OHNO, Izumi
Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies / Senior Research Advisor, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development
（As of 04/01/2024）
Research theme
- International development policy, Japanese development cooperation, industrial development cooperation, and business and development
Educational background
- MPA (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University)
Career
- 1981-1988Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) -Mining & Industrial Planning Dept., Training Dept., Social Development Cooperation Dept.
- 1988-1998The World Bank -Economist (Strategic Planning and Review Dept., SPRSP), Country Officer for Peru (Country Operation Dept. III, LAC) etc.
- 1993-1995Research Institute for Development Assistance, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan (OECF) -Economist & Deputy Director, Development Assistance Div.
- 1995-1998The World Bank -Public Sector Management Specialist (Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Unit, LAC).
- 1998-1999Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan (OECF) -Director, Environment & Social Development Div.
- 1999-2001Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) -Director, Division for LAC.
- 2002-2018 Professor -National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
- 2018-2020: Director, JICA Research Institute (current JICA Ogata Research Institute / Visiting Professor, GRIPS
- 2020-2024: Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) ( - March 2024)
- 2020-present: Senior Research Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Research Institute for Peace and Development (Oct. 2020-present)
- 2024-present: Professor Emeritus, Adunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) (April 2024- present)
Books and Chapters
- Introducing Foreign Models for Development: Japanese Experience and Cooperation in the Age of New Technology (eds. with Kimiaki Jin, Kuniaki Amatsu and Junichi Mori), Springer, 2024.
- Policy Learning for Industrial Development and the Role of Development Cooperation (eds. with Kuniaki Amatsu and Akio Hosono), JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, February 2022.
- Promoting Quality and Productivity Improvement/ Kaizen in Africa (eds. with Kimiaki Jin), JICA Ogata Research Institute , February, 2022.
- Introduction to BOP Business: Addressing Global Challenges through Partnership, Ohno, Izumi, Hideyuki Sugawara and Shino Tsuchiya, Chuo-keizai Publishing Co., 2011
- 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)
Journal Articles and Papers
- "Building Forward Better: What Does COVID-19 Mean for the Future of International Development?”, Ristumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Vol. 40, March 2022, pp.1-21.
- “New Partnership with the Private Sector in Japanese Development Cooperation” (with Sayoko Uesu), Ch. 7, in International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea: New Strategies for an Uncertain World, Palgrave and McMillan, 2022, pp.149-178.
- “Dynamic Capacity Development: What Africa Can Learn from Industrial Policy Formulation in East Asia” (co-authored with Kenichi Ohno), Chapter 7, in Good Growth and Governance in Africa: Rethinking Development Strategies, edited by A. Norman, K. Botchewy, H. Stein, and J. Stiglitz, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp.221-245
- “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.
所属学会
- Japan Society for International Development (JASID)
Others
- Major research projects (with external funding) include:
- As Project leader:
- ・Japanese Experiences of Industrial Development and Development Cooperation: Analysis of Translative Adaptation Processes, July 2019-ongoing (for the JICA Ogata Research Institute)
- ・Strategic Network Building with ‘Pro-Japan’ Asian Monozukuri Human Resources, April 2016-March 2017 (for the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR) )
- ・Comparative Research on Overseas Business Expansion of Japanese SMEs, April 2014-March 2016 (for the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR))
- ・Action-oriented Research for Promoting Overseas Business of Japanese SMEs, April 2012-March 2014 (for the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR))
- ・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 Dialogue in Ethiopia (JICA), 1st Phase: 2009-2011, 2nd Phase: 2012-2016, 3rd phase: 2017-2023. (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)
