Kenichi Ohno teaches at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, and directs the Vietnam Development Forum in Hanoi. His main interest is how 21st century latecomer countries can industrialize under globalization pressure from the economic as well as political and social perspectives. He has advised Vietnam for 15 years and currently conducts regular policy dialogue with the Ethiopian government. His books include Dollar and Yen (with Ronald McKinnon, 1997), East Asian Development Economics (Japanese, with Kojiro Sakurai, 1997), Japanese Views on Economic Development (co-edited with Izumi Ohno, 1998), The Economic Development of Japan: The Path Traveled by Japan as a Developing Country (2006), The Middle Income Trap: Implications for Industrialization Strategies in East Asia and Africa (2009), and Meiji Restoration 1858-1881 (Japanese, with Junji Banno, 2010). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.