Toshiro Nishizawa
Courses in 2013
- Sovereign Defaults: Lessons from History and Future Implications
- Case Study (Public-Private Partnerships: Theory, Practice, and Cases)
- Case Study (Paradigm Change for Asia's Emerging Economies)
Education & Past Positions
Mr. Toshiro NISHIZAWA is currently Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) of the University of Tokyo. Immediately prior to taking his current position, he was Director General of Country Credit Department at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) from April 2011 to June 2013 while serving as Deputy Head of the same department from September 2008 to June 2009. He also served as Deputy Director General of JBIC Institute (the research department) from October 2006 to August 2008 and Director of Asia Department II at the Japan Center for International Finance (JCIF) on secondment from the JBIC from June 2009 to March 2011.
He was also involved in JBIC's country operations as Deputy Director General of International Finance Department I (Asia and Oceania) from July 2004 to September 2006, and served as Chair of the UNEP FI Asia Pacific Task Force Outreach Group (2005-06). He has held various positions including: loan officer in charge of lending operations at the Export-Import Bank of Japan (1988-90, 1993-94); researcher in the Economic Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990-93); economist in the Policy Development and Review Department of the IMF (1994-97); advisor in the Private Sector Development Department of the World Bank (1998-99); and Director and Senior Economist in JBIC’s Country Economic Analysis Department (1999-2004).
Mr. Nishizawa holds a BA in Latin American studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (1982), a BA in economics from the University of Tokyo (1984) and an MSc in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988).
He has been teaching (“the global economy and financing for development”) as a guest professor at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) of Osaka University and had teaching experience as a visiting lecturer at Kobe University and Chuo University. He was also a part-time practitioner faculty member to teach “Public-Private Partnerships” at the GraSPP of the University of Tokyo from October 2010 to June 2013.
Mr. Nishizawa was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1959 and is married with two children.
Research Fields
International Finance, Financing for Development, Developing and Emerging Economies, Asian Economy
Major Publications
- “Financing from Multilateral Institutions,” Official Financing for Developing Countries (co-authored by IMF staff team), International Monetary Fund, December 1995
- “Financing from Multilateral Institutions,” Official Financing for Developing Countries (co-authored by IMF staff team), International Monetary Fund, February 1998
- “Exploring the Use of Revenue Bond for Infrastructure Financing in Asia” (with Hyun, Suk and Naoyuki Yoshino), Discussion Paper No. 15, JBIC Institute, July 2008
- “Changes in Development Finance in Asia: Trends, Challenges, and Policy Implications,” Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol.6, Issue 2, pp. 225-244, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER), Wiley-Blackwell, December 2011
- “Risks in Policy Prescriptions for the European Sovereign-debt Crisis: Muddling through or Trapped in a Vicious Circle?” EU Financial Market Focus, Korea Capital Market Institute (KCMI), July 2012