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Affiliation: Faculty of Regional Development StudiesDepartment of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University

Degree: 博士（地域研究）(京都大学)
Master of Arts （Food Research)(Jun, 1992, Stanford University)
Bachelor of Arts(Mar, 1990, Sophia University)

Researcher number: 00450487
J-GLOBAL ID: 201401043740097619
researchmap Member ID: B000236410

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Research Interests

Research Areas

Major Research History

Apr, 2014 - Present

Professor, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, Toyo University
Oct, 1992 - Mar, 2014

Japan External Trade Organization, Institute of Developing Economies

Education

- Mar, 2006

Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Sep, 1991 - Jun, 1992

Food Research Institute, Stanford University
Apr, 1986 - Mar, 1990

Department of English Language and Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2022

海外技術協力促進検討事業検討委員, 日本水土総合研究所
Jan, 2014 - May, 2018

ミャンマー国シャン州北部地域における麻薬撲滅に向けた農村開発プロジェクト支援委員, 国際協力機構
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2017

アジアにおける貧困削減と持続的農業の推進のための技術指導事業（ミャンマー）」評価検討委員, 国際農林業協働協会 (JAICAF)
Mar, 2013 - Sep, 2015

ミャンマー経済改革支援委員会農業・農村部会支援委員, 国際協力機構
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2014

『アジア経済』編集委員, アジア経済研究所
Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2013

『アジア経済』書評委員, アジア経済研究所
2006 - 2007

『アジア研究』書評委員, アジア政経学会
Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2003

『アジア経済』編集委員, アジア経済研究所
2000 - 2003

ミャンマー国経済構造調整プロジェクト農業農村タスクフォースメンバー, 国際協力事業団

Major Papers

The persistence of credit–labor interlinked transactions in rural Myanmar: The case of Kanyingu Village in Ayeyarwady Delta

Ikuko Okamoto, Hnin Yu Lwin, Koichi Fujita

Journal of Rural Studies, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
How the Landless Households Survive in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone: Focusing on the Role of Interlinked Credit Transaction between Toddy Palm Climbers and Traders

Hnin Yu Lwin, Okamoto Ikuko, Fujita Koichi

Asian and African Area Studies., 20(1) 65-91, Sep, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Labour and livelihood of Myanmar migrants in ranong under the current legal environments in Thailand

Fujita Koichi, Endo Tamaki, Okamoto Ikuko, Nakanishi Yoshihiro, Yamada Miwa

Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 50(2) 157-210, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Coping and Adaptation against Decreasing Fish Resources: Case Study of Fishermen in Lake Inle, Myanmar

Ikuko Okamoto

329, Mar, 2012
「ミャンマーのコミュニティ・フォレストリーと地域社会の組織化メカニズム－シャン州，マグエ地域の事例から－」

岡本郁子

重冨真一・岡本郁子編.『アジア農村における地域社会の組織形成メカニズム』（2011年度調査研究報告書）アジア経済研究所. 2012:1-37., 2012
How do poor rural households in myanmar cope with shocks? coping strategies in a fishing and farming village in rakhine state

Ikuko Okamoto

Developing Economies, 49(1) 89-112, Mar, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Myanmar Migrant Workers in Ranong

Fujita, Koichi, Endo, Tamaki, Okamoto, Ikuko, Nakanishi, Yoshihiro, Yamada, Miwa

IDE Discussion Paper 257, Oct, 2010
The movement of rural labour: A case study based on Rakhine State

Ikuko Okamoto

Ruling Myanmar: From Cyclone Nargis to National Elections, 168-193, 2010 Peer-reviewed
Rural-rural migration in Myanmar: a case from fishery laborers in Rakhine state

Monthly journal of Institute of Developing Economies, 50(3) 48-69, Mar, 2009 Peer-reviewed
「ミャンマー―市場経済化と農業発展―」

重富真一編.『グローバリゼーションと途上国農村市場の変化―統計的概観―（2005年度調査研究報告書）アジア経済研究所, 2006
ミャンマーにおける米増産至上政策と農村経済--8カ村家計調査データによる所得分析を中心に

栗田匡相, 岡本郁子, 黒崎卓, 藤田幸一, Kurita Kyosuke, Okamoto Ikuko, Kurosaki Takashi, Fujita Koichi

アジア経済, 45(8) 2-37, Aug, 2004 Peer-reviewed
ミャンマーにおける新作物普及と非農家層--農産物流通自由化後のマメ産地3ヵ村の事例から

岡本郁子, Okamoto Ikuko

アジア経済, 45(2) 2-27, Feb, 2004 Peer-reviewed
Agricultural Marketing Liberalization and the Development of Rural Marketing System--The Case of Green Gram Marketing in Myanmar

OKAMOTO Ikuko

Bi-monthly journal of the Institute of Asian Economic Affairs, 42(10) 2-36, Oct, 2001 Peer-reviewed
An economic study on irrigated summer rice production in Myanmar: The case of a Village near Yangon

K. Fujita, I. Okamoto

Southeast Asian Studies, 38(1) 22-49, 2000 Peer-reviewed

Major Misc.

ミャンマー・サイクロン被災(2008年)--政治化された災害と復興支援 (特集復興は進んでいるか?--アジアの自然災害)

岡本郁子

アジ研ワールド・トレンド, 15(6) 11-14, Jun, 2009

Major Books and Other Publications

Myanmar: Politics, Economics, Society 2nd ediction A.Simpson, N. Farrelly eds

A.Simpson, N. Farrelly eds (Role: Joint author, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods: Incipient Progress Aborted" (Co-authored with Duncan Boughton, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung, Cho Cho San , Nilar Aung, Ikuko Okamoto))

Routledge, 2024
Myanmar: Politics, Economics, Society

A.Simpson, N. Farrelly eds (Role: Contributor, “Agriculture and the Rural Economy: The Struggle to Transform Rural Livelihoods” (Co-authored with Duncan Boughton, Ikuko Okamoto, Siu Sue Mark, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung, Theingi Myint and Tin Htut Oo))

Routledge, 2020
Living with Myanmar

Chambers, Justine, Galloway, Charlotte, Liljeblad, Jonathan (Role: Contributor, ’Myanmar’s Rural Economy at a Crossroads”)

ISEAS Publishing, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020 (ISBN: 9789814881043)
『ロヒンギャ問題とは何か-難民になれない難民』

日下部尚徳, 石川和雅編著 (Role: Contributor, 「ラカイン州の経済-貧困と資源開発」)

明石書店, 2019
『東南アジア地域研究入門 1 環境』

井上真 (Role: Contributor, 転換期を迎えた水田稲作)

慶應義塾大学出版会, Feb, 2017 (ISBN: 4766423941)
Myanmar in Post-military rule

Ikuko Okamoto (Role: Contributor)

Institute of Developing Economies, Nov, 2015
Local Societies and Rural Development: Self-organization and Participatory Development in Asia

Shinichi Shigetomi, Ikuko Okamoto (Role: Joint editor, Organizing community forestry in rural Myanmar: Capability and functions of villages)

Edward Elgar Pub, Sep 30, 2014 (ISBN: 1783474378)
Figures of Modernity in Southeast Asia.

Johan Lindquist, Joshua Barker, Erik Harms (Role: Contributor, Sex worker in Thailand)

University of Hawaii Press, 2013
The Economic Transition in Myanmar After 1988: Market Economy Versus State Control (Kyoto Cseas Series on Asian Studies)

Fumiharu Meino, Koichi Fujita, Fumiharu Mieno, Ikuko Okamoto (Role: Joint editor)

NUS Press, Mar 5, 2009 (ISBN: 9971694611)
Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

Ikuko Okamoto

Singapore University Press, Feb 28, 2009 (ISBN: 997169431X)
ミャンマー移行経済の変容－市場と統制のはざまで－

藤田幸一 (Role: Contributor, 開放経済移行下のミャンマー農業)

アジア経済研究所, 2005
ミャンマー移行経済の変容－市場と統制のはざまで－

藤田幸一 (Role: Contributor, ミャンマー市場経済移行期のコメ流通)

アジア経済研究所, 2005
アフリカとアジアの農産物流通

高根務編 (Role: Contributor, ミャンマーにおける農産物流通自由化と農家経済－リョクトウ産地の事例から－)

アジア経済研究所, 2003
東南アジアの経済開発と土地制度

水野広祐, 重冨真一編 (Role: Contributor, 植民地期ビルマの地租制度と土地所有権)

アジア経済研究所, 1997

Presentations

シャン州山間部農民の生計活動と土地利用ーインレー湖周辺の環境への示唆ー

岡本郁子, 柴田京子

日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会, May 23, 2022 Invited
Myanmar's rural economy at a crossroads

Ikuko Okamoto

Myanmar Update 2019, Mar 15, 2019, Australia National University Invited
“Fade Away or Persist? Labor-credit Interlinked Transaction in Rural Myanmar: Case of Agricultural Labourers in a Delta Village” （共著：Hnin Yu Lwin, Koichi Fujita）

Ikuko Okamoto

The 24th International conference for Agri-food Research Network, Dec 5, 2017, Bandung Institute of Technology
Village organizational capability and collective actions in Myanmar”

Ikuko Okamoto

UY-ANU Myanmar Update Forum, Mar 15, 2017 Invited
“Rural finance in Delta”

Ikuko Okamoto

The Emerging Myanmar and the Resurgence of Traditional Agrarian Questions. Southeast Asian Studies in Asia 2015 Conference, Dec, 2015
“The Shrimp Export Boom and Small-Scale Fishermen in Myanmar: Profitability and the Changing Resources,”

Ikuko Okamoto

Panel 16:Impact of Globalization on Economy International Burma Studies Conference 2010., Jul, 2010, The Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia
“Issues Affecting the Movement of Rural Labour in Myanmar: Rakhine Case Study”

Ikuko Okamoto

Myanmar/Burma Update Conference 2009, Aug, 2009, Australian National University
「ミャンマー・サイクロン災害-政治化された災害と不信の連鎖-」

岡本郁子

アジア政経学会全国大会共通論題「アジアにおける自然災害と政治経済変動」, Oct, 2008, 神戸大学
“Expanding Export, Profitability and Changing Resources: A Case Study of Small-scale Shrimp Fishing in Rakhine Coastal Area”.

Ikuko Okamoto

7th Annual Conference of Myanmar Academy of Agricultural, Forestry and Livestock and Fishery Sciences., Jul, 2008, Myanmar Academy of Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock and Fishery Science Invited
“Transforming Myanmar’s Rice Marketing System”

Ikuko Okamoto

Myanmar/Burma Update Conference 2006., Jul, 2006, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
“Agricultural Marketing Liberalization and the Changes of the Farm Economy: A Case Study of a Green Gram Producing Area in Lower Myanmar”

Ikuko Okamoto

Burma Studies Conference, Oct, 2004, Northern Illinois University
Agricultural Marketing Reform and the Rural Economy in Myanmar: A Case Study of a Pulse Producing Area in Lower Myanmar”

Ikuko Okamoto

5th Annual Global Development Network Conference, Jan, 2004, GDN-Network
「農産物流通自由化と農家経済－ヤンゴン近郊マメ産地の事例から－」

岡本郁子

アジア政経学会東日本大会, May, 2003, 神田外国語大学
“Rice Economy of Myanmar”

Conference on ”Achieving High Growth: Experience of Transitional Economies in East Asia”, Oct, 2001, Australian National University Invited

Teaching Experience

Apr, 1997 - Present

Issues in Agricultural and Development (Graduate School of Global and Regional Studies, Toyo University)
Apr, 1997 - Present

農業・農村開発特論 (東洋大学国際学研究科)
Apr, 1997 - Present

質的調査手法演習 (東洋大学国際学研究科)
Apr, 1997 - Present

アジア経済論 (東洋大学国際学部国際地域学科)
1997 - Present

Asian Economies/Southeast Asian Economies
Apr, 1994 - Mar, 1997

国際協力論 (東洋大学国際地域学部国際地域学科)

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Impact of "frontier capitalism " on peoples' livelihood strategies in mountainous areas in Myanmar

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2024
Research on the Status and Development of Microfinance in Myanmar under Economic Reform

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2020

Okamoto Ikuko
Research on development of community based forest resource management and village organizational capability in contemporary rural Myanmar

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2016

OKAMOTO IKUKO
Multiple international human mobility and stratified labor market in East ,SoutheastAsia and Pacific region

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010 - 2012

TORII Takashi, OBONAI Hiroko, SAWADA Yukari, KIZAKI Midori, OKAMOTO Ikuko, NAMBU Kazuka