Researchers
OKAMOTO Ikuko
Senior Research Fellow, Southeast Asian Studies Group II, Area Studies Center
Research Field:
Myanmar Area Studies, Agriculture and Rural Economy.
Education / Research Experience
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Education:
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| B.A. in Foreign Studies, Sophia University M.A. in Food Research, Stanford University Doctor of Area Studies, Kyoto University |
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Professional Career:
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| Joined IDE, 1992 | |
| Visiting Research Fellow(Ministry of Agriculture&Irrigation, Yangon), 1998-2000 | |
| Visiting Research Fellow (The Australian National University, Canberra), 2009-2011 | |
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Other Information:
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| Part-time Lecturer at Tsudajyuku College, 2006-2008 | |
Major Works
Books:
- Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar: Transformation under Market Liberalization. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.2008.
- The Economic Transition in Myanmar after 1988: Market Economy: Market versus State Control. (Co-edited with Fujita, Koichi and Fumiharu Mieno.) Singapore: National University of Singapore Press in association with Kyoto University Press.2009.
Articles and Chapters:
- Ikuko Okamoto. 2011. “How Do Poor Rural Households in Myanmar Cope with Shocks? Coping Strategies in a Fishing and Farming Village in Rakhine State“（The Developing Economies Volume 49, Number 1 ）
- Ikuko Okamoto. 2010. “The Movement of Rural Labour in Myanmar: Rakhine Case Study” in Nicholas Cheesman, Monique Skidmore and Trevor Wilson eds. Ruling Myanmar: From Cyclone Nargis to National Elections. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
- Koichi Fujita, Tamaki Endo, Ikuko Okamoto. Yoshihiro Nakanishi and Miwa Yamada “Myanmar Migrant Workers in Ranong, Thailand” IDE Discussion Paper No.257.October 2010.
- "The Shrimp Export Boom and Small-Scale Fishermen in Myanmar" IDE Discussion Paper No.135. March 2008.
- "Rich Periphery, Poor Center: Myanmar's Rural Economy under Partial Transition to Market Economy."COE Discussion Paper no.23, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. March. 2004. (Co-authored with Kurosaki, Takashi, Kyosuke Kurita, and Koichi Fujita).
- Myanmar Kanki-Kangai-Inasaku-Keizai no Jittai:Yangon Kinko-Noson Field Chosa yori [An Economic Study on Irrigated Summer Rice Production in Myanmar: The Case of a Village near Yangon]". Southeast Asian Studies, 2000.Vol.38, No.1. pp. 22-49. (Co-authored with Fujita, Koichi).
