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Profile Information

Affiliation: Senior Research Fellows, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization

Researcher number: 80450526
J-GLOBAL ID: 202201001300147221
researchmap Member ID: R000034002

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Economic policy / Development Economics, sub-Saharan Africa

Research History

Apr, 2020 - Present

Senior Research Fellow, Development Studies Center, Japan External Trade Organization, Institute of Developing Economies
Jul, 2015 - Mar, 2020

Director, Africa Studies Group, Area Studies Center, Japan External Trade Organization, Institute of Developing Economies

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2020 - Present

Journal Editor, Japan Association of African Studies
Apr, 2011 - Present

Editor, Editorial Committee of Developing Economies
Jul, 2015 - May, 2020

Editor in Chief, Editorial Committee of Africa Report
Feb, 2019 - May, 2019

Award Selection Committee, Japan Association of African Studies
Nov, 2018 - May, 2019

Academic committee, South Africa-Japan University Forum

Papers

Youth Employment and the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa: Preliminary Results from the Original Surveys of TVET Graduates

FUKUNISHI Takahiro

Africa Report, 59 85-99, Jun 29, 2021 Peer-reviewed
開発ミクロ経済学による貧困研究：その特徴とアフリカにおける研究成果の紹介

福西隆弘

アフリカ研究, 98(98) 21-34, Dec, 2020
Youth Employment under Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: School-to-Work transitions in urban Ghana and Kenya

Takahiro Fukunishi, Christian Samen Otchia

IDE Discussion Paper, (759), May, 2019
マダガスカルにおける輸出向け縫製産業とその労働者――産業構造変化の課題

福西隆弘

SERASERA, 41, 2019
The Consequence of Educational Reform on Youth Employment: Evidence from an Enrollment Increase in Vocational Training in Ethiopia

Tomohiro Machikita, Takahiro Fukunishi

IDE Discussion Paper, (679), Sep, 2017
Vocational Education and Employment Outcomes in Ethiopia: Displacement Effects in Local Labor Markets

Takahiro Fukunishi, Tomohiro Machikita

IDE Discussion Paper, (678), Sep, 2017 Invited
Labor Compliance and Factory Performance: Evidence from the Cambodian Garment Industry

Yoko Asuyama, Takahiro Fukunishi, Raymond Robertson

Better Work Discussion Paper, (23), Feb, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Estimating effects of vocational education in the labor market : Analytical framework

Takahiro Fukunishi

Africa educational research journal, (7) 41-55, Dec, 2016 Peer-reviewed
経済発展の持続に向けて：産業構造の多様化への高い壁

福西隆弘

国際問題, 650 6-16, Apr, 2016
Duty-free and Quota-free Access as a Development Policy: The Case of Madagascar

FUKUNISHI Takahiro

Africa Report, 51 55-62, Sep 3, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Firm dynamics in the Cambodian garment industry: firm turnover, productivity growth and wage profile under trade liberalization

Yoko Asuyama, Dalin Chhun, Takahiro Fukunishi, Seiha Neou, Tatsufumi Yamagata

JOURNAL OF THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMY, 18(1) 51-70, Feb, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Textiles and Apparel

Takahiro Fukunishi, Kenta Goto, Tatsufumi Yamagata

A paper presented at the 4th Global Review of Aid for Trade, WTO, 2013
Employment and Wages in Export-Oriented Garment Industry: Recent Trends in Low-income Countries under Trade Liberalization

Takahiro Fukunishi, Tatsufumi Yamagata

Background paper to Industrial Development Report 2013, 2013
Slow and steady wins the race : how the garment industry leads industrialization in low-income countries

Takahiro Fukunishi, Tatsufumi Yamagata

IDE Discussion Paper, (412), 2013
Political Crisis and Suspension of Duty-free Access in Madagascar: Assessment of Impacts on Garment Industry

Takahiro Fukunishi

IDE Discussion Paper, (422), 2013
HAS LOW PRODUCTIVITY CONSTRAINED THE COMPETITIVENESS OF AFRICAN FIRMS? A COMPARISON OF KENYAN AND BANGLADESHI GARMENT FIRMS

Takahiro Fukunishi

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, 47(3) 307-339, Sep, 2009 Peer-reviewed
Recent Trend of Growth Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa

Takahiro Fukunishi

Africa Report, 48 3-8, Mar 20, 2009 Peer-reviewed
Clothing Exports from sub-Saharan Africa: Impact on Poverty and Potential for Growth

Takahiro Fukunishi

A paper presented at World Bank Conference on Development Economics, 2008 Invited
グローバル化の波に洗われるアフリカの衣料産業―製品、資本、技術の国際移動とローカル企業の対応―

西浦, 昭雄, 福西, 隆弘

アフリカレポート, (45) 3-8, Sep, 2007 Peer-reviewed
AGOAを利用したアフリカの衣料品輸出--輸出指向型工業化の可能性

福西, 隆弘

アフリカレポート, (41) 9-15, Sep, 2005 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Book Reviews : Motoki Takahashi, Development and the State : Towards a Renewal of Political Economy of Africa (in Japanese)

53(6) 102-107, Dec, 2012
縫製/アパレルアジア・アフリカの新興輸出国の特徴 : バングラデシュ、カンボジア、マダガスカルの縫製企業データの比較

福西隆弘

繊維トレンド, (96) 16-21, Sep, 2012
縫製/アパレルアフリカにおける縫製産業の現状と将来性

福西隆弘

繊維トレンド, (88) 41-46, May, 2011
成長をくじく政争--マダガスカルの事例 (特集アフリカの社会開発と経済発展--現在そしてこれから)

福西隆弘

アジ研ワールド・トレンド, 17(2) 24-27, Feb, 2011
Book reviews: Akio Nishiura, The South African economy: the standpoint of business study

Monthly journal of Institute of Developing Economies, 51(2) 62-66, Feb, 2010
経済成長--資源ブームと外国直接投資の影響 (特集アフリカ開発の現在)

福西隆弘

アジ研ワールド・トレンド, 14(11) 9-11, Nov, 2008
「メード・イン・アフリカ」の実力 (資源が牽引、消費も拡大アフリカの時代)

福西隆弘

エコノミスト, 86(27) 78-79, May 13, 2008
サブサハラ・アフリカ--少数の高成長国と多数の低成長国 (特集新経済発展論--経済史比較から見えるもの)

福西隆弘

アジ研ワールド・トレンド, 10(10) 24-27, Oct, 2004
書評黒崎卓・山形辰史著『開発経済学--貧困削減へのアプローチ』

福西隆弘

アジア経済, 45(9) 59-63, Sep, 2004
アフリカの小農--開発ミクロ経済学からみた農家行動 (特集アフリカ経済学宣言)

福西隆弘

アジ研ワールド・トレンド, 9(6) 8-10, Jun, 2003
アフリカ諸国の経済成長--なぜ成長から取り残されているのか (特集アフリカ経済学宣言)

福西隆弘

アジ研ワールド・トレンド, 9(6) 4-7, Jun, 2003

Major Books and Other Publications

The garment industry in low-income countries : an entry point of industrialization

Yoko Asuyama, Takahiro Fukunishi, Kenta Goto, Toshihiro Kudo, Momoe Makino, Seiha Neou, Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison, Tatsufumi Yamagata, Mohammad Yunus (Role: Joint editor, Ch.1 Introduction, Ch.7 Madagascar, Ch.8 Kenya, Ch.9 Cross- Country Comparison of Firm Performance)

Palgrave Macmillan, Dec, 2014 (ISBN: 9781137383174) Peer-reviewed
Delivering sustainable growth in Africa : African farmers and firms in a changing world

Takahiro Fukunishi, Jodie Keane, Akio Nishiura, Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison, Aya Suzuki, Tomomi Tokuori (Role: Editor, Ch1. Introduction，Ch5. The Export Oriented Industry in Madagascar)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 (ISBN: 9781137377814) Peer-reviewed
Industrialization and poverty alleviation : pro-poor industrialization strategies revisited

UNIDO Research Programme, Takahiro Fukunishi, Mayumi Murayama, Tatsufumi Yamagata, Nishiura, Akio

United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 2006

Research Projects

Research on Quality of Working Life and Gender in African Manufacturing

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Collaborative Research), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Sep, 2023 - Mar, 2028
Vocational training and youth employment in developing countries

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2026
Empirical Studies on Inclusiveness and Exclusiveness of Sharing of Technologies in East African Small and Medium-sized Manufacturers

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, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024
Governance for Sustainable Peace and Development: Interdisciplinary Study Based on Network Science and Data Science

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2022

Sakamoto Takuto
Vocational Training for Youth Unemployment: Skills Assessment and Job Search in Ethiopia

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, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2022
Study on Development of Spontaneous Enterprises in Changing Africa

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, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Takahashi Motoki
Structural changes in Africa: an approach from labor cost gap

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, 2015 - Mar, 2019

Fukunishi Takahiro
Skills Development of Youths in Africa: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the Gap between Training and Employment

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

Yamada Shoko
Learning through Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Case of the Garment Industry in Madagasca

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, 2009 - 2012

FUKUNISHI Takahiro
South African Firms in Agro-Industry and Retail Sector in East Africa : The investment and impact on local firms

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, 2009 - 2011

NISHIURA Akio, FUKUNISHI Takahiro