Norio Usui is a practitioner-track professor of the Economic Development for International Development Program (IDP) at the International University of Japan (IUJ). He teaches graduate courses—Evolving development paradigms and changing operational strategies of development organizations; Agricultural development and resource revenue management; Roles of government and entrepreneurs in development; and Public finance.
He worked for Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines, for over 15 years (2000-2002 and 2005-2019): Pacific Department, Southeast Asia Department, Central, and West Asia Department, and Economics and Research Department, where he mainly managed economic monitoring and policy dialogues with over 15 developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
He was also posted as a professor of development economics at the University of Nagano (2018-2020), Kansai University (associate professor, 2002-2005), Chiba University (associate professor, 1993-2000), and University of Shizuoka (assistant professor, 1991-1993), in Japan. He filled the posts of a resident policy advisor for the Government of Indonesia during the Asian financial crisis (1998-2000), a team leader for JBIC’s study on Indonesia’s fiscal decentralization (2002-2003), and an advisor for the Japanese Government for the country operation strategy for Indonesia (2003-2004).