Yoshino, Naoyuki

Biography

Dr. Naoyuki Yoshino is Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and Professor Emeritus at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. He obtained his PhD from Johns Hopkins University (United States) in 1979 where his thesis supervisor was Sir Alan Walters, economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Dr. Yoshino has been a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States) and a visiting professor at various universities including the University of New South Wales (Australia), Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (France), and University of Gothenburg (Sweden). He has also been an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and an economics professor at Keio University. Dr. Yoshino's professional career includes membership in numerous government committees. He was named Director of the Japan Financial Services Agency's (FSA) Financial Research Center (FSA Institute) in 2004 and is now Chief Advisor. He was appointed as Chair of the Financial Planning Standards Board in 2007. He has served as Chairperson of the Japanese Ministry of Finance's Council on Foreign Exchange as well as its Fiscal System Council (Fiscal Investment and Loan Program Section). Additionally, he has been a Board Member of the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan and President of the Financial System Council of the Government of Japan.

He was nominated for inclusion in Who's Who in the World for 2009 and 2013, and was named one of the Top 100 Educators in 2009. He obtained honorary doctorates from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) in 2004 and Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) in 2013. He also received the Fukuzawa Award in 2013 for his contribution to research on economic policy. Since December 2018 he has been serving as the T20 Japan Supporting Co-chair during Japan's Presidency of the 2019 G20 meetings. He is also the Lead Co-chair of the T20 Infrastructure and Financing Task Force and advising on the handover to Saudi Arabia's presidency next year.

Departments
Asian Development Bank Institute
Position / Title

Dean and CEO, ADB Institute

Current research programs / themes
Infrastructure
Finance
SMEs
Small Medium Business
Last updated June 13, 2019


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    Empirical Analysis of Global Oil Price Determinants at the Disaggregated Level Over the Last Two Decades 

    Yoshino, Naoyuki; Alekhina, Victoriia (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-07-30)
    While until the mid-1990s the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries played a key role in oil pricing, during recent decades, rapid economic growth in developing economies has boosted the demand for oil, making oil prices vulnerable to a ...
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    How to Avoid Household Debt Overhang? An Analysis for India 

    Yoshino, Naoyuki; Gupta, Prachi (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-07-15)
    In this paper we develop an analytical framework using the household utility maximization approach to model stability conditions to avoid household debt overhang. Our theoretical framework suggests that household debt stability is a function of five ...
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    Innovation Financing for City Infrastructure Investment by Increasing the Rate of Return from Spillover Tax Revenues 

    Yoshino, Naoyuki; Hendriyetty, Nella; Lakhia, Saloni; Alwarritzi, Widya (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-07-15)
    The growing trend of urban city development requires various infrastructure investments, including water supply, electricity, sanitation, transportation, and other supporting facilities. In facing this challenge, many Asian countries experience significant ...
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    Russian Federation-East Asia Liquefied Natural Gas Trade Patterns and Regional Energy Security 

    Rasoulinezhad, Ehsan; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Sarker, Tapan (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-06-15)
    East Asia remained the biggest market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2018. The Russian Federation has a clear vision to develop its East Asia LNG projects to provide a bigger share of Asian LNG imports. This paper models Russian Federation–East ...
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    Determinants of International Remittance Inflows in Middle-Income Countries in Asia and the Pacific 

    Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Otsuka, Miyu (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-06-15)
    The middle-income trap is a serious problem in developing Asia and Pacific economies. Middle-income trap is the situation in which a country’s growth slows after reaching middle-income levels and the transition to high-income levels becomes unattainable. ...
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    Fintech for Asian SMEs 

    Nemoto, Naoko; Yoshino, Naoyuki (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)
    SMEs play a vital role in the Asian economy and comprise about 70% of the workforce and GDP in the region. To enhance productivity and ensure sustainable growth in Asia, it is vital to provide smooth financing to SMEs. Traditionally, commercial banks ...
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    A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework on the Economic Performance of State-Owned Enterprises 

    Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Kim, Chul Ju; Mortha, Aline (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)
    State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a key role in the economy of many countries. They are usually thought to be in charge of increasing social welfare. At the same time, their relatively low performance poses several problems, including slowing down ...
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    Internal and External Determinants of Housing Price Booms in Hong Kong, China 

    Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Chiu, Alvin (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)
    Hong Kong, China’s housing market witnessed dramatic appreciations recently, with the price index for private domestic housing units being 3 times higher than 10 years ago. This trend is supported by both internal and external factors, as illustrated ...
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    Performance Differential Between Private and State-Owned Enterprises: An Analysis of Profitability and Leverage 

    Phi, Nguyet Thi Minh; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Tu, Chuc Anh; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Kim, Chul Ju (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)
    The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the relationship between ownership identity and the performance of firms in terms of profitability and solvency. Using cross-sectional data covering over 25,000 firms worldwide and by employing ...
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    Gender and Corporate Success: An Empirical Analysis of Gender-Based Corporate Performance on a Sample of Asian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises 

    Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Fukuda, Lisa (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-03-30)
    Within a patriarchal society, women are placed in a precarious societal positioning that leads to a prevalence of gender inequality in education, financial literacy, and access to finance. In the context of Asia, where small and medium-sized enterprises ...