HARADA Tetsuya

Doctor of Economics, Hosei University, March 2025
Master of Economics, Hosei University, March 2017
Master of Public Administration, Columbia University, May 1999
Bachelor of Economics, Waseda University, March 1995

Chief Representative for Europe and the Head of France Office, JICA, March 2025-
Principal Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, July 2024-
Executive Senior Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, July 2021-June 2024
Senior Director, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, Credit Risk Analysis and Environmental Review Department, JICA, Sep 2018-July 2021
Senior Representative, JICA Indonesia Office, April 2015-Augt 2018
Public Finance Economist, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice, The World Bank, Feb 2013-Feb 2015
Director, Financial Risk Management Division, General Affairs Department, JICA, Sep 2011-Feb 2013

Also assumed various positions during 1995-2011 in Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF). Major assignments included project preparation and implementation for infrastructure development projects and development policy loans in Southeast Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa and financial due diligence for corporate finance operations.

Harada, T. , Shoji, M., & Takafuji, Y. (2023). Intergenerational spillover effects of school-based disaster education: Evidence from Indonesia , International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 85, 103505.

Yokoo, H. & Harada, T. (2023). What makes green persuasion effective? Evidence froma community-financed sanitation program in Indonesia , Resource and Energy Economics, 73, 101371.

Shoji, M., Takafuji, Y., & Harada, T. (2020). Formal Education and Disaster Response of Children: Evidence from Coastal Villages in Indonesia , Natural Hazards, 103(2), 2183-2205 (2020)

Shoji, M., Takafuji, Y., & Harada, T. (2020). Behavioral Impact of Disaster Education: Evidence from a Dance-Based Program in Indonesia . International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 45, 101489.

Harada, T. "Structural Change and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Update of Recent Trends with Multiple-Sector Considerations " In The Future of Work in Developing Countries, edited by A. Noman, J.E. Stiglitz, and A. Jayadev, pp. 336–363. Columbia University Press, 2026.

Harada, T. “Developing Countries after the COVID-19 Shock: Inflation, Debt Crisis and Future Outlook ” In Human Security Today, JICA Ogata Research Institute Report, Vol.2. 2024. pp. 18-33. ISSN 2437-010X

Harada, T. “Migrant Remittances and Human Security: The Effects of Migrant Remittances at the Macro- and Micro Levels and What Happened During the COVID-19 Pandemic” In Human Security Today, JICA Ogata Research Institute Report, Vol.1. 2022. pp. 99-114. ISSN 2437-010X

Harada,T., Rohinton P. Medhora., Nozawa,K. 2025. “Issues in Intangible Assets and Their Implications on Policy in Developing Economies ” JICA Ogata Research Institute Discussion Paper No.33. Tokyo: JICA Ogata Research Institute for Peace and Development.

Harada, T. “How to Conduct Effective Development Economic Research on Japan’s ODA Projects – A Practical Guide ” In JADE LetterNo. 11, edited by H. Kono and Y. Higuchi, pp. 9-16. Japanese Association for Development Economics, 2025

Harada, T. "Developing Country Debt under Compound Risks" (series: Yasashii Keizaigaku). Nihon Keizai Shimbun, October 3–18, 2022 (in Japanese)

Research on global dynamics of economic structural changes and its impact on employment (with Initiative for Policy Dialogue of Columbia University)