Position | Lecturer |
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Degree | Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University |
Specialty | Development Economics |
Current Research Interests | Industrial development, poverty reduction, and corruption alleviation in developing countries |
- Professional Career
1992 | Assistant professor of economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
1993 | Associate professor of economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
2001 | Professor of economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
2003 | Deputy director, Joint Graduate Program, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development |
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2011 | Director, Joint Graduate Program |
2012 | Advisor to the president and professor of economics at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
2014 | Vice Presidents at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
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- Selected publications
Cluster-Based Industrial Development: An East Asian Model (with Keijiro Otsuka), Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Cluster-Based Industrial Development: A Comparative Study of Asia and Africa (with Keijiro Otsuka), Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
"Process of Cluster Formation in China: A Case Study of a Garment Town" (with Dinghuan Hu and K. Otsuka), Journal of Development Studies 39 (1), 118-139, October 2002.
"Human Capital, Cluster Formation, and International Relocation: The Case of the Garment Industry in Japan, 1968-98" (with Eiji Yamamura and K. Otsuka), Journal of Economic Geography 3 (1), 37-56, January 2003.
"Changing Roles of Innovation and Imitation in Industrial Development: The Case of the Machine Tool Industry in Taiwan" (with Momoko Kawakami and K. Otsuka), Economic Development and Cultural Change 52 (1), 103-128, October 2003.
"From Inferior to Superior Products: An Inquiry into the Wenzhou Model of Industrial Development in China" (with D. Hu and K. Otsuka), Journal of Comparative Economic 32 (3), 542-563, September 2004.
"Time Paths in Innovation, Imitation, and Growth: The Case of the Motorcycle Industry in Postwar Japan" (with E. Yamamura and K. Otsuka), Journal of Evolutionary Economics 15 (2), 164-186, April 2005.
"Industrial Development in the Inland Region of China: A Case Study of the Motorcycle Industry" (with D. Hu and K. Otsuka), Journal of Comparative Economics 34 (4), 818-838, December 2006.
"Beyond the Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Comparative Study of SO2 and CO2 Emissions between Japan and China" (Y. Yaguchi and K. Otsuka), Environment and Development Economics 12 (3), 445-470, June 2007.
"An Exploration into the Successful Development of the Leather-Shoe Industry in Ethiopia" (with J. Akoten and K. Otsuka), Review of Development Economics 13 (4), 719-736, November 2009.
"An Inquiry into the Transformation Process of Village-based Industrial Clusters: The Case of an Iron and Steel Cluster in Northern Vietnam" (with V. H. Nam and K. Otsuka), Journal of Comparative Economics 37 (4), 568-581, December 2009.
"An Inquiry into the Development Process of Village Industry: The Case of a Knitwear Cluster in Northern Vietnam" (with V. H. Nam and K. Otsuka), Journal of Development Studies 46 (2), February 2010.
"Efficiency of Land Allocation through Tenancy Markets: Evidence from China" (with Shingo Kimura, K.Otsuka, and Scott Rozelle), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 39(3), 485-510, April 2011.
"Growth Process of Informal Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of a Jua Kali Cluster in Nairobi" (with John Akoten and K. Otsuka), Small Business Economics, 36 (3), 323-335, April 2011.
"An Inquiry into the Rapid Growth of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh" (with K.A. Mottaleb), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 60 (1), 67-89, October 2011.
"Virtual Incubation in Industrial Clusters: A Case Study in Pakistan" (with Babur Wasim Arif), Journal of Development Studies, 48 (3), 377-92, March 2012.
"How Can Micro and Small Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa Become More productive? The Impacts of Experimental Basic Managerial Training" (with Y. Mano, A. Iddrisu, and Y. Yoshino) World Development, 40 (3), 458-468, March 2012.
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- Social contributions
2008 – present, an associate member of the Science Council of Japan.
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- E-mail: sonobete
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