KATSURAI Taro

Senior Research Fellow
Research field / main research area
Infrastructure, Urban Water Policy, Environmental Policy
Research field / main research area
Infrastructure, Urban Water Policy, Environmental Policy
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Educational Background

Master of Environmental Management, Hosei University, 2005.
BS(Computer Science), Northwestern University, 1998.

Career Background

Senior Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute, 2025-present
Senior Deputy Director, Operations Management Division, Operations Strategy Department, 2023-2025
Senior Representative, Bangladesh Office, 2018-2023
Deputy Director, Southeast Asia Division 5, Southeast Asia Department, 2016-2018
Various positions at JBIC Institute, Vietnam Office, Southeast Asia Division 3, 2005-2016

Major Publications

[Refereed Articles]

Taro Katsurai, Daisuke Sasaki, Ryo Fujikura (2022) "What Determines the Time Efficiency of the Purchasing Phase of Public Procurement in Developing Countries: Evidence from Japanese ODA Loans ", JICA Research Institute Working Paper.

Syafruddin Karimi, Mikiyasu Nakayama, Ryo Fujikura, Taro Katsurai, Masako Iwata, Takeshi Mori & Koichi Mizutani (2005) “A Post-Project Review on Resettlement Program of Kotapanjang Dam Project in Indonesia,” International Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol. 21 No. 2, June 2005 (English, 14 pages).

[Others]

Taro Katsurai and Yuka Murakami (2011) “Effectiveness of Development Policy Lending in Financing and Mainstreaming Climate Change: Case Studies from Indonesia and Vietnam ” in Climate Change Mitigation and Development Cooperation edited by Ryo Fujikura.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Naoko Shinkai, Masahiro Shoji, Shinya Sugawara, Taro Katsurai (2006) “The Role of Irrigation Infrastructure: Case Studies in Sri Lank and Pakistan”, Journal of JBIC Institute, Vol. 32 (Nov 2006).

Taro Katsurai and Takaaki Kobayashi (2006) “The Globalization of International Development System and the Role of Japan: Case Study in Vietnam” Japan Bank for International Cooperation (2006) Asia Under Globalization and the Role of Japan. (in Japanese).

Taro Katsurai and Takaaki Kobayashi (2006) "Enhancement of the International Development Policy Theory and the Japanese Aid to Vietnam" (Proceedings of the Japanese Society for International Development, Spring 2006) (in Japanese).

Affiliations

Japan Society for International Development (JASID)

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