Koji Yamazaki

• All lecture slide files are password-protected. If you registered only recently, ask me for the password.

• All handouts will be distributed only once in class. If there is any handout left in the class, I will keep it in a drawer outside the door of the office of the School of International Studies so that you can pick it up later. If you don't find the one you are looking for, you need to download and print the file from the course web. 

• If you are absent from the class for a legitimate reason when I check attendance, you should report to me in the next class. You need to show me the proof of the reason for your absence. The proof can be informal such as a receipt from a hospital or a drugstore, and you just need to show me once.

• I often use chapters from the introductory textbook on Economics written by Gregory Mankiw as reference. The title of the whole book is Principles of Economics, but it is translated into Japanese in many different editions such as マンキュー入門経済学 (Essentials), マンキュー経済学Iミクロ編 (Micro), マンキュー経済学IIマクロ編 (Macro). Chapters contained in each edition are summarized in a comparative table of contents. Note that Japanese translations further select chapters from the corresponding English editions.

• In the fall semester, I will be teaching three courses and three seminars:

  • ID120(2) Clover Seminar Topic: Conflict and Cooperation in Human/ Animal Societies

  • W133(2) The World Economy Introductory Macroeconomics

  • E206-4b Global Business b Development Economics 1: Poverty, Inequality, Education, Health, and Population

  • E332-4b Topics in Global Business b Development Economics 2: Dual-economy model, Migration, Microfinance, and Foreign Aid

  • E398b Graduation Thesis Seminar I b

  • E497b Graduation Thesis Seminar II b

Here is the table of my lecture courses (revised in Oct. 2024), with changes in contents, course numbers, and titles over the academic years from 2023. If you are new to learning economics, please take introductory courses on microeconomics and macroeconomics first. Sorry for the confusion, but I did not know how my courses will be restructured over this transition period.

 Disclaimer: Lecture slides of the following courses are password-protected. They may still contain several errors and copyright-protected materials. For those who know the password, use them only for your personal use at your own risk.

Courses offered at Kobe University (神戸大学国際協力研究科, from 2009 to 2022, graduate-level)

• 社会開発論/Socio-Economic Development Theory

• 経済協力論/Economics of Foreign Aid

• 開発経済論演習/Seminar

Courses offered at Kwansei Gakuin University (関西学院大学経済学部, from 2015 to 2018, undergraduate-level)

• 農業経済論A・B/ Agricultural Economics (in Japanese)

• Jia Li, Lecturer, Business School, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China.

• Panharoth Chhay, Grant-Funded Researcher, Centre of Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide, Australia.

Recent Working Papers

• Koji Yamazaki, Takahiro Ito, Jia Li, and Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek, 2021, "Survey of Conflict-Affected Regions in Sri Lanka: An Overview," GSICS working paper series No.37, March.

• Jia Li, Koji Yamazaki, and Takahiro Ito, 2019, "Probing Indirect Effects of Civil Conflict on Child Health in Non-Conflict Zones: Evidence from Sri Lanka," GSICS working paper series No.35, December. (Best Paper Award received at the 3rd Tsinghua Area Studies Forum, held on 3-5 July 2023 by the Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University) 

Recent Publications

• Jia Li, Takahiro Ito, Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek, and Koji Yamazaki, "The Scars of the Eelam War: Eroded Trust in North-Eastern Sri Lanka," in Guang Yang, Jing Zhang, Lanyu Liu, and Xinghan Xiong (eds.), Countries and Regions: Dynamic Interconnectivity, Area Studies Book Series, Tsinghua University, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 

• Takahiro Ito, Jia Li, Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek, and Koji Yamazaki, "Educational Consequences of Firsthand Exposure to Armed Conflict: The Case of the Sri Lankan Civil War," World Development, Volume 173, January 2024, 106430.

• Panharoth Chhay and Koji Yamazaki, "Rural Electrification and Changes in Employment Structure in Cambodia," World Development, Vol.137, January 2021.

• Koji Yamazaki, "Residential Segregation, Access to Piped Water, and Diarrhea among Children in Rural India," 『国民経済雑誌』, 220(5): 1-12, November 2019.

• 山崎幸治「新刊紹介　マーティン･ラヴァリオン著、柳原透監訳、『貧困の経済学（上･下）』 」、『国際開発研究』、Vol.28, No.1、2019年6月、pp.139-141。

• 山崎幸治「スリランカにおける内戦の長期的影響：パイロット調査に基づくメンタルヘルスの分析」 、『経済志林』 第85巻4号、絵所秀紀教授退官記念号、2018年3月。

• アマルティア・セン著、黒崎卓・山崎幸治訳『貧困と飢饉』、岩波現代文庫、岩波書店、2017年7月。  

Other Articles

• 「9.6 社会開発論」、神戸大学経済経営学会編、『経済学の歩き方（2023年度版）』、pp.323-327、2023年3月。

• 山崎幸治「経済教室　スリランカ混乱の背景：コロナ禍に失政が追い打ち」（日本経済新聞、朝刊、2022年8月12日） 

Professor, Department of Global Studies, School of International Studies, Kobe College

4-1 Okadayama, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 662-8505, Japan 

Email: k-yamazaki [at] mail [dot] kobe-c [dot] ac [dot] jp

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