HOSONO, Akio

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  • position: Visiting Professor
  • specialty: International Development
  • degree: Doctor of Economics, University of Tokyo
• education and career:
  B.A. University of Tokyo, 1962
  Doctor of Economics, University of Tokyo, 1984
  Institute of Developing Economies, 1962
  United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, 1966
  University of Tsukuba (Director, Foreign Student Center; Dean, College of International Relations; Dean, Graduate School of international Political Economy; Vice-President of the University), 1976
  Professor, Research Institute of Economics and Business, Kobe University, 2000
  Ambassador of Japan to El Salvador, 2003
  Senior Adviser, Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2007
  Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2008
  Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2010
• current research interests:
  Experiences of Economic Development of East Asia and Latin America and Japanese Cooperation for Africa
• e-mail: a-hosono