Makiko Omura
December 2007
ADDRESS
Faculty of
Economics, Meijigakuin University
1-2-37 Shirokanedai,
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8636, Japan
EDUCATION
University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Ph.D. (economics)
University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, UK M.Phil. (economics)
International
Christian University, Tokyo, JAPAN B.A. (economics)
RESEARCH AND
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor,
Faculty of Economics, Meijigakuin University, Tokyo, JAPAN
Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Kobe, JAPAN
Research Assistant, Department
of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Research Affiliate,
Cordillera Studies Center, University of Philippines College Baguio, Baguio,
PHILIPPINES
Project Formulation
Advisor, Embassy of Japan, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
Consultant
(Economist), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), stationed
in CAMBODIA
Programme
Officer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), stationed in Phnom Penh,
CAMBODIA
PUBLICATIONS
Omura, M. “Property
Rights and Natural Resource Management Incentives: Do Transferability and
Formality of Property Rights Matter?,” American Journal of Agricultural
Economics, forthcoming.
Omura, M. “Traditional
Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood: Evidences from Upland Agricultural
Communities in the
Philippines ,” in Dellink, R.B. and Ruijs, A (eds.), Economics of Poverty, Environment and Natural Resource Use,
Springer, forthcoming
Omura, M.
2006. “The Breakdown of Cooperation and Environmental Degradation: An
Analytical Framework,” Kobe University Economic Review (52).
Omura, M.
2006. “Shoyuken to Shigenkanri no Mondai – Philippine no Jirei (Property Rights
and Resource Management – A Case of Philippine Upland Farmers),” Kokumin Keizai
Zasshi, Kobe Daigaku Keizai Keiei Gakkai, 12 (December) (「所有権と資源管理の問題−フィリピンの事例」『国民経済雑誌』神戸大学経済経営学会 2006年12月号).
Omura, M.
2006. “Property Rights and Natural Resource Management: A Path Towards
Sustainable Livelihood,” the Proceedings of the International Conference on
Economics of Poverty, Environment and Natural Resource Use, Wageningen
University (May).
Omura, M.
2004. “Cost-Benefit Analysis Revisited: Is It a Useful Tool for Sustainable
Development?,” Kobe University Economic Review, 50.
Omura, M.
2004. Property Rights and Natural
Resource Management: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation into Their
Linkages and Evolution. PhD
Dissertation, University of Cambridge (March).
Omura, M. and
F. Comim. 2003. “The Role of Property Rights and
Capabilities in the Promotion of Socially Sustainable Development,” the
Proceedings of the Third Conference on the Capability Approach: From
Sustainable Development to Sustainable Freedom, University of Pavia
(September).
WORKING PAPERS
Omura, M.
2006. “An Empirical Analysis on Evolution of Property Rights: A Case of the
Philippines,” Kobe University Discussion Paper, 0612 (July).
Omura, M.
2006. “Rethinking Typological Property Regime Approach,” Kobe University
Discussion Paper, 0606 (April).
WORK IN PROGRESS
Public Health
and Children in Poverty in Bangladesh
Economics of Gender Bias
in Japan
Economics of Corruption
Rethinking Property
Rights