Books By Nobuko Kayashima - Author

Nobuko Kayashima is Senior Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). She joined JICA after graduating from Kyoto University in 1982, and she has been playing a leading role in the planning and operation of JICA’s education cooperation programs for four decades. Before her current assignment, she served as Director/Deputy Director of JICA Research Institute (2016–2018), Senior Advisor for Education (2014–2016), Director General of the Human Development Department (2009–2014), Chief Representative of JICA Bangladesh Office (2007–2009), and Group Director for Basic Education (2004–2007). She received her Ph.D. (in international development) from Nagoya University. Her current research interests include education cooperation, internationalization of higher education, and university participation in ODA. Kazuo Kuroda is Professor at Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University. He also serves as Visiting Research Fellow at JICA Research Institute, as well as Councilor of Asia-P