PEPP Graduate Study Program, University of Tsukuba-Japan

We are pleased to announce our latest application window will open from December 1, 2023 for admission to the Program in Economic and Public Policy (PEPP) in October 2024.
Full details on eligibility requirements and application instructions are avilable via the links below, with the links to each of our Online Application Systems (OAS) scheduled to go live from Friday 1st December:
World Bank/ADB Scholarship admission: https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/
General admission (for all other candidates not eligible for WB/ADB scholarships): http://pepp-cepgt.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/general-admission/
PEPP’s faculty and alumni are positive contributors to economic development research and activity throughout the world. We look forward to receiving applications from qualified candidates up until our deadline.
APPLICATION WINDOW: December 1, 2023 – January 26, 2024 (23:59 Japan Time)

We are delighted to announce that PEPP graduate Md. Almagir Hossain, together with PEPP professors Mohammad Abdul Malek, and Zhengfei Yu, have had a joint research paper published in the prestigious Asian Development Bank’s “Asian Development Review”*.

Entitled “Impact of Rural Credit on Household Welfare: Evidence from a Long-Term Panel in Bangladesh”, the paper examines the long-term impact of different rural credit sources—which include formal banks, quasiformal microfinance institutes, and informal channels—on household welfare indicators.

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110523500166

Congratulations to Md. Almagir Hossain, and PEPP professors Mohammad Abdul Malek, and Zhengfei Yu on this remarkable achievement!

Impact of Rural Credit on Household Welfare: Evidence from a Long-Term Panel in Bangladesh | Asian Development Review Using 791 consistent households in the balanced panel, comprising 3,985 households in the unbalanced panel–from a nationally representative, multipurpose, five-round (1988, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 20...

We are thrilled to announce that one of our faculty members of PEPP, Professor Fukai, recently had his research published in one of the most prestigious academic medical journals, JAMA Pediatrics (IF 26.8 ). This research delves into the impact of COVID-19 on early childhood development. The study, which involved 887 Japanese children, revealed that children exposed to the pandemic experienced a developmental delay of 4.39 months by the age of 5. These variations in development were even more pronounced during the pandemic, underscoring the need for support in areas such as learning, socialization, and overall well-being.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2807128

Congratulations to Professor Fukai on this remarkable achievement!

We are delighted to announce that, this year, one of our students, Ms. Isurun Gamage, received the 2nd best thesis award in the field of human development from ADB.

The following is an announcement from ADB:

https://www.facebook.com/adbjapanfunds/posts/pfbid02qqjhQ26HpcjV7Pzt7acdVZsfFxMBwq3kvcYm7TJVv7dbivnEYKf8hfg8qYrAki2cl

Isurun, congratulations! It is a wonderful achievement!

The following information is about the process of screening from ADB:
The ADB-JSP Secretariat received 21 nominations from 11 partner institutions. The nominated theses were distributed for evaluation by ten committee members headed by the Chair. The screening committee members reviewed the blinded theses (i.e., without the authors’ names, their universities, and their nationalities) using standard evaluation criteria set by ADB–JSP. The Government of Japan has endorsed the result of the screening.

ADB-Japan Scholarship Program Secretariat is pleased to announce the winners of the ADB-JSP Thesis of the Year Award 2023 after stringent evaluation by a screening committee chaired by Dr Peter Morgan, Advisor to the Dean, ADB Institute. Members of the committee included ADBI research fellows, and ADB specialists. The winners will be recognized during the Graduation Gathering in August and will present their theses at the TOYA Workshop in September.

Congratulations to all the winners!

A big thank you to Associate Professor Ishise Hirokazu of Osaka University for giving the latest PEPP Special Seminar: 'Nominal Exchange Rate Variability, Industry-level Nominal Wage Rigidity, and the Pattern of Trade'.

Congratulations to our 17th Cohort new graduates! The graduation party was so much fun that we genuinely forgot to focus on the eating/conversing photos! Hopefully these give a taste of the celebrations though, with 18th Cohort students and professors coming together for an evening of great conversation and delicious halal-friendly food (special thanks to Café Marhaban)!

If you have a master degree, here is an interesting opportunity to participate in research acitiviy in the World Bank.
https://www.scholarshipsads.com/buzz/2023/03/23/apply-for-the-world-banks-robert-s-mcnamara-fellowship-program-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1lNxwWeClVVYVt4lEgIpVpuxGXekrvN6y6geGJdTWA0ofwgwMCm2nCL00

Apply for the World Bank’s Robert S. McNamara Fellowship Program 2023 The Robert S. McNamara Fellowship Program 2023, offered by The World Bank in the USA, is now accepting applications for international students who are interested in Banking and Finance. The program offers partial funding for aspiring development economics researchers from developing countries to par...

On the last lecture by Professor Minowa.
Dear Alumni and Students,

I am delighted to invite you to the last lecture of Professor Minowa, who is going to retire at the end of March.

Professor Minowa has been an exceptional teacher, researcher, and mentor to many of us during her tenure at our university. Her contributions to our university have been invaluable and have left an indelible mark on our academic lives.

The lecture, titled "My Journey in Development," will take place on March 20 (Mon) from 3:00PM to 4:00PM in 3B402 (Japanese time) and through zoom webinar (hybrid mode).

In this lecture, Professor Minowa will share her experiences gained over the years and offer a reflection on her illustrious career.

This is a unique opportunity for us to celebrate Professor Minowa's remarkable achievements and express our gratitude for her dedication and contributions to our academic community.

I would appreciate it if you could join us in this memorable event.
If you are interested in participating through zoom webinar, please register on the following zoom page:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtduGrrDgoGdQ3zT0jc55namNhwifq0t1z
by March 19 and please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone who might be interested in attending this lecture.

Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you at the event.

Sincerely,
Hisahiro

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: the Last Lecture by Professor Minowa. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: the Last Lecture by Professor Minowa. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Before the pandemic, PEPP used to have a coffee/tea hour every semester where professors and students came together, chatted, and discussed research, classes, economics, culture, and other issues.

Yesterday, we re-started this tradition. It was fun to chat with students while having good tea. We want to continue this kind of tea/coffee hour on a regular basis. If you missed yesterday's tea hour, please attend it the next time.

PEPP was pleased to be able to put on another Career Development Seminar this Tuesday, December 13th. Dr. Astghik Mavisakalyan was kind enough to share her 'Thoughts on Succeeding in Academia', before giving a Special Seminar on 'Mining and Mistrust in Government' later in the day. A graduate of PEPP (5th Cohort), and currently Associate Professor in Curtin University's Faculty of Business and Law (Australia), Dr.Mavisakalyan's interactive sessions served as a great inspiration to current students and other participants alike.

We are delighted to announce that Mr. Amarsanaa, an 8th cohort PEPP scholar, has published a joint paper in Comparative Economic Studies in collaboration with PEPP's faculty member, Professor Kurokawa.

Mr. Amarsanaa and Professor Kurokawa used several structural changes and trade liberalization episodes to investigate whether the variety of traded goods, which is the extensive margin of trade, has changed in Mongolia, as predicted by recent theoretical models.

Their paper concludes that the timing of growth in the extensive margin of trade coincides with policy measures taken by the government during the period of structural reforms and trade liberalizations.

Congratulations Mr. Amarsanaa and Professor Kurokowa for this excellent achievement!

"The Extensive Margin of International Trade in a Transition Economy: The Case of Mongolia", Comparative Economic Studies 63, 648–673 (2021).

More photos from our current 2nd year students' Mid-term Presentation. The presentation provides students with important feedback from faculty and fellow students alike, in preparation for their final thesis submission.

We are pleased to announce the opening of our application window from December 1, 2022 for admission to the Program in Economic and Public Policy (PEPP) in October 2023.

Full details on eligibility requirements, together with application instructions and links to each of our Online Application Systems (OAS) are available via the links below:

World Bank/ADB Scholarship admission: https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/
General admission (for all other candidates not eligible for WB/ADB scholarships): http://pepp-cepgt.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/

PEPP’s faculty and alumni are positive contributors to economic development research and activity throughout the world. We look forward to receiving applications from qualified candidates up until our deadline.

APPLICATION WINDOW: December 1, 2022 – January 27, 2023 (23:59 Japan Time)

Well done to our current 2nd year students who gave their Mid-term Presentations last week in preparation for their upcoming final thesis submission. Time now for students to fine tune and hone their research based on feedback received from faculty and fellow students alike.

PEPP Special Seminar & Career Seminar (OPEN to ALL)

Professor Astgik Mavisakalyan of the School of Business and Law, Curtin University, will give two face-to-face seminars on campus on Tuesday, Dec. 13th as part of this semester's PEPP Special Seminar series. If you are in the area and have time to attend, see the details below and feel free to pop in.

Career Development Seminar: 12:15~13:45
Research Seminar: Mining and Mistrust in Government: 16:45～18:45

Venue: 3B402 (for both sessions)

Dear all,

We are delighted to announce that one of PEPP's alumni (1st cohort of PEPP), Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, has been appointed as the minister of foreign affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania.
https://www.foreign.go.tz/about/team/category/heads-departments-and-units
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stergomena_Tax

Dr. Tax studied at PEPP as a JJWBGSP scholar. After finishing her master's program studies with PEPP, she continued on to our doctoral program with support from the University and obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Tsukuba.

She served as the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of East African Cooperation from 2008 to 2013. In 2013, she was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community.

On October 3rd, 2022, she was appointed minister of foreign affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania.
It is a great achievement by one of our alumni!

Some of the attached pictures were taken when she visited PEPP five years ago and gave a seminar.

Congratulations Dr. Tax!

A mini study trip in Tsukuba.
Due to COVID, 17th cohort scholars and I had a mini daily study trip at Tsukuba in this September. We visited JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and the National Geological Museum. All three places are located in Tsukuba. It was pretty fun! We are hoping that we can go to Nagoya as a field trip in February!

Always seeking to push the boundaries of Public Policy and Economics, PEPP is proud to welcome two new members to our faculty team: Professor Taiyo Fukai and Professor Fatwa Ramdani.

Professor Fukai (left) specializes in labor economics and applied micro econometrics and joins PEPP having served as a research officer at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. Taiyo received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo.

Professor Ramdani (right) specializes in geographical information analysis, remote sensing, and applied data science. His research applies spatial analysis and remotely sensed imageries as a proxy to observe various environmental and socio-economic variables. Fatwa joins PEPP having taught at Brawijaya University, Indonesia, where he also acted as director in the Geoinformatics Research Group.

We have an open seminar in the next two weeks. Our lunch seminar will be open to the public. If you live in Tsukuba or near Tsukuba and if you know somebody who might be interested in our program, we would appreciate it if you could disseminate the following information.

大学院の経済公共政策プログラムでは、来週と再来週の月曜日、オープンセミナーを行います。これは普段おこなっているゼミを、一般の学生にも公開するものです。関心のある人はぜひ見学してください。
場所は３A304です。

PEPP|Program in Economic and Public Policy The objective of the Program in Economic and Public Policy is to provide, within the time frame of 18 months, training and the necessary skills for the conception, design, and implementation of development policies. Our focus is on International Development…

The president of the University of Tsukuba announced that the University of Tsukuba accepts research students from Ukraine. The university exempts the tuition and the entrance fee of those students from Ukraine. The university will also provide free housing and some stipend (50, 000 yen/per month). The university will provide a visa application support. The support will be continued until the end of March 31, 2023.

Program in Economic and Public Policy(PEPP) at the University of Tsukuba is happy to accept research students from Ukraine. PEPP is a master's program focusing on economics and public policy. All classes offered by Program in Economics and Public Policy (PEPP) are in English. We provide classes for economics, statistics, and public policy. If you are from Ukraine and are interested in being a research student at PEPP, please contact [email protected].

The following is the information from the university website translated into English:
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The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops continues the crisis in Ukraine. The University of Tsukuba guarantees a place to study and study as before if it is a person who loves learning and respects freedom, and does not allow each other to hurt each other due to differences in nationality, etc. I would like to take appropriate measures, including mental care. For this reason, the University of Tsukuba will accept students from Ukraine who wish to continue their studies and research as follows.

University of Tsukuba President Kyosuke Nagata

1. 1. Target
　Students, etc. who are unable to secure a place to study or study due to the worsening situation in Ukraine *.
(1) Bachelor's degree: Acceptance as a special audit student
(2) Graduate program: Acceptance as a research student (Special auditor if only applicable to 3. (2) below)
(Neither is for the purpose of obtaining a degree Accepted as a regular student.)
　* Those who are currently enrolled in a bachelor's or graduate program in Ukraine or have graduated from a bachelor's degree in Ukraine.
　

　Regarding support for students enrolled in the university and students who are admitted to the university, we will provide support for travel expenses, living expenses, accommodation support, etc., including the wishes of the individual, and will be proactive. Please contact me.

2. Acceptance period
　2023 (Reiwa 5 years) Until March 31 (planned)

3. 3. Support contents
(1) Support for those who continue studying and researching at the university
　➀ Support until travel to Japan: Payment of travel expenses (up to 150,000 yen), support for obtaining a status of residence
　➁ Housing support: Free loan of the student housing of the university
　➂ Financial support: Monthly living expenses of 50,000 yen (planned) will be paid up to March 2023 (Rewa 5), ​​admission and tutor fees will be exempted
　➃ Living support: Tutor placement, counseling, Japanese language learning program
　➄ Others: Promote support in collaboration with related companies, etc. (2) Support for online
students
　➀ Providing courses that can be taken online
　➁ Tutor fees are exempted

Four.
If you would like to apply for the application method and contact information, please contact us using the form below. I will inform you about the application method. When applying for a research student, it is necessary to obtain the acceptance consent of the faculty member who wishes to receive guidance and the director of the education department to which he / she belongs.
The selection will be based on the application form, etc., but please note that it may not be accepted as a result of the selection.

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For more information on this supporting program, please click.
https://ssc.sec.tsukuba.ac.jp/archives/12568

On the above page, click the last inquiry button.

ウクライナからの学生受入れについて / Accepting students from Ukraine – 筑波大学スチューデントサポートセンター SSCからのお知らせ / 留学生向け情報 2022年4月13日 2022年4月18日 　ロシア軍によるウクライナ侵攻により、ウクライナにおける危機的状況が続いています。筑波大学は、学問を愛し、自由を尊ぶ者であれば、これまで通りに学....

Congratulations to all PEPP's 2022 graduates! Hard work and dedication pays off. Well done!!

PEPP is excited to announce a one-off special webinar to introduce our Program in Economic and Public Policy:

January 22, 2022 (Sat) 4:00pm - 4:30pm (Japan Time)
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dY93RB6mS4aSVgiYdlCbaQ

Open to anyone wanting to find out more about our Program and featuring a talk by our Deputy Director, it is an opportunity not to be missed. Register in advance using the Zoom link above.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Introduction to PEPP. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This is a webinar introducing Program in Economic and Public Policy

We are now accepting applications for World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB-JSP) scholarship admission to our Program in Economics and Public Policy (PEPP), October 2022 enrolment, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Successful scholarship applicants receive fully paid tuition, 2-year’s stipend payments to cover living and study expenses, as well as airfare to and from Japan, provided by the World Bank or Asian Development Bank.

We also accept applications from those who are not eligible for scholarship admission.

For scholarship eligibility criteria:
https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/

PEPP alumni have, over the last 30 years, contributed significantly to a wide range of fields whilst working in international organizations, top management positions in various governments around the world, international businesses, and academic institutions. Find out more below:
https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/people/development.php

Our list of successful alumni grows year by year. Join our 2022 cohort.

We are pleased to announce the opening of our application window from December 15, 2021 for admission to the Program in Economic and Public Policy (PEPP) in October 2022.

There are two ‘Tracks’ or ways to apply, with full details on eligibility requirements, together with application instructions and links to each Online Application System (OAS), available via the links below:

Scholarship Track: https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/

General Track: http://pepp-cepgt.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/

PEPP’s faculty and alumni are positive contributors to economic development research and activity throughout the world. We look forward to receiving applications from qualified candidates up until our deadline.

APPLICATION WINDOW: December 15, 2021 – February 3, 2022 (23:59 Japan Time)

PEPP's outstanding alumni are in the spotlight again, with 3 former ADB-JSP scholars' featuring in ADB-JSP's "Spotlight: ADB-JSP Alumni in Development" for their impressive contributions to development and research publications. Find out more:

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/japan-scholarship-program-54484111b_spotlightadbjspalumniindevelopment-adbjspalumnispotlight-activity-6876428506809663488-UQZ-/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adbjapanfunds/posts/269355058569730

ANNOUNCEMENT: We are pleased to be able to officially announce that PEPP will become a 24-month program from October 2022.

This means that successful applicants in the upcoming application window (due to open next week!) will begin their studies in October 2022 and will be expected to graduate in late September 2024.

Successful ADB-JSP and JJ/WBGSP candidates, by the way, will also be provided with full sponsorship support for the duration of the program.

[PEPP: Application Window for October 2022 enrollment]
Our Scholarship Track and General Track admission pages have now been updated in preparation for the upcoming application window. Time to get ahead and be prepared!
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Application Period: December 15, 2021 ~ February 3, 2022
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Scholarship Track:
https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/
General Track:
http://pepp-cepgt.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/

[Calling for new applications to PEPP for October 2022 enrollment with Scholarship and General Admission tracks available]
We are pleased to announce that our latest application window will open from December 15 2021. Full details below:
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Application Period: December 15, 2021 ~ February 3, 2022
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To learn more about eligibility, application procedures, and much, much more please visit:
https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/admission/

Research conducted by PEPP alumni, Mr. Askar Ismailov (2019 graduate), Mr. Albert Benson Kimaro(2019 graduate), and PEPP professor Hisahiro Naito is now published in the journal World Development Perspectives.

The authors analyzed the effect of the use of mobile money on borrowing and saving in Tanzania.

The collaborative paper can be accessed available via the following link,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452292921000588

Pre-print, copyright free, version is available at
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355058208_The_Effect_of_Mobile_Money_on_Borrowing_and_Saving_Evidence_from_Tanzania

PEPP is proud to support collaborative research.
(Congratulations to Askar san, Albert san, and Naito sensei for producing a significant contribution to research on an important topic.)