Takashi Oshio

After working for eleven years as a researcher and economist in the Japanese government and at J.P. Morgan, Dr. Takashi Oshio started his academic career from 1994 and has been serving at Hitostubashi University since 2009 as a professor at the Institute of Economic Research. He obtained his docoral degree in international public policy from Osaka University in 2002. His research has largely focused on social security, income distribution, education policy, and other issues related to public finance.

Establishing Sustainable Financing for Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Services in Asia

The World Bank’s policy on cost recovery in irrigation projects some forty years ago was founded on the principles of economic efficiency, income distribution, and public savings. Over this extended period, however, it may be observed that the principles are virtually unchanged, while the terminologies became a little more complicated and refined.

Financing Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Services in Asia

The World Bank’s policy on cost recovery in irrigation projects some forty years ago was founded on the principles of economic efficiency, income distribution, and public savings. Over this extended period, however, it may be observed that the principles are virtually unchanged, while the terminologies became a little more complicated and refined.