Educational Background
Ph.D. Candidate, Economics, Keio University
M.A., International Educational Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University
Career Background
Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development
Deputy Director, Basic Education Group, Human Development Department, JICA
Representative, JICA South Sudan Office
Education Expert, Technical Cooperation Project in Kenya, JICA
Associate Education Expert, Basic Education Group, Human Development Department, JICA
Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer, South Africa, JICA
Mathematics Teacher, Public Junior High School, Chiba Prefecture
Major Publications
(Journals)
Shimamura, Yasuharu, Satoshi Shimizutani, Shimpei Taguchi and Hiroyuki Yamada (2022). “The Impact of Better Access to Improved Water Sources on Health, Schooling, and Water Collection of Girls and Boys in Rural Zambia,” Journal of Development Studies, forthcoming.
Shimamura, Yasuharu, Satoshi Shimizutani, Shimpei Taguchi and Hiroyuki Yamada (2022). “Economic Valuation of Safe Water from New Boreholes in Rural Zambia: A Coping Cost Approach,” Water Resources and Economics, vol.37, 100192.
(Others)
Akabayashi, Hideo, Shimpei Taguchi, and Mirka Zvedelikova (2021). “Access to and Demand for Online School Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan,” Keio-IES Discussion Paper, 2021-013.
Tanaka, Shinichiro, Shimpei Taguchi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Alejandra Cardini, Nobuko Kayashima, and Hiromichi Morishita (2019). “Transforming Education towards Equitable Quality Education to Achieve the SDGs,” T20 Japan Policy Brief.
Taguchi, Shimpei (2016). “Analysis of Classroom Practice in Mathematics and Science Education in Africa (written in Japanese),” Africa Educational Research Forum, vol.7.
Related Research Projects
COVID-19 Study for UHC and Resilient Society
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