YAMADA Eiji

YAMADA Eiji serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, where he conducts cutting-edge research in urban economics, environmental economics, and econometrics. His work significantly contributes to development economics with particular emphasis on migration, remittances, and socioeconomic impacts of infrastructure projects across developing nations.

Dr. Yamada's academic foundation includes:

• Master of Economics from the Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
• PhD in Economics from Sciences Po Paris (L'Institut d'études politiques de Paris)

His research agenda spans urban development policy, environmental sustainability, and rigorous econometric analysis of development interventions. Dr. Yamada leads multiple international collaborative projects including joint research with the Brookings Institution on frontier technologies for sustainable development and implementing the 'Leave No One Behind' principle of the SDGs. His empirical investigations span Africa, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Tajikistan, focusing on risk mitigation, poverty reduction, remittance dynamics, and infrastructure impacts.

Analysis of Dr. Yamada's recent publications reveals a strategic pivot toward pandemic-related socioeconomic research, particularly examining migration disruptions, remittance volatility, and household welfare impacts across Central and Southeast Asia. His methodological approach combines spatial econometrics with field-based data collection, often utilizing innovative satellite monitoring techniques as demonstrated in his work on deforestation detection using radar satellite technology (JJ-FAST).

Dr. Yamada's professional engagements include:

• Joint Study with Brookings Institution on 'Breakthrough: The Promise of Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development'
• Research on 'Leave No One Behind' addressing core SDG commitments
• Empirical analysis of infrastructure project impacts
• Household finance studies in Philippines and Tajikistan
• Risk and poverty research in Bangladesh
• Urban air pollution improvement strategies in Asia

His career progression reflects deep field experience, having served at JBIC, JICA's South Asia Department, Financial Risk Management Division, and JICA Bangladesh Office before joining the Research Institute, providing him with comprehensive practical knowledge of development cooperation mechanisms.