Japan – IMF Scholarship Program for Asia
Managing Capital Flows: What Worked and Why?
JISPA Seminar: "What Role Can Financial Policies Play in Revitalizing SMEs in Japan?"
JISPA scholars’ visit to OAP
Message from a Scholar:
Partnership-Track
Open-Track
Developing Capacity: A Parntership for Sustanibale Growth
NEWS AND EVENTS
BACK TO OAP
Managing Capital Flows: What Worked and Why?
Hitotsubashi-IMF/OAP Joint Seminar, Tokyo, Japan
What Role Can Financial Policies Play in Revitalizing SMEs in Japan?
Raphael Lam, Economist, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, Tokyo, Japan
The Economics of Public Health Care Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies
Benedict Clements, Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF, Tokyo, Japan
Developing Capacity: A Parntership for Sustanibale Growth
IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, Tokyo
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program Reception
The 2012-13 Academic Year
World Economic Outlook and Risk: Euro Area Crisis and IMF Response
Shogo Ishii, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF
JISPA Orientation Program, IUJ, Niigata-Japan
Farewell Reception for the JISPA Scholars
the 2011-12 Academic Year
Can Women Save Japan?
Masato Nakane, Economist, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF
JISPA Seminar Series
Introduction
The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) aims to contribute to institutional capacity building of key macroeconomic management agencies in Asia. With this aim, it provides scholarships for highly motivated government officials who may serve as future macroeconomic policy makers with the capacity and vision to contribute to the economic development of their countries.
Message from the Director
Partnership Track
The JISPA partnership track allows scholars to study specially designed graduate level courses concentrating on macroeconomics at an IMF partnership university.
Open Track
The open track of the JISPA provides support to scholars who wish to study graduate-level macroeconomics or a related field at either the master’s or Ph.D. level at any leading university in Japan. However, priority is given to Ph.D. candidates.
Activities for Scholars
In addition to the provision of scholarships, the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) arranges various activities exclusively for JISPA scholars, including a series of occasional seminars, welcome and farewell receptions, and a thesis presentation.
Alumni
Mr. Le Minh Hung, Vietnam
Graduate School of Policy Science (GSPS) of Saitama University (Predecessor of GRIPS) 1996-1997, Deputy Governor, State Bank of Vietnam.
Mr. Mirzaev Mubin, Uzbeskistan
GRIPS 2001-2002, Deputy Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance. Thanks to this program, I obtained a good knowledge in macroeconomics and microeconomics, which contributed to my career and current work.
Mr. Sun Lujun, China
GRIPS 2002-2003, Deputy Director-General of the Capital Account Management Department, State Administration of Foreign Exchange. I graduated from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies of Japan with a master's degree in Public Policy.
Ms. Jittrayu Sakulmeerit, Thailand
GRIPS 2005-2006, Senior Analyst of the Prudential Policy Department, Bank of Thailand. "Studying at GRIPS under the JISPA was a truly precious experience.
Mr. Bataa Ganbold, Mongolia
HIT 2001-2003, Former Deputy Director of the Financial Policy and Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance. (Currently seconded as Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies under JETRO, Japan)
Ms. Hazel Marie Sarmiento, Philippines
HIT 2001-2003, Budget and Management Specialist, Department of Budget and Management. (Currently on leave to study a PhD program in Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States)
Ms. Aigul Berdigulova, Kyrgyz Republic
IUJ 2002-2004, Head of the Balance of Payments and External Debt Division, Financial Statistics and Survey Department, National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Mr. Nugroho Joko Prastowo, Indonesia
IUJ 2005-2007, Economist of the Economic Research Bureau. Directorate of Economic Research and Monetary Policy, Bank Indonesia
Mr. Thai Saphear, Cambodia
YNU 2001-2003, Head of Governor's Office, National Bank of Cambodia. "JISPA attracted me by offering cross-border experiences and new knowledge of our changing world."
Mr. Kassymkhan Kapparov, Kazakhstan
YNU 2005-2007, Chief of the Division of Competitiveness Indicators Statistics, Agency on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Mr. Yon Arsal, Indonesia
Open Track 2004-2007, Doctoral Program, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University Section Head of Tax Audit Technique, Directorate of Tax Audit and Collection, Head Office of Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance