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Dec. 12/16-18, 2015 †

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Special Seminar †

Dr. Takashi Yamano, Senior Scientist at the International Rice Research Institute, will give a series of special seminars on "Empirical Development Economics in Practice: from Survey Planning to Publication".

Dr. Yamano holds MS. in Agriculture from Hokkaido University and Ph.D. in Economics and Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University. Prior to joining IRRI, he was a professor of development economics at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.

He has published a number of high-quality articles in academic journals such as Journal of Development Economics and World Development. These works have contributed to alleviating poverty in Asia and African countries.

The seminar is an invaluable opportunity to learn how the world leading development economist conducts his research projects from survey planning to publication in practice. Researchers and graduate students, as well as advanced under graduate students, are all encouraged to join the seminar.

All the lectures will be given in English.

• Date: 12/16 - 18, 2015.
• Venue: Room F319. Food Resources Research Building, Faculty of Agriculture.
• Lectures will be given in English.
• Advance registration is required. Please contact to:
  • Associate Professor Tomoaki Nakatani, Agro-food Economics & Statistics, Research Faculty of Agriculture
  • Ext. 3879，Email: naktom2_at_gmail.com (replace _at_ with @)

• Program and the reading list (*** denotes compulsory readings. The participants are requested to read these articles in advance.)
• 12/16 9:30-12:00 (Seminar 1)　
  • Agricultural development: new rice technologies
    • ***Yamano et al. (2015). “Adoption and Impacts of International Rice Research Technologies,” mimeo (revised and re-submitted to a journal), IRRI. (Available upon request to Prof. Nakatani.）
    • Dar MH, De Janvry A, Emerick K, Raitzer D, Sadhoulet E. (2013). Flood-tolerant rice reduces yield variability and raises expected yield, differentially benefiting socially disadvantaged groups. Scientific Reports, 3 (3315):1-8.
• 12/16 13:15-16-15 (Seminar 2)
  • Role of off-farm income in rural development
    • ***Matsumoto, T., Y. Kijima, and T. Yamano (2006). “The Role of Local Nonfarm Activities and Migration in reducing Poverty: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda,” Agricultural Economics, 35 (Supplement): 449-458.
    • Otsuka, K., and T. Yamano (2006). “Introduction to the Special Issue on the Role of Nonfarm Income in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Asia and East Africa,” Agricultural Economics, 35 (Supplement): 393-397.
• （12/17 10:30-12:00 A seminar for undergraduates at Room S32)　
• 12/17 13:15-16:15 (Seminar 3)
  • Schooling: public vs. private education
    • ***Nishimura, M., and T. Yamano (2013). “Emerging Private Education in Africa: Determinants of School Choice in Rural Kenya,” World Development, 43 (3), 266-275.
    • Nishimura, M., T. Yamano, and Y. Sasaoka (2008). “Impacts of the Universal Primary Education Policy on Education Attainment and Private Costs in Rural Uganda,” International Journal of Educational Development, 28: 161-175.
• 12/18 9:30-12:00 (Seminar 4)
  • Poverty targeting: from food aid to CCT
    • ***Jayne, T.S., J. Strauss, T. Yamano, and D. Molla (2002). “Targeting of Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia: Chronic Need or Inertia?” Journal of Development Economics, 68 (2): 247-288.
• 12/18 13:15-16:30 (Seminar 5)
  • From research to publication

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