Faculty Database - SHIMADA GO

■ Books and Papers

1.	2024/10	Article	Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Impact on Regional Economies from 1960-2010 （福島第一原発は雇用を創出したか？- 1960-2010年） Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 203(114801) (Single)
2.	2024/06	Article	Chapter 3 "Kaizen: Why is It so Difficult to Understand?" in Sato, J. and Soyeun, K. (ed.) (2024). The Semantics of Development in Asia: Exploring "Untranslatable" Ideas through Japan, The University of Tokyo Studies on Asia, Springer. pp.29-43 (Single)
3.	2023/09	Article	Does Aid Make Africa Resilient?: Disasters’ impacts on economic growth, agriculture, and conflicts. In Shinya Konaka Peter D. Little and Greta Semplici (eds). Reconsidering Resilience in African Pastoralism Toward a Relational and Contextual Approach pp.27-54 (Single)
4.	2023/07	Article	Addressing Global Crises―The Role of International Development Studies Journal of International Development Studies pp.83-94 (Collaboration)
5.	2023/02	Article	Is Kaizen Effective in Developing Countries? The Universality and Distinctiveness of Kaizen Journal of International Development Studies 31(3),pp.9-20 (Single)
6.	2022/03	Other	Food aid is not helping Africa’s struggle with climate change: what would? (Single)
7.	2022/02	Article	The impact of climate-change-related disasters on Africa’s economic growth, agriculture, and conflicts: Can humanitarian aid and food assistance offset the damage? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(1),pp.467 (Single)
8.	2022/01	Article	Rethinking Development Assistance from Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) experience in India in the 1990s The Journal of Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer pp.43-56 (Single)
9.	2021/08	Article	Impacts of Management Training on Workers: Evidence from Central America and the Caribbean Region Review of Development Economics 25(3),pp.1492-1514 (Collaboration)
10.	2020/12	Article	Recommendations for the Enhanced EU-Japan Cooperation on African Development in the Framework of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) (Collaboration)
11.	2020/01	Book	Hosono, Akio, John Page and Go Shimada. eds. Workers, Managers, Productivity: Kaizen in Developing Countries. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. Workers, Managers, Productivity: Kaizen in Developing Countries (Collaboration)
12.	2020/01	Article	“Why is Kaizen Critical for Developing Countries? – Kaizen as a Social Innovation in the Era of Global Inequality” In Hosono, Akio, John Page and Go Shimada. 2020. eds. Workers, Managers, Productivity: Kaizen in Developing Countries. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (Single)
13.	2019/08	Article	Ch12 "Does Environmental Policy Make African Industry Less Competitive? - The Possibilities in Green Indusrial Policy." In The Quality of Growth in Africa, edited by Ravi Kanbur, Akbar Noman and Joseph E. Stiglitz, 350-372. New York: Columbia University Press. Ravi Kanbur, Akbar Norman, Joseph Stiglitz. eds. The Quality of Growth in Africa (Collaboration)
14.	2019/02	Article	"Industrial Policy, Industrial Development and Structural Transformation in Asia and Africa." In Otsuka, Keijiro and Kaoru Sugihara. (Eds.) Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa (Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies). Springer: Singapore. (Collaboration)
15.	2018/12	Article	Dictionary of International Development Studies (Single)
16.	2018/11	Article	Achievements and further issues in Kaizen research for international development: Deriving policy implications from interdisciplinary approach Journal of International Development Studies 27(2) (Single)
17.	2018/11	Article	The US Aid Strategy for Productivity Improvement in Japan after World War II with a Focus on Labor Unions: Japan's Experience as a Recipient Country Journal of International Development Studies 27(2) (Single)
18.	2018/06	Article	Impacts of Kaizen Management on Workers: Evidence from Central America and the Caribbean Region JICA Research Institute Working Papers 173 (Collaboration)
19.	2018/04	Article	Review Article: Prof. Yasutami Shimomura "Challenge to open new horizons in Thailand - Eastern Seaboard Development Plan and Techocrat" JICA Research Institute. (Single)
20.	2017/11	Article	Training-Infrastructure-Finance (TIF) Strategy for Industrial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Collaboration)
21.	2017/07	Article	A Quantitative Study of Social Capital in the Tertiary Sector of Kobe - Has Social Capital Promoted Economic Reconstruction Since the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake? International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 22,pp.494-502 (Single)
22.	2017/04	Article	Chapter6: Inside the Black Box of Japan's Institution for Industrial Policy - An Institutional Analysis of Development Bank, Private Sector and Labour. Akbar Noman and Joseph Stiglitz, eds. Efficiency, Finance and Varieties of Industrial Policy (Single)
23.	2017/03	Article	Building Resilience as a Counter-Measure to Climate Change and Natural Disasters in Africa: A Case Study From A Project in Pastoralist and Agro-pastoralist communities in Borena, in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Africa Study Monograph Supplementary Issue 53,pp.35-51 (Collaboration)
24.	2016/07	Article	Inclusive Industrial Development and Japan Development Aid - New Opportunities for Pro-poor Regional Cooperation through Inclusive Business in the Mekong Region (Single)
25.	2016/04	Other	Exclusive Interview "Improvement Formula" by Capital (Ethiopian Newspaper) Capital (Ethiopian Newspaper) No. 904, Sunday, April 11, 2016 pp.22-23
26.	2016/04	Other	Interview "Defending developmental approach" by The Reporter (Ethiopian Newspaper), Saturday, April 23 Vol. XX No. 1024 he Reporter (Ethiopian Newspaper), Saturday, April 23 Vol. XX No. 1024
27.	2015/12	Article	The role of social capital after disasters: An empirical study of Japan based on Time-Series-Cross-Section (TSCS) data from 1981 to 2012 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 14(388-394),pp.388-394 (Single)
28.	2015/11	Article	Possibilities of a Comprehensive Approach to Industrial Development : Japan's Policy Dialogue and the Quality and Productivity Improvement Project in Ethiopia 67(3),pp.637-663 (Single)
29.	2015/09	Article	Chapter 4: The Economic Implications of Comprehensive Approach to Learning on Industrial Development (Policy and Managerial Capability Learning): A Case of Ethiopia. In Akbar Noman and Joseph Stiglitz, eds. Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation in Africa (Single)
30.	2015/07	Article	Chapter 12: Towards community resilience - the role of social capital after disasters. In Laurence Chandy, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, eds. The last mile in ending extreme poverty (Single)
31.	2015/04	Article	Haddad, Lawrence. Hiroshi Kato. Nicolas Meisel. eds. Growth is Dead, Long Live Growth The Quality of Economic Growth and Why it Matters ISBN: 978-4-86357-066-5 (Single)
32.	2015/03	Other	The Contribution of the Saudi Japanese Automotive High Institute (SJAHI) Project to Saudization Policy JICA ODA Evaluation Report (Single)
33.	2013	Article	Industrial Development of Africa- JICA's commitment at TICAD IV and its follow-up. In Kato Hiroshi (eds.) Inclusive and Dynamic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Collaboration)
34.	2012/10	Article	The macroeconomic impacts of natural disasters : A case study of Japan GSAPS Journal (24),pp.121-137 (Single)
35.	2012	Article	Development Cooperation Approaches to Inclusive Growth - in the Case of Japan Inclusive Growth and Development Cooperation: Experiences and Lessons from Asia. Seoul: Korea Development Institute (KDI) and The Asia Foundation (TAF) (Co-author) (Collaboration)
36.	2012	Article	Japan's Approach to African Development During TICAD IV: The Case of Ethiopia (Edited by GRISP Development Forum), Policy Miniutes No. 24, Tokyo: GRIPS.
37.	2009	Article	The Political Economy of the United Nations Development System - UN reform debate since the 1969 Jackson Report to the Coherence Panel Report of 2006, and the possibilities of further UN reform The United Nations Studies 10,pp.131-151 (Single)
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■ Conference Presentations

1.	2022/01/06	Does Kaizen work in Developing Countries?: Lessons to link research to policy
2.	2021/11/21	How do climate change disasters affect economic growth, agriculture, and conflict in Africa, and do humanitarian aid and food aid effectively countermeasure it? (JASID Annual Meeting)
3.	2021/02/04	Past, Present and Future of Humanitarian and Development Aid: Rethinking the Aid Sector with Binalakshmi Nepram (Arms and Civil Society Research Forum)
4.	2020/08/07	(Discussant) World Bank Seminar on Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies (World Bank Seminar on Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies)
5.	2020/06/27	(Commentator) The 21st Spring Conference of the Japan Society for International Development (The 21st Spring Conference of the Japan Society for International Development)
6.	2019/11/12	Redes de Trabajo Regionales - Perspectiva de Europa y Asia (Preparatory meeting to propose a Latin America and Caribbean Network on productivity in SMEs)
7.	2019/11/11	Kaizen para el Desarrollo Industrial: El Rol en la Mejora de la Calidad y la Productividad de las Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (PYMES) (Tecnología de gestión de la producción en pequeñas y medianas empresas)
8.	2019/08/29	(Panelist) Quality Growth in Africa Discussed at TICAD Side Event Featuring Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz (Yokohama, TICAD)
9.	2019/08/27	Globalization, Development and Achieving the SDGs in Africa, Discussion with Professor Joseph Stiglitz (Academy Hall, Meiji University)
10.	2019/08/01	（Chair）Governance, Public Finance, and Conflicts Session, 1st JADE (Japan Association for Development Economics) Conference (（Chair）Governance, Public Finance, and Conflicts Session, 1st JADE (Japan Association for Development Economics) Conference)
11.	2019/06/15	（コメンテーター）国際開発学会第20回春季大会「Industry, Economy」セッション（英語） (国際開発学会第20回春季大会)
12.	2019/02/20	(Panelist) Brookings Institution seminar onKaizen: A management philosophy for advancing development in Africa (Kaizen: A management philosophy for advancing development in Africa)
13.	2019/01/15	Discussant at the World Bank Seminar "Productivity Revisited: Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy" (World Bank Seminar)
14.	2018/12/09	(Chair and discussant) Session on Human Security and Development at the Japan Association for Human Security Studies 2018 (2018 Japan Association for Human Security Studies)
15.	2018/07/23	Africa and Japan - The Training-Infrastructure-Finance (TIF) Strategy: How Japan Helps Industrial Development in Africa" (Africa and Japan - The Training-Infrastructure-Finance (TIF) Strategy: How Japan Helps Industrial Development in Africa")
16.	2018/07/03	(Facilitator) Kaien and Improving Firm Capability for Innovation (Africa Kaizen Annual Conference 2018)
17.	2018/06/02	From a recipient of US aid on productivity improvement after the WWII to a donor of Kaizen
18.	2017/06/19	Impacts of Kaizen on workers: Evidence from Central America and Caribbean Region
19.	2017/05/10	Statistics and methodologies for evidence-based policy making (8th Plenary Meeting, OECD Initiative for Policy Dialogue on Global Value Chains, Production Transformation and Development)
20.	2017/04	Does Environmental Policy Make African Industry Less Competitive? - The Possibilities in Green Industrial Policy (IPD task force, Columbia University)
21.	2017/03/10	Kaizen for Industrial Development The Role of Quality and Productivity Improvement of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
22.	2016/12/11	Chair: Tools and skills for human security promotion
23.	2016/11/27	Impacts of Kaizen on workers: Evidence from Central America and Caribbean Region
24.	2016/11/27	Panelist: African development in post natural resource boom: Reflecting the Nairobi Declaration of the TICAD VI
25.	2016/10	Sustainable Development and Peace: Global Agenda and Regional Solution
26.	2016/08/30	Global impact and local impact of environment in Africa - Toward Green Industrial Policy (IPD (Initiative for Policy Dialogue) Task force meeting, Chaired by Prof. Stiglitz)
27.	2016/08/29	Africa's Transformation through Industrial Policies and Implementing the Agenda 2063 (JICA Side Event at TICAD VI, Nairobi, Kenya)
28.	2016/08	Impacts of Kaizen on workers: Evidence from Central America and Caribbean Region (Hitotsubashi Summer Institute 2016)
29.	2016/07	New opportunities for pro-poor regional cooperation through inclusive business in the Mekong region - Study on Japan Development Aid (Regional cooperation for inclusive business new opportunities for official development aid (ODA) in the Mekong Region, organized by ADB (Asian Development Bank), Beijing, China)
30.	2016/06	New opportunities for pro-poor regional cooperation through inclusive business in the Mekong region - Study on Japan Development Aid (Regional cooperation for inclusive business new opportunities for official development aid (ODA) in the Mekong Region, organized by ADB (Asian Development Bank), ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines)
31.	2016/06	No longer the black swan: Impact of rising natural disasers and environment issues on agriculture and economy (IPD (Initiative for Policy Dialogue) Task force meeting, Chaired by Prof. Stiglitz)
32.	2016/03	Kaizen as an Industrial Policy: Towards Economic Transformation of Africa (Knowledge Sharing Seminar for African Countries, Addis Ababa, Co-organized by JICA and the Government of Ethiopia)
33.	2014/07	Resilience and Social Capital - Lessons from Japan (Annual Meeting of East Asia Development Network in Manila, Philippine)
34.	2014/06	A Quantitative Study of Social Capital in the Tertiary Sector of Kobe: Has Social Capital Promoted Economic Reconstruction Since the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake? (Annual Global Conference of GDN (Global Development Network))
35.	2014/06	Social capital and Productivity Growth - Evidence from cross country analysis. (IPD (Initiative for Policy Dialogue) Task force meeting in Dead Sea, Jordan, Chaired by Prof. Stiglitz)
36.	2014/01	Towards community resilience: The role of social capital after disasters (The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.)
37.	2013/04	The Economic Implications of Comprehensive Approach to Learning on Industrial Development (Policy and Managerial Capability Learning): A Case of Ethiopia (UNU (United Nations University) -WIDER Conference on Learning to Compete: Industrial Development and Policy in Africa. Helsinki, Finland.)
38.	2013/03	(Emerging lessons for post-2015 and Sustainable Goal Setting - goal setting methodology and target/indicator selection methodology)
39.	2012/10/31	Inclusive Growth and Development Cooperation: Experiences and Lessons from Asia (Inclusive Growth and Development Cooperation: Experiences and Lessons from Asia)
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■ Academic Qualifications

1.	2011/04～2014/06	〔Doctorial Course〕, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Completed, Ph.D.
2.	1998/09～1999/09	〔Master Course〕 Development Economics, Graduate School, Division of Economics, The University of Manchester, Completed, MA in Economics with Distinction

■ Career History

1.	2023/04	Meiji University School of Information and Communication Professor
2.	2014/10～	Waseda University Adjunct Researcher
3.	2018/04～2023/04	Meiji University School of Information and Communication Associate Professor
4.	2023/06～2023/06	The World Bank Consultant
5.	2014/03～2020/12	Columbia University IPD (Initiative Policy Dialogue) Visiting Scholar
6.	2017/04～2021/03	Center for Global Studies, Graduate School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka Visiting Scholar
7.	2015/04～2020/03	Visiting Scholar
8.	2018/04～2019/03	University of Shizuoka Visiting lecturer
9.	2016/04～2016/07	Asia Development Bank Consultant
10.	2015/04～2018/03	University of Shizuoka School of International Relations Associate Professor
11.	2007/10～2015/03	JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Senior Researcher
12.	2005/02～2007/09	Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Economic Division First Secretary
13.	1992/04～2005/01	JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
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■ Major Subjects

International Economics, Development Economics

■ Academic Associations Membership

1.	2014/09～	The Japan Society for International Development
2.	2020/12～	∟ Executive Director (Chair, Editorial Board)
3.	2014/09～2018/12	∟ Member of Editorial Board
4.	2019/03～	Japanese Association for Development Economics
5.	2014/04～	American Economic Association
6.	2016/06～	Japan Association for African Studies
7.	2018/07～	Japan Association for United Nations Studies
8.	2014/11～	Japan Association for Human Security Studies
9.	2016/04～2023/11	∟ Board Member
10.	2021～	Japan Coffee Association
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■ Professional Achievements

● Special note of person who has experience of business
1.	2005/02～2007/09	First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
2.	1992/04/01～2015/03/31	JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)

■ Research Topics, Consignment Studies & KAKENHI Researches

1.	2020/04～2021/03	Innovative urban development in Jimbocho based on coffee and the SDGs (Key Word : )
2.	2020/04～2022/03	Research on Employment Augmented Development Strategy for Africa and Kaizen (Key Word : )
3.	2020/02～	Study on Japan EU Strategic Partnership Agreement Strategy on Africa. (Key Word : )

■ Committees and Associations

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2021/06/01～

PEP (Partnership for Economic Policy) ） Member of the Board

■ Web Sites

Researchgate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Go_Shimada

■ Email Addresses

■ Award History

1.

2018/11

JASID (Japan Society for International Development) Special Award, JASID

■ Current Specialized Field

Economic policy, Economic policy, Politics (Key Word：International Economics, Development Economics, Industrial Policy, Social Capital, United Nations Study)

■ Courses and Lectures taught or delivered in the past

1.	Directing Dissertation I,II（Graduate School of Information and Communication, Meiji University）
2.	Thesis Seminar I & II (Development Economics)（Thesis Seminar I & II (Development Economics)）
3.	Development Economics I & II (Analytic Studies)（Graduate School of Information and Communication, Meiji University）
4.	Development Economics I, II（Graduate School, Information and Communication, Meiji University）
5.	International Economics（Meiji University, University of Shizuoka）
6.	Micro Economics（Meiji University）
7.	Macro Economics（Meiji University）
8.	Seminar（Meiji University, University of Shizuoka）
9.	（University of Shizuoka）
10.	International Economics (Graduate Course)（Graduate School, University of Shizuoka）
11.	Economics A and B（University of Shizuoka）
12.	（Meiji University）
13.	International Relations（University of Shizuoka）
14.	（University of Shizuoka）
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