Research Fields

Economic Development, Development Economics, Applied Microeconometrics

Current Employment

April 2016– : Professor, Faculty of Economics/Graduate School of Economics, Keio University, Japan

Previous Employment

April 2015– March 2016: Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics/Graduate School of Economics, Keio University, Japan

August 2013 – March 2015: Associate Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan

September 2011 – July 2013: Assistant Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan.

August 2008 – August 2011: Economist, International Monetary Fund (August 2008-February 2010: Expenditure Policy Division, February 2010-August 2011: Fiscal Affairs Department,

October 1999 – March 2000: Researcher, Japan International Cooperation Center.

July 1997 – July 1999: Mathematics and Science Teacher, Kalumbwa Secondary School, Kalulushi, Zambia, dispatched as a volunteer (Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers) by Japan International Cooperation Agency. 

Education

August 2008                  Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago    

December 2003             M.A. Economics, University of Chicago    

March 2002                    M.A. Economics, University of Tokyo      

March 1997                    B.A. Economics,  Keio University 

Teaching Experience

Development Economics (Undergraduate Level)

Development Economics (Graduate Level)

Aid and Development (Graduate/Undergraduate Level)

Economic Development (Undergraduate Level)

Independent study (Undergraduate/Master Level)

Finance, Policy and the Global Economy (Undergraduate/Master Level)

Program Evaluation in Developing Countries (Undergraduate Level)

Applied Econometrics (Graduate Level)

Project Seminar in English (Undergraduate Level)

International Public Policy (Undergraduate Level) 

Economics and Human Security (Graduate Level)

Seminar (Undergraduate Level)