Tadashi Ito is a professor at the Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University. Prior to joining Gakushuin University, he was a professor at Okinawa University and subsequently a researcher at IDE-JETRO, Japan. His research fields are international economics and development economics. He has published numerous research articles in various internationally renowned academic journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The Graduate Institute, Geneva, a Master of Science in