OHNO, Izumi

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  • Position:
    Professor
  • Degree:
    MPA (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University)
  Specialty:
  Economic Development, Development Cooperation Policy
• Current Research Interests:
  

  ・	International development strategies, aid and development partnerships, donor strategies for growth support to Africa
  ・	Japanese ODA policy

• Professional Career:
  

  1981-1988	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) –Mining & Industrial Planning　Dept., Training Dept., Social Development Cooperation Dept.
  1988-1998	The World Bank –Economist (Strategic Planning and Review Dept., SPRSP), Country Officer for Peru (Country Operation Dept. III, LAC) etc.
  1993-1995	Research Institute for Development Assistance, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan (OECF) –Economist & Deputy Director, Development Assistance Div.
  1995-1998	The World Bank –Public Sector Management Specialist (Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Unit, LAC).
  1998-1999	Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan (OECF) –Director, Environment & Social Development Div.
  1999-2001	Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) –Director, Division for LAC.
  2002-Present	Professor –National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

• Selected publications:
  1.Books
  Diversity and Complementarity in Development Aid: East Asian Lessons for African Growth, GRIPS Development Forum, February 2008 (eds. with Kenichi Ohno and Masumi Owa).
  
  Japan’s International Development Cooperation, International Development series Vol.4 (eds. with Goto, Kazumi and Toshio Watanabe), Nippon Hyoronsha, June 2005. (in Japanese)
  
  The World Bank: Toward New Development Strategies?, NTT Publishing Co., October 2000. (in Japanese)
  
  Japanese Views of Economic Development: Diverse Paths to the Market, Routledge, April 1998 (ed. with Kenichi Ohno).
  
  IMF and the World Bank: Insiders Views on International Financial Institutions, Nippon Hyronsha, Oct. 2010 (in Japanese) (ed. with Kenichi Ohno)
  
  2.Other Publications
  “Ethiopia’s Experiment to Build Developmental States” (with Kenichi Ohno), State and Economic Development (eds. Keijiro Otsuka and Takashi Shiraishi), Chapter 3, Toyokeizai Shimposha, 2010, pp.61-89. (in Japanese)
  
  Introducing KAIZEN in Africa, GRIPS Development Forum, October 2009 (with Kenichi Ohno, Sayoko Uesu, Ayako Ishiwata, Akio Hosono, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Takafumi Ueda)
  
  “Japan’s ODA to Vietnam and New Growth Support to Africa: Projecting the East Asian Development Vision into the Global Aid Debate,” Chapter 3, Japanese Aid and the Construction of Global Development: Inescapable Solutions (eds. David Leheny and Kay Warren), Routledge, Contemporary Japan Series, 2010, pp.77-102.
  
  “East Asian Perspectives of Development and Aid: Towards Japan’s Enhanced Contribution to Africa Growth Support,” Journal of International Development Studies, Vol.18, No.2, The Japan Society for International Development, November 2009, pp.129-142. (in Japanese)
  
  “Ownership of What?: Beyond National Poverty Strategies and Aid Harmonization in the Case of Vietnam,”  (with Kenichi Ohno), Chapter 3, Aid Relationships in Asia: Exploring Ownership in Japanese and Nordic Aid, eds. Alf Morten Jerve, Yasutami Shimomura, and Annette Skovsted Hansen, Palgrave Macmillan, December 2007, pp.41-62.
  
  Managing the Development Process and Aid –East Asian Experiences in Building Central Economic Agencies, (with Masumi Shimamura), GRIPS Development Forum, March 2007.
  
  True Ownership and Policy Autonomy: Managing Donors and Owning Policies (ed.) GRIPS Development Forum, August 2005.
  
  Good Donorship and the Choice of Aid Modalities –Matching Aid with Country Needs and Ownership (with Yumiko Niiya), GRIPS Development Forum, December 2004.
  
  Linking Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction –Large-Scale Infrastructure in the Context of Vietnam’s CPRGS (with Yumiko Niiya), GRIPS Development Forum, November 2003.
  
  “Diversifying PRSP –The Vietnamese Model for Growth-Oriented Poverty Reduction,” October 2002, GRIPS Development Forum Policy Note. No.2, October 2002
  
  “Beyond the East Asian Miracle: An Asian View,” UNDP Office of Development Studies, Discussion Paper Series 5, 1996.
  
• Social contributions:
  Organized private, multi-stakeholder discussion groups for Japan’s development cooperation policies and formulated proposals, including:
  

  ・	ODA Reform: Five Recommendations: Moving into the 21st century –“Development Cooperation (DC)” (June 2010)
  ・	Proposal for a New African Growth Support Initiative, GRIPS Development Forum Policy Note No.4 (August 2008)
  ・	ODA Manifesto: 30 Proposals for Enhanced International Cooperation (October 2007)

  
  Served as advisory member of the government-hosted committees including:

  ・	Chair, Advisory Committee for BOP Business Support, Sept. 2010 – present (for the Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
  ・	Member, Advisory Committee for JICA ODA Evaluation, Dec. 2008 – March 2010 (for the Japan International Cooperation Agency)
  ・	Member, Advisory Committee for International Cooperation, March 2007 – February 2009 (for the Minister of Foreign Affairs)
  ・	Member, Advisory Committee for ODA Evaluation, April 2006 – March 2010 (for the Director General of International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  ・	Member, Advisory Committee for Grant Aid Cooperation, February 2003 – July 2010 (for the Director General of International Cooperation Bureau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

• Other notable activities:
  Major research projects (with external funding) include:
  
  As Project leader:
  

  ・	International Comparison of Donor Support to Industrial Development in Africa (JSPS Kakenhi C), April 2010-March 2013.
  ・	Japanese Approach to Growth Support in Developing Countries: International Comparison and Case Studies (commissioned by the JICA Research Institute), April 2009-March 2010.

  
  Participate as a member:

  ・	Study on Industrial Policy Formulation in Ethiopia (JICA), August 2010-August 2011 (leader Prof. Kenichi Ohno)
  ・	Pro-active Industrial Policy: Its Concept and Application (JSPS Kakenhi A), April 2010-March 2014 (leader Prof. Kenichi Ohno)
  ・	Global COE Program “The Transferability of East Asian Development Strategies and State Building” June 2008-March 2013 (leader Prof. Keijiro Otsuka)
  ・	21st COE Program “Asian Development Experience and Its Transferability” Sept. 2003-March 2003 (leader Prof. Kenichi Ohno)

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