renato, a Monbukagakusho Scholarship Scholar, complete MA in Economics in March 2011. He conducted his research on private transfers as risk-coping strategies in Nicaragua in his thesis titled "Analysis on Private Transfers as Risk-Copying Strategies: Evidence from Nicaragua". He holds a BA in International Development. He is working for the Mexican embassy in Japan.
Ryoko Sato (Japan): Ryoko completed the MA in Economics in March 2009. She conducted randomized evaluation of impacts of cash transfer on participation in prenatal health program in Northern Nigeria in her thesis titled "The Effect of Conditional Cash Transfer on the Behavior towards Antenatal Care - Case Study in Northeastern Nigeria." She has a volunteer experience in India and did internship in Cambodia and Ghana. She holds a BA in International Development. She is doing her Ph.D. in economics in the U.S.
Bui Thi Van Anh (Vietnam): Anh completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2009. She conducted research on rural credit and poverty reduction in Vietnam in her thesis titled "Formal Credit and the Impact on Household's Welfare: New Empirical Evidence from Vietnam." Before coming to Tsukuba, she was working for State Bank of Vietnam. She is currently an expert assistant to deputy governor in the same Bank. She holds a LLB and BSc in Economics.
Andrew Chipiliro Nyirenda (Malawi): Andi completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2009. He studied asset poverty dynamics in Malawi in his thesis titled "Household Asset Growth and Shocks in Malawi." Before coming to Tsukuba, he worked for Ministry of Economic Planning and Development in Malawi. He is currently a macroeconomist in the same Ministry. He holds a BA in Economics.
Shayo Angela Uforo (Tanzania): Angela completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2009. She studies the impacts of public spending for education on human capital development in Tanzania in her thesis titled "Public Spending in Education and Human Capital Development in Tanzania: a Case Study of Community Education Fund (CEF)." Before coming to Tsukuba, she was an economist of the Ministry of Planning, Economy and Empowerment in Tanzania. She is currently an economist in the President's Planning Office Commission in Tanzania. She holds a BS degree in economics.
David Sirita Kolitagane (Fiji): David completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2007. He wrote a thesis titled "Income Inequality Within and Between Ethnic Groups and Income Sources in Fiji." Before coming to Tsukuba, he was a principal economic planning officer at Ministry of Finance and National Planning in Fiji. He is currently section head of the same Ministry. He holds a BA in Economics and Management and Public Administration.
Miriam Usayi (Zimbabwe): Miriam completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2007. She examined returns of irrigation technology among Zimbabwean farmers in her thesis titled "Irrigation Technologies for Optimum Production in Drought Prone Zimbabwe." Before coming to Tsukuba, she was a chief agricultural economist at Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Zimbabwe and currently holds the same position. She holds a BS in Agricultural Economics.
Alpheus Bongo Adi (Nigeria): Bongo completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2003. His primary interest is rural livelihood. His thesis title is: "Activity diversification, farm participation and assets in rural communities in Eastern Nigeria." His thesis research involved household survey on activity choice in two villages in Nigeria. The revised version of his thesis entitled, "Determinants of agricultural and non-agricultural livelihood strategies: evidence from Eastern Nigeria," is forthcoming in Journal of Developing Areas. Before coming to Tsukuba, he was working as a research officer at The Nigerian Economic Summit Group. Bongo holds a BA in Philosophy and a diploma in International Affairs. As a Ph.D. student in agricultural economics at the University of Tsukuba, he is currently working on social capital.
Cristina Day Lacap (Philippines): Day completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2003. She is interested in environmental management. Her thesis title is: "Efficient management of aquaculture in Lingayen Gulf, N.W. Philippines." Before she came to Tsukuba, she was working as a research associate at Marine Science Institute in Philippine. Day holds a BS in Statistics and a MS in Environmental Sciences. After graduating Tsukuba, Day worked for CITYNET in Japan. She is currently a program assistant at The Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements in Philippines.
Phyllis Wairimu Kariuki (Kenya): Phyllis completed the Master Program in Policy Management in March 2003. Her primary interest is microcredit. Her thesis title is: "Credit rationing and gender among micro and small scale entrepreneurs: the case of Faulu Kenya Micro Finance Institution." She gathered firm-level credit data in Nairobi. Before joining our program, she was working as a development and finance officer for an NGO in microfinance in Kenya. She holds a BA in Education. After graduating Tsukuba, Phyllis founded a consulting firm, Progress in Entrepreneurship Consultancy Group, in Kenya. She is currently an assistant lecturer at Kenya Methodist University.
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