He is also a Faculty Fellow of Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry (RIETI) and a Visiting Researcher of the JICA Research Institute of Japan International Cooperation Agency. His research interests include econometric investigations of household and firm behavior under uncertainties using micro-data from developing and developed countries such as India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Japan. Recently, he has been investigating the impacts of natural disasters on household welfare including the Sichuan, Kobe and Chuetsu earthquakes, the Asian Tsunami disaster, Typhoon Milenyo in the Philippines & Avian Influenza in Vietnam. He completed his M.A. in Food Research and Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.