Faculty Information - YAMAGATA Tatsufumi

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YAMAGATA Tatsufumi
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies

Position Professor

■ Education

1.	1992/09～2000/03	〔Doctorial Course〕 Economics, Department of Economics, University of Rochester, Completed, Ph. D.
2.	1986/04～1988/03	〔Master Course〕 Economic Policy, Graduate School Division of Economics, Keio University, Completed, Master of Arts
3.	1982/04～1986/03	Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Graduated, Bachelor of Art

■ Academic and professional experience

1.		Professor
2.	2024/09～	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Advisory Committee on Evaluation Chairperson
3.	2019/04～2023/03	Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies Director
4.	1988/04～2018/09	Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) Researcher
5.	2017/11～2020/12	Japan Society for International Development President
6.	2023/09～	PRENGO (Students' Association at APU) Adviser
7.	2019/04～2023/03	Senate Member, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Senate Member
8.	2019/04～2023/03	Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Chief Editor
9.	2008/10～2014/09	Science Council of Japan Affiliate Member
10.	2003/04～2018/09	The Developing Economies Institute of Developing Economies Editor
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■ Message

Message to undergraduate students: I teach “Global Poverty” to undergraduate students in English, while I teach "World Economy and Global Issues" in Japanese. I lived in Bangladesh in 2000 for a year. Since then, I have visited the country around 20 times. Message to graduate school students: I supervise both master and doctor students. In the spring semester I teach “Development Economics”. As for research, I did empirical studies on industrial development and poverty reduction; disability and development; and innovation of medicines against tropical infectious diseases.

■ Current specialized field

Development Economics, International Cooperation, Bangladesh Economy, Textile and Apparel Industry, Disability and Development, Health and Infectious Diseases, Applied Economics, Area Studies (Key Word：Development Economics, Bangladeshi economy, Infectious diseases and medicines against them, Disability and development, Textile and apparel industry)

■ Books and theses

1.	2025/04/01	Book	New Perspectives for International Cooperation: For the Future We Want (Collaboration)
2.	2024/11/30	Article	Japanese Style of International Cooperation, for the Japanese, by the Japanese: Comments to Presentations at Session “Inquiring the Essence of ‘Japanese-Style’ International Cooperation” (in Japanese) Journal of International Development Studies pp.85-92 (Single)
3.	2025/01/15	Article	The Future of Development Cooperation: Don’t tie ODA to security Discuss Japan 86 (Single)
4.	2024/10/30	Article	Development Cooperation Should Not Be Only for the Purpose of Japan's National Security (in Japanese) Nikkei (Single)
5.	2024/09/04	Article	New International Economic Orders Accommodating the Global South: A Quest for New Donor-Coordination Frameworks for Sovereign Debt Restructuring (in Japanese) Kokusai Keizai 76,pp.69-95 (Single)
6.	2024/06/30	Article	Win-Win Discourses and the Development Cooperation Charter of Japan: Analyses wit the Tinbergen Rule, Median Voter Theorem and White Man's Burden Claim (in Japanese) Journal of International Development Studies pp.25-39 (Single)
7.	2023/03/25	Book	Introduction to Development Economics: Global Poverty Reduction and Innovation Made in Developing Countries (in Japanese) (Single)
8.	2022/01/01	Book	International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea: New Strategies for an Uncertain World International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea (Collaboration)
9.	2022/01/01	Book	Japan’s Approach to the SDGs: Decoupling Between the SDGs and International Development International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea pp.259-282 (Single)
10.	2024/07/31	Article	(Special Lecture) Why Does Japan's National-Interests-Accentuated 'Development Cooperation Charter' Appears to Be Justified: Explanations with the White Man's Burden Claim, Median Voter Theorem and the Tinbergen Rule (in Japanese) Journal of Agricultural Development Studies pp.1-9 (Single)
11.	2024/03/29	Other	Japan's International Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Past, Present and Future [Part III] (in Japanese) Japan NGO Network on Disabilities Mail Magazine (245),pp.2-4 (Single)
12.	2024/02/29	Other	Japan's International Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Past, Present and Future [Part II] (in Japanese) Japan NGO Network on Disabilities Mail Magazine (244),pp.2-3 (Single)
13.	2024/01/31	Other	Japan's International Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Past, Present and Future [Part I] (in Japanese) Japan NGO Network on Disabilities Mail Magazine (243),pp.2-5 (Single)
14.	2023/06/28	Other	Interview to Author: Tatsufumi Yamagata on Introduction to Development Economics (Japanese) web Chuko Shinsho (Single)
15.	2022/07/31	Article	Centralized and Decentralized Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries: Both COVAX and Competition Motivated by Vaccine Diplomacy Play Each Role (in Japanese) Kokusai Keizai (International Economy) 73,pp.155-184 (Single)
16.	2022/05/10	Article	Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines to 49 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Which Vaccines Go Where and How Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 40,pp.83-111 (Collaboration)
17.	2022/01/01	Book	Conclusion International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea pp.313-322 (Collaboration)
18.	2021/02/01	Book	Profitability and Diversity among Knitwear-Producing Firms in Bangladesh: The Prospects of a Labor-intensive Industry in a Least Developed Country K. A. S. Murshid, Minhaj Mahmud and Kazi Iqbal eds., Readings in Bangladesh Development, Vol. II. II,pp.327-358 (Collaboration)
19.	2020/12/24	Other	Japan’s ODA to Fight against COVID-19: Its Implications for Developing Countries Policy Brief, North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum (Collaboration)
20.	2020/10	Article	Japan’s International Cooperation to Cope with COVID-19 International Development and Cooperation Review 12(3),pp.17-22 (Single)
21.	2020/03/31	Book	Evaluation of Japan’s ODA for Women’s Empowerment, Third Party Evaluation Report 2019 (Collaboration)
22.	2020/03/31	Book	Evaluation of Japan’s ODA for Women’s Empowerment, Third Party Evaluation Report 2019 (Collaboration)
23.	2019/12/03	Other	What are benefits to Japan when the government of Japan provides assistance to developing countries? (High school student, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan) (in Japanese) IDE Square pp.1-4 (Single)
24.	2019/08/20	Book	Why should we act for international cooperation? Looking beyond humanitarian and national interests considerations (Collaboration)
25.	2019/02	Other	Interview: Can Japan Reform "Aid Coordination"? - Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Reconsidering Philosophy of Development Cooperation (Publication in Japanese) International Development Journal (Publication in Japanese) pp.30-31 (Single)
26.	2019/01	Article	Book Review: Tamaki Endo, Asei Ito, Keiichiro Oizumi and Kenta Goto eds., Asian Economy in the 21st Century, Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd., 2018. (Publication in Japanese) Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (Publication in Japanese) pp.257-260 (Single)
27.	2018/12	Article	Japan’s Policy-level ODA Evaluation: Reflections by a Third-Party Academic Evaluator International Development and Cooperation Review 10(4),pp.15-32 (Single)
28.	2018/11	Book	Encyclopedia of International Development (Publication in Japanese) pp.270-271, 274-275, 276-277, 356-357, 360-361, 378-379, 532-53 (Collaboration)
29.	2018/11	Article	Economic growth and technical progress (Publication in Japanese) Japan Society for International Development ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Maruzen Publishing, 2018 pp.360-361 (Single)
30.	2018/11	Article	Future of international development (Publication in Japanese) Japan Society for International Development ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Maruzen Publishing, 2018 pp.532-533 (Collaboration)
31.	2018/11	Article	Macroeconomic issues in the context of economic development (Publication in Japanese) Japan Society for International Development ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Maruzen Publishing, 2018 pp.356-357 (Single)
32.	2018/11	Article	Measurements of poverty (Publication in Japanese) Japan Society for International Development ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Maruzen Publishing, 2018 pp.276-277 (Single)
33.	2018/11	Article	Poverty and inequality (Publication in Japanese) Japan Society for International Development ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Maruzen Publishing, 2018 pp.270-271 (Collaboration)
34.	2018/11	Article	Poverty and inequality affected by globalization (Publication in Japanese) Japan Society for International Development ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Maruzen Publishing, 2018 pp.274-275 (Single)
35.	2018/11	Article	Pro-poor growth (Publication in Japanese) Japan Society for International Development ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Maruzen Publishing, 2018 pp.378-379 (Single)
36.	2018/05	Article	From MDGs to SDGs: Idealism overwritten by unilateralism (Publication in Japanese) The Keizai Seminar pp.40-44 (Single)
37.	2018/03	Article	Empirical analysis of th situation of women with disabilities and the education of children with disabilities in Cebu, the Philippines from the comparative view with Luzon (Publication in Japanese) Soya Mori ed., Poverty reduction of women and children with disabilities in developing countries, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, 2018. pp.153-196 (Collaboration)
38.	2017/04	Book	Development Economics (Enlarged and revised edition. Publication in Japanese) (Collaboration)
39.	2016/12	Article	Sustainable Development Goals and Japan: Sustainability Overshadows Poverty Reduction Asia-Pacific Development Journal 23(2),pp.1-17 (Single)
40.	2016/09	Article	Reply to Comments by Yasuyuki Sawada on Soya Mori and Tatsufumi Yamagata, Empirical Research of Disability and Development, Keiso Shobo, 2013 (Publication in Japanese) Journal of Disability Studies (Publication in Japanese) pp.253-259 (Collaboration)
41.	2015/12	Article	Income Disparity among Persons with Disabilities, Assessed by Education and Sex: Accentuated Gender Difference Found in Metro Manila, the Philippines Developing Economies 53(4),pp.289-302 (Collaboration)
42.	2015/02	Book	Textbook Development Economics, 3rd Edition pp.ii-iii, 1-6, 42-58, 170-184 (Collaboration)
43.	2015/01	Book	"Livelihood: How Do PWDs Earn a Living?", Soya Mori, Celia M. Reyes and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds.), Poverty Reduction of the Disabled: Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines, Routledge. Poverty Reduction of the Disabled: Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines pp.71-89 (Single)
44.	2015/01	Book	Poverty Reduction of the Disabled: Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines (Collaboration)
45.	2015/01	Article	Economic Growth (Publication in Japanese) Ikuo Kuroiwa, Kazushi Takahashi and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds., Textbook Development Economics (3rd ed.), Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. pp.42-58 (Single)
46.	2015/01	Article	Official Development Assistance (Publication in Japanese) Ikuo Kuroiwa, Kazushi Takahashi and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds., Textbook Development Economics (3rd ed.), Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. pp.170-184 (Single)
47.	2014/12	Book	Bangladesh - An Unsung Industrializing Country (Publication in Japanese) pp.1-43, 85-109, 227-248 (Collaboration)
48.	2014/01	Book	Seasonal Deprivation and Microcredit in Northern Bangladesh A. S. Shonchoy (ed.), Seasonality and Microcredit, Springer Briefs in Economics pp.21-40 (Single)
49.	2014/01	Book	The Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries: An Entry Point of Industrialization (Collaboration)
50.	2014/01	Article	Bangladesh: Market Force Supersedes Control T Fukunishi and T Yamagata (eds.), The Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries, Palgrave Macmillan pp.77-104 (Collaboration)
51.	2014/01	Article	Industrializing Bangladesh (Publication in Japanese) Bangladesh - An Unsung Industrializing Country (Publication in Japanese) pp.1-43 (Collaboration)
52.	2014/01	Article	Infectious Diseases: Their Emerging Risks (Publication in Japanese) Yasuyuki Sawada ed., Great Disasters, Risks and Economy, Nikkei Publishing Inc. (Publication in Japanese) pp.135-162 (Single)
53.	2014/01	Article	Introduction: The Dynamism of the Garment Industry in Low-income Countries T Fukunishi and T Yamagata (eds.), The Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries, Palgrave Macmillan pp.1-37 (Collaboration)
54.	2014/01	Article	Light Engineering Industry (Publication in Japanese) Bangladesh - An Unsung Industrializing Country (Publication in Japanese) pp.227-248 (Single)
55.	2014/01	Article	Textile and Apparel Industry (Publication in Japanese) Bangladesh - An Unsung Industrializing Country (Publication in Japanese) pp.85-109 (Single)
56.	2014/01	Article	The Second Generation Industrialization in Bangladesh: Expansion of East Asian Pattern of Industrialization (Publication in Japanese) Global Communication Studies (Kanda University of International Studies) pp.19-41 (Single)
57.	2013/11	Article	Book Review: Yasutami Shimomura, Hideo Ohashi and Japan Institute of International Affairs eds., External Assistance of China, Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha Ltd., 2013. (Publication in Japanese) Journal of International Development Studies pp.81-84 (Single)
58.	2013/07	Article	Review Article "The Humanosphere Potentiality Index: Its Implications and Challenges to It" [Taizo Wada, Kaoru Sugihara and Yoichi Mine eds., Humanospheer Potentiality Index, Kyoto University Press, 2012]. (Publication in Japanese) Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (Publication in Japanese) pp.173-178 (Single)
59.	2013/03	Book	Towards eradication of child labor: What can we contribute? (Publication in Japanese) pp.43496 (Collaboration)
60.	2013/02	Article	Firm Dynamics in the Cambodian Garment Industry: Firm Turnover, Productivity Growth and Wage Profile under Trade Liberalization Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 18(1),pp.51-70 (Collaboration)
61.	2013/01	Book	Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Textiles and Apparel (Collaboration)
62.	2013/01	Book	Empirical Research of Disability and Development (Publication in Japanese) (Collaboration)
63.	2011/12	Article	Persons with Disabilities and Disability Policies in Bangladesh: Meanings and Challenges of the Community Approaches to Handicap in Development (CAHD)(Publication in Japanese) Soya Mori ed., Persons with Disabilities and Disability Policies in South Asia, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Organization (JETRO)(Publication in Japanese) pp.145-165 (Single)
64.	2011/11	Article	Topology of Development Institutions and Researchers: Cases of Studies on Human Security and Poverty Reduction (Publication in Japanese) Jun Nishikawa, Yasutami Shimomura, Motoki Takahashi and Masato Noda, eds., Revisiting Development: Transforming World and Japan's International Cooperation, Nippon Hyoron Sha Co., Ltd. (Publication in Japanese) pp.213-229 (Single)
65.	2011/01	Book	Low-Income Countries Overcoming Global Competition: Export-Oriented Development in the New Age (Publication in Japanese) pp.3-9, 11-34, 85-123, 125-166 (Collaboration)
66.	2011/01	Article	Contemporary Contexts of Export-Oriented Development (Publication in Japanese) Tatsufumi Yamagata ed., Low-Income Countries Overcoming Global Competition: Export-Oriented Development in the New Age, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization. (Publication in Japanese) pp.11-34 (Single)
67.	2011/01	Article	Dynamics of Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries under the Trade Liberalization: Firm Turnover and Productivity Change in Bangladeshi, Cambodian, and Kenyan Garment Firms (Publication in Japanese) Tatsufumi Yamagata ed., Low-Income Countries Overcoming Global Competition: Export-Oriented Development in the New Age, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization. (Publication in Japanese) pp.85-123 (Collaboration)
68.	2011/01	Article	Race to the Bottom? Workers' Welfare in Bangladeshi, Cambodian and Kenyan Garment Industries (Publication in Japanese) Tatsufumi Yamagata ed., Low-Income Countries Overcoming Global Competition: Export-Oriented Development in the New Age, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization. (Publication in Japanese) pp.125-166 (Collaboration)
69.	2010/11	Book	What is International Cooperation? Development Economics On Site of Cooperation (Publication in Japanese) pp.iii-vi, 30-36, 92-98, 100-106, 122-128, 177-183 (Collaboration)
70.	2010/11	Article	Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines: Results from the 2008 Manila Disability Survey (Publication in Japanese) Soya Mori ed., Poverty Reduction of Persons with Disabilities: How Do They Make Living?, Iwanami Shoten. pp.59-87 (Collaboration)
71.	2009/09	Article	Industrial Competitiveness and Openness of Economies in Africa and Asia: An Introduction Developing Economies 47(3),pp.237-243 (Collaboration)
72.	2009/09	Article	Profitability and Diversity among Knitwear-Producing Firms in Bangladesh: The Prospects of a Labor-Intensive Industry in a Least Developed Country Developing Economies 47(3),pp.340-366 (Collaboration)
73.	2009	Book	How to Manage Out-Migration of Medical Personnel from Developing Countries: The Case of Filipino and South African Nurses and Doctors Leaving for Saudi Arabia, the UK and the US Making Health Services More Accessible in Developing Countries pp.173-202 (Single)
74.	2009	Book	Industrialization cum Poverty Reduction: The Cases of Bangladesh and Cambodia Poverty Reduction and Beyond: Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries pp.93-111 (Single)
75.	2009	Book	Panel Discussion Poverty Reduction and Beyond: Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries pp.174-184 (Collaboration)
76.	2009	Book	Poverty Reduction and Beyond: Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries (Collaboration)
77.	2009	Book	Poverty Reduction and Beyond: How Far toward the Goals? Poverty Reduction and Beyond: Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries pp.1-12 (Collaboration)
78.	2008/09	Article	Book Review (William Easterly, The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good, New York: Penguin Press, 2006) Developing Economies 46(3),pp.317-321 (Single)
79.	2008/09	Article	Overseas Employment of Medical Personnels from Developing Countries (Publication in Japanese) International Affairs (Publication in Japanese) pp.38-48 (Single)
80.	2008/03	Book	Poverty reduction strategies revisited (Publication in Japanese) pp.1-21, 25-55, 81-110 (Collaboration)
81.	2008/03	Article	Bangladesh and Cambodia: Globalization and the Poor in Low-Income Countries (Publication in Japanese) Tatsufumi Yamagata ed., Poverty Reduction Strategies Revisited: Promise of Livelihood Enhancement Approach, Ianami Shoten (Publication in Japanese) pp.81-110 (Single)
82.	2008/03	Article	Poverty Reduction through Generation of Employment Opportunities: International Comparison (Publication in Japanese) Tatsufumi Yamagata ed., Poverty Reduction Strategies Revisited: Promise of Livelihood Enhancement Approach, Ianami Shoten (Publication in Japanese) pp.25-55 (Collaboration)
83.	2008/01	Article	Book Review: William Easterly, The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good, New York: Penguin Press, 2006 (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.68-72 (Single)
84.	2007/06	Article	Who Develops Innovations in Medicine for the Poor? Trends in Patent Applications Related to Medicines for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and Neglected Diseases Developing Economies 45(2),pp.141-171 (Collaboration)
85.	2007/05	Book	From fields of international cooperation (Publication in Japanese) pp.iii-v (Collaboration)
86.	2006/12	Article	The Garment Industry in Cambodia: Its Role in Poverty Reduction through Export-Oriented Development Cambodian Economic Review 2,pp.81-136 (Single)
87.	2006/12	Other	Comment on “Labor Mobility and East Asian Integration” Asian Economic Policy Review 1(2),pp.370-371 (Single)
88.	2006/08	Article	Book Review: Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf eds., Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol. 1A and 1B, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005 (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.74 (Single)
89.	2006/03	Article	Promises and Pitfalls of Result Based ODA Evaluation (Publication in Japanese) Kazuhiro Takanashi ed., Africa and Asia: Perspectives of Development and Poverty Reduction, Keio University Press (Publication in Japanese) pp.385-402 (Single)
90.	2006/01	Book	Industrialization and Poverty Alleviation: Pro-Poor Industrialization Strategies Revisited (Collaboration)
91.	2006/01	Article	Export-Oriented Development Strategy Revisited: Prospects of Labor-Intensive Industrialization in Least Developed Countries (Publication in Japanese) The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi (Journal of Economic & Business Administration, Kobe University) pp.1-16 (Single)
92.	2005/11	Article	Poverty Reduction and Human Security in Bangladesh (Publication in Japanese) Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Incorporating the Concept of Human Security into Poverty Reduction, JICA (Publication in Japanese) pp.121-137 (Single)
93.	2005/10	Article	Firms and Employment in Developing Countries (Publication in Japanese) Kazuhiro Takanashi ed., Development Economics: From Poverty Reduction to Sustainable Development, Keio University Press (Publication in Japanese) pp.99-120 (Single)
94.	2005/03	Article	Policy Coherence for Poverty Reduction in Least Developed Countries (Publication in Japanese) Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Analyses of Policy Coherence Based on the Regional Economy Approach, JBIC (Publication in Japanese) pp.169-188 (Single)
95.	2005/02	Article	Countermeasures against Infectious Diseases as Global Public Goods (Publication in Japanese) Financial Review (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan) (Publication in Japanese) pp.171-191 (Single)
96.	2004/12	Article	Book Review (Geeta Batra, Daniel Kaufmann, and Andrew H. W. Stone, Investment Climate around the World: Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey, Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2003) Developing Economies 42(4),pp.529-532 (Single)
97.	2004/12	Article	Trends in Innovation of Medicines against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Patent Applications by Major Pharmaceutical Companies (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.80-112 (Collaboration)
98.	2004/11	Article	Economic Growth, Poverty and Employment: Genealogy of Pro-Poor Growth Research (Publication in Japanese) Hideki Esho, Mitsuhiko Hosaka and Hiroki Nogami eds., Poverty and Development, Nippon Hyoron Sha Co., Ltd. (Publication in Japanese) pp.21-36 (Single)
99.	2004/11	Article	The Garment Industry in Cambodia: A Leading Export Industry and Employer of Female Workers (Publication in Japanese) Naoko Amakawa ed., Cambodia in a New Era, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (Publication in Japanese) pp.49-102 (Single)
100.	2004/01	Book	New Development Issues in the 21st Century (Publication in Japanese) A Kuchiki, H Nogami and T Yamagata eds., Textbook Development Economics (New Edition) pp.291-318 (Collaboration)
101.	2003/11	Article	A Strategy to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth: Roles of Labor Intensive Industry in Asia and Africa (Publication in Japanese) Journal of International Development Studies pp.3-28 (Collaboration)
102.	2003/11	Article	Pro-Poor Growth in Asia and Its Implication for Africa: Which Sector Increases More the Employment of the Poor? JBICI Review 8,pp.177-210 (Collaboration)
103.	2003/09	Article	Pro-Poor Growth in Asia and Its Implications to Africa (Publication in Japanese) Journal of JBIC Institute (Publication in Japanese) pp.66-94 (Collaboration)
104.	2003/05	Book	Development Economics (Publication in Japanese) (Collaboration)
105.	2003/03	Article	Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Growth Regression (Publication in Japanese) Katsumi Hirano ed., Toward the Economics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (Publication in Japanese) pp.25-65 (Collaboration)
106.	2003/03	Article	The Development of New Drugs to Combat the HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: An Economic Review of the Roles Played by the Patent System and Its Variants (Publication in Japanese) Katsumi Hirano ed., Toward the Economics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (Publication in Japanese) pp.385-418 (Single)
107.	2002/06	Article	Female Migrants in West Africa: Women's Mobility and Empowerment in Nigeria and Ghana (Publication in Japanese) Yasuko Hayase ed., Migration and Gender in Developing Countries, Akashi Shoten Co., Ltd. (Publication in Japanese) pp.101-120 (Single)
108.	2002/01	Article	Book Review: Stephen L. Parente and Edward C. Prescott, Barriers to Riches, MIT Press, 2000 (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.78-81 (Single)
109.	2001/08	Article	Government and Public Services in Bangladesh (Publication in Japanese) Gendai to Koeki: Tohoku University of Community Service and Science (Publication in Japanese) pp.119-123 (Single)
110.	2000/12	Article	Procyclical Productivity and Returns-to-Scale in Philippine Manufacturing Asian Economic Journal 14(4),pp.389-414 (Single)
111.	2000/08	Article	Book Review: Elhanan Helpman ed., General Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth, MIT Press, 1998(Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.72-76 (Single)
112.	2000/05	Article	Introduction to the Special Issue: Economic Development, Industrial Organization and Firm Size (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.2-6 (Single)
113.	2000/05	Article	Returns to Scale and Business Cycles in East Asian Manufacturing (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.56-84 (Single)
114.	1999/03	Article	Book Review: Charles I. Jones, Introduction to Economic Growth, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998 (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.61-63 (Single)
115.	1998/12/12	Article	Business Cycles and Returns to Scale of East Asian Manufacturing Korea International Economic Association, Winter Conference Proceedings, Vol. I, Dec. 12, 1998. 1,pp.237-311 (Collaboration)
116.	1998/12	Article	Analogous Cycles with Lagged Co-movement: U.S. and East Asian Business Cycles Developing Economies 36(4),pp.407-439 (Single)
117.	1998/12	Article	Book Review (Charles I. Jones, Introduction to Economic Growth, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998) Developing Economies 36(4),pp.471-475 (Single)
118.	1998/03	Article	Book Review (Yujiro Hayami, Development Economics: From the Poverty to the Wealth of Nations, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997) Developing Economies 36(1),pp.101-103 (Single)
119.	1998/01	Book	Introduction to Development Economics (Publication in Japanese) (Collaboration)
120.	1998/01	Article	Ineffective Protection, Weak Linkage and Poor Performance: The Philippine and Thai Textile Industries Mitsuhiro Kagami, John Humphery and Michael Piore (eds.), Learning, Liberalization and Economic Adjustment, Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies pp.33-59 (Single)
121.	1997/12	Book	Textbook Development Economics (Publication in Japanese) pp.1-5, 44-56 (Collaboration)
122.	1997/12	Article	Economic Growth (Publication in Japanese) Akifumi Kuchiki, Hiroki Nogami and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds., Textbook Development Economics, Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. (Publication in Japanese) pp.44-56 (Single)
123.	1997/09	Article	Book Review: Robert J．Barro and Xavier Sala-i-Martin，Economic Growth (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.91-95 (Single)
124.	1997/09	Article	Introduction to the Special Issue: Economic Development and Endogenous Economic Growth (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.2-6 (Collaboration)
125.	1997/09	Article	Poverty Trap and Big Push (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.60-75 (Single)
126.	1997/08	Article	Status Quo of NGOs for International Cooperation in Japan(Publication in Japanese) Mikimasa Yoshida ed., NGOs Today: Situations and Issues on International Cooperation Activities, Institute of Developing Economies (Publication in Japanese) pp.1-14 (Single)
127.	1996/06	Article	Endogenous Growth Theory and International Development (Publication in Japanese) Katsu Yanaihara ed., Reviewing Issues in Developing Countries, Keiso Shobo (Publication in Japanese) ISBN 4326501189 pp.190-209 (Single)
128.	1996/01	Article	Economic Characteristics of Selected Asian Countries OECD ed., Migration and the Labour Market in Asia: Prospects to the Year 2000, OECD pp.47-59 (Single)
129.	1995/08	Article	Development Strategies: Export-Oriented Industrialization and Roles of Government (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.3-16 (Collaboration)
130.	1993/07	Article	International Migration in Asia: From Permanent Settlement to Contract Labor Migration (Publication in Japanese) Michihiro Ohyama and Kazuhiro Takanashi eds., International Exchanges and Economic Development in East Asia, Bunshindo Publishing Corporation (Publication in Japanese) pp.73-91 (Single)
131.	1993/07	Article	Philippine Textile Industry: Its Stagnation and Capital Accumulation (Publication in Japanese) Michihiro Ohyama and Kazuhiro Takanashi eds., International Exchanges and Economic Development in East Asia, Bunshindo Publishing Corporation (Publication in Japanese) pp.216-258 (Single)
132.	1993/03	Article	Taiwan's Textile Industry: From Industry Promotion to Trade Friction Ryuichiro Inoue, Hirohisa Kohama and Shujiro Urata (eds.), Industrial Policies in East Asia, Japan External Trade Organization (ISBN 4822405826) pp.90-115 (Single)
133.	1992/12	Book	International Labour Migration in Asia (Publication in Japanese) (Collaboration)
134.	1992/12	Article	International Labour Migration and Economic Development of Asian Countries (Publication in Japanese) Katsu Yanaihara and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds., International Labour Migration in Asia, Institute of Developing Economies (Publication in Japanese) pp.281-303 (Single)
135.	1992/12	Article	Thailand (Publication in Japanese) Katsu Yanaihara and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds., International Labour Migration in Asia, Institute of Developing Economies (Publication in Japanese) pp.69-93 (Single)
136.	1992/12	Article	The Philippines (Publication in Japanese) Katsu Yanaihara and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds., International Labour Migration in Asia, Institute of Developing Economies (Publication in Japanese) pp.47-68 (Single)
137.	1992/03	Article	Domestic-Demand-Led Growth in South Korea and Taiwan (Publication in Japanese) Institute for International Trade and Investment (IITI) ed., New Structural Changes in the Western Pacific, IITI (Publication in Japanese) pp.77-104 (Single)
138.	1992/03	Article	Taiwan: From Export-Led Growth to Domestic-Demand-Led Growth (Publication in Japanese) Toru Yanagihara ed., Development and Economic Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region. pp.57-75 (Single)
139.	1992/03	Article	Thailand: Trajectory to Rapid Economic Growth (Publication in Japanese) Toru Yanagihara ed., Development and Economic Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region, Institute of Developing Economies (Publication in Japanese) pp.151-173 (Single)
140.	1991/03	Article	Labor Migration Policies in the Philippines (Publication in Japanese) Mita Journal of Economics pp.145-166 (Single)
141.	1990/12	Article	Taiwan's Textile Industry: From Industry Promotion to Trade Friction (Publication in Japanese) Ryuichiro Inoue, Hirohisa Kohama and Shujiro Urata eds., Industrial Policies in East Asia, Japan External Trade Organization (Publication in Japanese) pp.80-109 (Single)
142.	1990/03	Article	Economic Development and Labor Absorption: An Empirical Analysis of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines (Publication in Japanese) Koichi Ono ed., Economic Development and Structural Changes in East and Southeast Asia, Institute of Developing Economies (Publication in Japanese) pp.3-57 (Collaboration)
143.	1990/03	Article	Three Decades of Development in the Pacific Basin (Publication in Japanese) Takao Fukuchi and Mitsuhiro Kagami eds., Perspectives on the Pacific Basin Economy: A Comparison of Asia and Latin America, Institute of Developing Economies (Publication in Japanese) pp.11-16 (Collaboration)
144.	1990/01	Article	Three Decades of Development in the Pacific Basin: An Overview Takao Fukuchi and Mitsuhiro Kagami (eds.), Perspectives on the Pacific Basin Economy: A Comparison of Asia and Latin America, Institute of Developing Economies and The Asia Club Foundation (ISBN 4258540102) pp.21-42 (Collaboration)
145.	1989/09	Article	Migration to Metropolises: A Case of Thailand (Publication in Japanese) Ajia Keizai (Publication in Japanese) pp.37-45 (Single)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2001/07～	Japan Society for International Development
2.	2017/11～2020/12	∟ President
3.	2023/11～	∟ Head, Reasonable Accommodation Working Group
4.	2005/11～2011/11	∟ Executive Director
5.	2005/11～	∟ Director
6.	2014/11～2017/11	∟ Vice President
7.	2014/11～2020/12	∟ Executive Director
8.	2005/01～	Japan Society of International Economics
9.	1988/01～	Japan Association for Asian Studies
10.	2015/08～2021/08	∟ Member of Editorial Committee of the Asian Studies
11.	2016/01～	Japan Society for Disability Studies
12.	2000/01～	East Asian Economic Association
13.	2019/01～	∟ Fellow
14.	1994/01～	American Economic Association
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2024/06/15	Win-Win Discourses and the Development Cooperation Charter of Japan: Analyses with the Tinbergen Rule, Median Voter Theorem and White Man's Burden Claim (The 25th JASID Spring Conference, Japan Society for International Development)
2.	2023/12/23	Why Do People Advocate Japan's Development Cooperation Charter?: Insights from the White Man's Burden Argument, Median Voter Theorem and Tinbergen Rule (in Japanese) (Japanese Society of Regional and Agricultural Development, 2023 Fall Conference)
3.	2023/10/14	New International Economic Orders Led by the Global South: A Quest for New Donor-Coordination Frameworks for Sovereign Debt Restructuring (in Japanese) (The 81th Annual Conference)
4.	2022/06/18	Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines to 49 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Which Vaccines Go Where and How? (Japan Society for International Development, 2022 Spring Conference)
5.	2021/11/21	International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea: New Strategies for an Uncertain World (Japan Society for International Development, 2021 Annual Conference)
6.	2021/05/22	"Covid-19 and the Distribution of Its Vaccines to Developing Countries: Roles of WTO Played for HIV/AIDS in 2001 and Covid-19 at Present" (Japan Society of International Economics (JSIE) Kanto Branch Seminar)
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■ Works

1.	2025/03/09	Discussion on Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya's Lecture, “What's in the White Paper on Bangladesh's Economy?” (Nagoya （Online）)
2.	2025/02/14	Japan's Cooperation in Comparison with China's (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
3.	2025/02/13	Japan's Economic Development after Two Regime Shifts (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
4.	2024/12/06	Growing Presence of Bangladesh for Japan: In the Context of ODA (Tokyo)
5.	2024/11/15	Japan's Cooperation Policies for Climate Change (Shanghai, China)
6.	2024/11/15	Japan's Official Development Assistance: What's New and Old? (Shanghai, China)
7.	2024/09/27	Japan's Official Development Assistance: What's New and Old? (Online (between Beppu and Jakarta, Indonesia))
8.	2024/05/12	Industrial Development of Bangladesh in an East Asian Model: Implications for MIDI (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
9.	2023/12/02	Japan's International Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Past, Present and Future (in Japanese) (Tokyo)
10.	2023/08/01	Concerns about the Updated Development Cooperation Charter 2023 (Tokyo (Online))
11.	2023/07/06	Comments at Seminar "World Development Report (WDR) 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies" (World Bank Tokyo Office (online))
12.	2023/02/25	Past and Present of Japan's Economy and Health: A Path toward Universal Health Coverage (Higashi Hiroshima, Japan)
13.	2022/12/02	Transition in Japan's View of Bangladesh: How Should Two Middle Powers Behave Along with Hegemons? (Dhaka, Bangladesh [and online])
14.	2022/10/13	Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines to 49 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Which Vaccines Go Where and How? (Tsukuba, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan (Online))
15.	2022/03/16	How to Vitalize Bangladesh-Japan Partnership More Toward Next Decade (Dhaka, Bangladesh (online))
16.	2022/01/26	Conclusion of the Book: International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea (Seoul (online))
17.	2021/11/06	SDGs and Result-based Management: Global Goals Addressing Domestic Issues (Osaka, Japan)
18.	2021/11/05	Evaluation of Japan’s ODA for Women’s Empowerment (2019) (online)
19.	2021/10/16	Covid-19 and the Distribution of Its Vaccines to Developing Countries: Impacts of WTO's New Secretary General Okonjo-Iwealaid-19 at Present (online)
20.	2021/10/10	What are the SDGs? (2)——What can we do? (Chiba (Online))
21.	2021/10/09	What are the SDGs? (1)——Can SDGs help developing countries? (Chiba (Online))
22.	2020/12/19	Comments: Garment Industry in South Asia (Online)
23.	2020/12/05	Panel Discussion - Time for Change: Innovation for Inclusive Society (Online)
24.	2020/11/07	MDGs and SDGs: Twins in Parallel Worlds (Online)
25.	2020/11/06	Multilateralism by Pursuit for National Interests: Human Security and Universal Health Coverage of Japan (Seoul, Korea and online)
26.	2020/10/15	Japan’s ODA to Fight against COVID-19: Its Implications for Developing Countries (Online)
27.	2020/09/10	How to Invent and Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries (Online)
28.	2020/07/30	Japan's International Cooperation to Cope with COVID-19 (Beijing, China (webinar))
29.	2020/02/03	Comments: Gender Equality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth (JICA Research Institute (Tokyo))
30.	2017/06/07	A Paradox of the Sustainable Development Goals: Inward-Oriented Global Goals (Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
31.	2013/02/28	From the Top Donor to a Smart Donor (Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
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■ Awards and honors

1.	2014/01	Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) OKITA Memorial Prize for International Development Research
2.	2004/11	Japan Society for International Development JASID Encouragement Award for Excellent Articles

■ Professional contribution to Society

1.	2025/04～2025/04	Today's Focus: International Cooperation
2.	2024/02～2024/02	Comments at JICA-World Bank Tokyo Seminar “Green Growth: Energy Efficiency in South Asia”
3.	2024/02～2024/02	Revision of the Development Cooperation Charter: Examination of Impacts of Involvement of Japan's Civil Society to It
4.	2023/10～2023/10	For Whom Is Japan's ODA? Japan's National Interests, or Those of Everyone on the Globe
5.	2023/10～2023/10	Reconsidering Aims of International Cooperation: National Interests Override Japan's Assistance (in Japanese)
6.	2023/09～2023/09	Discussion "Official Development Assistance and National Interests" Keep Up Idealism for Prosperity of the World (in Japanese)
7.	2023/05～2023/05	Japan's International Cooperation: Own-Country First Policy Outstands (in Japanese)
8.	2023/04～2023/04	Problems in Draft "Development Cooperation Charter 2023" (in Japanese)
9.	2023/04～2023/04	Paradigm Shift of Urban Development: Functions and Modes of Future Cities
10.	2022/12～2022/12	Japan needs Bangladesh as recipient of more dev loans: Economists
11.	2020/03～2020/03	Interview: Four Reasons Why the Japanese Conduct ODA
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■ Committee and society

1.	2024/09/17～2026/06/30	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Advisory Committee on Evaluation Chairperson
2.	2024/01/01～2028/01/31	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Advisory Committee for the Maheshkhali-Matarbari Integrated Development Initiative (MIDI) Master Plan Formulation Project, People's Republic of Bangladesh Chair Person
3.	2023/07/01～	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Advisory Committee on Evaluation Member
4.	2019/08/06～2020/03/31	Policy-Level ODA Evaluation Project for "Evaluation of Japan's ODA for Promotion of Empowerment of Women," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Chief Evaluator
5.	2016/08～2017/03/31	Policy-Level ODA Evaluation Project for "Country Assistance Evaluation of the Republic of Paraguay," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Chief Evaluator
6.	2015/08～2016/03/31	Policy-Level ODA Evaluation Project for "Country Assistance Evaluation of Vietnam," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Chief Evaluator
7.	2014/08～2015/03/31	Policy-Level ODA Evaluation Project for "Evaluation of Japan's Contribution to the Achievement of the MDGs in the Health Sector," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Chief Evaluator
8.	2014～2018	Japan-Bangladesh Society Executive Member
9.	2011/08～2012/03/31	Policy-Level ODA Evaluation Project for "Evaluation of Aid for Trade," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Chief Evaluator
10.	2006～2010/03/31	External Advisory Meeting on ODA Evaluation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member
11.	2004/08～2005/03/31	Adviser
12.	2003/04～2018/09	Editorial Committee of The Developing Economies Editor
13.	2001～2003	Global Development Network Global Research Projectに関するExternal Resource Person
14.	2000～2001	Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies 客員研究員
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■ Homepage

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University - Faculty Information - Tatsufumi Yamagata

https://www.chuko.co.jp/shinsho/portal/123293.html

https://www.ide.go.jp/Japanese/Researchers/Interview/yamagata_tatsufumi.html

■ External Researcher ID

orcID

0000-0001-7510-4160