GMBAGlobal MBA Program

In order to become a successful policy maker and/or a business leader, it is critical to understand the state of global economic development and policy issues such as sustainable development goals (climate change, global health and gender equality, etc.). This course will provide you with knowledge and methodology to identify issues and find possible policy options, particularly focusing on innovative solutions. You will learn cross-country analysis and cross-sectoral approach to make your proposal more convincing and operational. You will also learn lessons from Japan's experiences. In addition, you will learn the important role of private sector and social entrepreneurship.

Upon completion of the class, you will be able to:
1. Understand and evaluate the current global economic developments and key policy issues such as climate change, global health and gender equality;

2. Understand Japan's economic and social experiences after the collapse of bubble and rapid aging as a reference for other countries;

3. Design policy options and operational measures with cross-country analysis and cross-sectoral approach that are commonly used in the managerial/operational decision making in the World Bank;

4. Understand how to design an innovative solution with financial and technological instruments;

5. Learn skills to make presentation; and

6. (if requested by students) Learn critical skills to write and improve CVs.

Will be able to gain“DP1”,“DP2”,“DP3”and“DP4”.

英語 / English

Lecturing with Power Point presentation, reading/researching relevant info/data through websites, class discussions, and individual and group presentations.

あり / Yes

なし / No

授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

第1回[対面/face to face]：Overview of class objectives
Current developments of global economies

Increased role of developing countries.
Increased cross-border activities.
Importance of demographic trend.
Global risks and opportunities.
Explanation of cross-sectoral approach and cross-country analysis.

第2回[対面/face to face]：Current/historical developments of Japanese economy

Rapid growth after the war, sluggish economy after the bubble. Huge budget deficit and demographic challenge.

第3回[対面/face to face]：Sustainable development goals

Understanding SDGs and use of cross-sectoral approach and cross-country analysis.

第4回[対面/face to face]：Sustainable development goals
- How to achieve?

Class discussion (individual presentation) on SDG policy options using cross-sectoral approach and cross-country analysis

第5回[対面/face to face]：Economic Development Assistance - Options of interventions

Increasing number of donors. Increased role of private sector. From charity to investment. Grant, loan and investment. Multilateral and bilateral approaches.

第6回[対面/face to face]：Multilateralism -- Agenda and implementation.
Human Resource Management.

Key international schemes for multilateral cooperation - United Nations and World Bank.
Human resource management and recruitment.

第7回　[対面/face to face]：Role of private sectors

Importance of direct Investment and measures to promote it. Importance of small and medium enterprises.
Social entrepreneurship.

第8回[対面/face to face]：Ethics of economic development

Negative implications of economic development such as pollution, corruption, and harmful tax practices.
Role of safeguard.

第9回[対面/face to face]：Innovation (including technology and finance) and social entrepreneurship for economic development

Importance of innovative approaches including technology and finance to avoid bottlenecks and generate sustainable growth.
Issue-driven/demand-driven instead of supply-driven.

第10回[対面/face to face]：Specific issues - gender

Gender - Champion of cross-sectoral approach.
Mainstreaming of gender as policy agenda and business practices.

第11 回[対面/face to face]：Specific issues - quality infrastructure

Infrastructure as means of sustainable development including disaster risk management.
Importance of logistics.

第12回[対面/face to face]：Specific issues - global health

Global health - cross-sectoral approach (sometimes clean water is more important than expensive medicine) and role of finance.

第13回 [対面/face to face]：Individual presentation and discussion -- Cross sectoral approach (such as health, education and infrastructure)

Individual presentation - Student will pick one sectoral issue
and propose possible solutions with cross-sectoral approaches. Cross-country analysis will be also recommended.

第14回[対面/face to face]：Group presentation and discussion -- social entrepreneur and technological/financial solutions

Group will pick one sector/issue and design innovative solutions with new technology and/or financial instruments or new application of existing technology.

Those who are not familiar with the basics of development economics might wish to do some self-study to enhance the level of basic understanding. Lecture notes would be provided in the form of power point presentation and/or short memo. Websites of the World Bank and other relevant institutions are critical to understand the issue. (As a standard, 2 hours for preparation and 2 hours for review: a total of 4 hours.)

Textbook will not be used.

Websites of World Bank and other relevant institutions including Japanese ministry of finance will be used. These include:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/home
https://data.worldbank.org/
https://www.mof.go.jp/english/

Method of evaluation
Group presentation　40％
Individual presentation 30%
Contribution to the class discussion　30％

I appreciate active feedback from the class and encourage each student to contribute to the class discussion and ask questions.

PC or other devices to view websites of relevant institutions and prepare presentation.