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SAMRETH Sovannroeun
| Economics | Professor |
| Liberal Arts |
Researcher information
■ Degree■ Research Keyword
■ Field Of Study
■ Career
- Apr. 2024 - Present, Saitama University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
- Oct. 2023 - Present, Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Senior Visiting Fellow
- Jul. 2019 - Present, JICA Ogata Research Institute, Visiting Fellow
- Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2024, Saitama University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor, Japan
- Sep. 2016 - Dec. 2016, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, USA, Visiting Fellow
- Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2016, Faculty of Development Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Visiting Fellow
- Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2013, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Saitama University, Japan, Assistant Professor
- Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2011, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Oct. 2008 - Mar. 2009, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Japan, Research Fellow, Global Centers of Excellence (GCOE)
Performance information
■ Paper- Do Institutions Promote Agricultural Productivity?
Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
Discussion Paper series SU-RCSDEA 2020-008, Research Center for Sustainable Development in East Asia, Saitama University, Japan, First page：1, Last page：24, Mar. 2025
English - Perceptions of Microfinance: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
JICA Ogata Research Institute Discussion Paper, Volume：No. 34, First page：1, Last page：31, Jan. 2025
English - Cambodia’s Perceptions of China: A Comprehensive Survey-Based Analysis
Shino Watanabe; Sovannroeun Samreth
Asian Survey, Volume：64, Number：6, First page：1037, Last page：1067, Aug. 2024, [Reviewed]
Cambodia has been portrayed as the most pro-China country in Southeast Asia. We argue that such views oversimplify and overgeneralize Cambodia’s agency and its perception of China. Acknowledging the multifaceted nature of Cambodians’ perceptions of China, we examined these perceptions using data from our extensive survey in the capital city and 11 provinces. We identify several key factors influencing these perceptions, which vary significantly across regions and groups. The data indicate a multifaceted and evolving relationship between Cambodia and China. While Cambodia’s economic growth and Chinese investments have strengthened ties between the two nations, it is crucial to recognize the diversity of perceptions among Cambodians. Policymakers and stakeholders in both Cambodia and China should consider these nuances to foster mutually beneficial partnerships.
University of California Press, English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2024.2325932
DOI ID：10.1525/as.2024.2325932, ISSN：0004-4687, eISSN：1533-838X - Do Political Regimes Matter for Technology Diffusion?
Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Volume：15, Number：1, First page：3409, Last page：3422, Jun. 2024, [Reviewed]
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01266-0
DOI ID：10.1007/s13132-023-01266-0, ISSN：1868-7865, eISSN：1868-7873 - Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth; Daiju Aiba; Vandy Phal
JICA Ogata Research Institute Discussion Paper, Volume：No. 17, First page：1, Last page：31, Jan. 2024
English, Scientific journal - Development and Structure of Dollarization in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth; Hidenobu Okuda; Yasuhisa Ojima
Chapter 1 in: Okuda, H. and Chea, S. eds. Cambodian Dollarization : Its Policy Implications for LDCs' Financial Development, Routledge, 2023., First page：10, Last page：37, Sep. 2023
Routledge, In book
DOI：https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003391418-2
DOI ID：10.4324/9781003391418-2 - Impact of the Interest Rate Ceiling on Credit Cost, Loan Size, and Informal Credit in the Microfinance Sector: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth; Daiju Aiba; Sothearoath Oeur; Vanndy Vat
Empirical Economics, Jun. 2023, [Reviewed]
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-023-02443-5
DOI ID：10.1007/s00181-023-02443-5, ISSN：0377-7332, eISSN：1435-8921 - カンボジアにおける新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響と対応
Sovannroeun Samreth; Kiyoshi Fujikawa
愛知学院大学経済研究所所報, Number：2, First page：160, Last page：173, Mar. 2022
Japanese, Research institution - Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis
Mohammad Saiful Islam; Sovannroeun Samreth; Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam; Masayuki Sato
Environmental Challenges, Volume：7, First page：100495, Last page：100495, Mar. 2022, [Reviewed]
Elsevier BV, English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100495
DOI ID：10.1016/j.envc.2022.100495, ISSN：2667-0100 - What Explain High Interest Rates in Microfinance Loans? Evidence from the Case of a Newly Introduced Interest Rate Cap Policy in Cambodia
Daiju Aiba; Sovannroeun Samreth
Discussion Paper series SU-RCSDEA 2020-008, Research Center for Sustainable Development in East Asia, Saitama University, Japan, Jan. 2022
Research institution - Impact of Interest Rate Cap Policies on the Lending Behavior of Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from Millions of Observations in the Credit Registry Database
Daiju Aiba; Sovannroeun Samreth; Sothearoath Oeur; and; Vanndy Vat
JICA Ogata Research Institute Working Paper No.224, Oct. 2021, [Reviewed]
English - Oil Bonanza and the Composition of Government Expenditure
Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
Economics of Governance, Volume：22, Number：1, First page：23, Last page：46, Mar. 2021, [Reviewed]
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1007/s10101-020-00246-3
DOI ID：10.1007/s10101-020-00246-3, ISSN：1435-6104, eISSN：1435-8131 - Labour Force and Labour Market in Cambodia: Facts, Challenges and Policy Actions
Somean Kuoch; Sovannroeun Samreth
Chapter 1 in "Human Resource Landscape in Mainland ASEAN", Chulalongkorn University Press, Oct. 2020 - Dollarization Dilemma: Price Stability at the Cost of External Competitiveness in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth; Miguel Eduardo Sánchez-Martín; Sodeth Ly
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No.8893, Jun. 2019 - Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth; Pagna Sok
Social Science Review (Saitama University), Volume：156, First page：119, Last page：134, Mar. 2019, [Invited]
English, Research institution - Economic Growth and Dollarization in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth; Hidenobu Okuda
Asian Studies (Aziya Kenkyu), Volume：65, Number：1, First page：61, Last page：78, 2019, [Invited]
English, Scientific journal - The impact of institutional factors on the performance of genuine savings
Masayuki Sato; Sovannroeun Samreth; Kengo Sasaki
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Volume：25, Number：1, First page：56, Last page：68, Jan. 2018, [Reviewed]
Taylor and Francis Ltd., English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2017.1289990
DOI ID：10.1080/13504509.2017.1289990, ISSN：1745-2627, SCOPUS ID：85013670653 - Corruption and natural resource rents: evidence from quantile regression
Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
Applied Economics Letters, Volume：24, Number：20, First page：1490, Last page：1493, Nov. 2017, [Reviewed]
Routledge, English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1287849
DOI ID：10.1080/13504851.2017.1287849, ISSN：1466-4291, SCOPUS ID：85012079910 - Findings from a Preliminary Survey of Poor Households in Rural Cambodia: A Case of a Commune in Prey Veng Province
Sovannroeun Samreth
Saitama University Review (Faculty of Liberal Arts), Volume：53, Number：1, First page：59, Last page：70, 2017
English, Research institution - A Preliminary Survey on the Poor Households in Angkor Sar Commune, Mesang District, Prey Veng Province, Cambodia: Household Information
Sovannroeun Samreth
Saitama University Review (Faculty of Liberal Arts), Volume：52, Number：1, First page：111, Last page：120, 2016
In recent years, although Cambodia has achieved economic growth at remarkable rates, its poverty situation, especially in rural area, is still widely observed, and poverty reduction is still a priority in the government's policy agenda. The information on financial diaries of poor households can provide good implications for designing policy to combat poverty. Understanding this importance, a project collecting financial dialy data in Cambodia was proposed. In preparation, a preliminary survey on randomly selected households in a selected commune was conducted in February 2016. The survey questionnaire is divided into several main parts. This report presents the results and statistics from the household information collected in that survey, including household structures and characteristics and the migration of the household members.
English, Research institution
ISSN：1349-824X, CiNii Articles ID：120005856327, CiNii Books ID：AA12017560 - Ethnic diversity, democracy, and health: Theory and evidence
Go Kotera; Nobuhiro Mizuno; Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
Research in Economics, Volume：69, Number：3, First page：353, Last page：376, Sep. 2015, [Reviewed]
Academic Press, English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2015.02.002
DOI ID：10.1016/j.rie.2015.02.002, ISSN：1090-9443, SCOPUS ID：84942196735 - An Estimation of the Money Demand Function in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Economics Bulletin, Volume：35, First page：2625, Last page：2636, 2015, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - How Does Corruption Influence the Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth?
Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
GLOBAL ECONOMIC REVIEW, Volume：43, Number：3, First page：207, Last page：220, 2014, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1080/1226508X.2014.930671
DOI ID：10.1080/1226508X.2014.930671, ISSN：1226-508X, eISSN：1744-3873, Web of Science ID：WOS:000341850900001 - A study on the socio-economic determinants of suicide: Evidence from 13 European OECD countries
Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
Journal of Socio-Economics, Volume：45, First page：78, Last page：85, Aug. 2013, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2013.04.009
DOI ID：10.1016/j.socec.2013.04.009, ISSN：1053-5357, Web of Science ID：WOS:000333061700010 - Government size, democracy, and corruption: An empirical investigation
Go Kotera; Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
Economic Modelling, Volume：29, Number：6, First page：2340, Last page：2348, Nov. 2012, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2012.06.022
DOI ID：10.1016/j.econmod.2012.06.022, ISSN：0264-9993, Web of Science ID：WOS:000311184700028 - A numerical study on assessing sustainable development with future genuine savings simulation
Masayuki Sato; Sovannroeun Samreth; Katsunori Yamada
International Journal of Sustainable Development, Volume：15, Number：4, First page：293, Last page：312, Oct. 2012, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2012.050029
DOI ID：10.1504/IJSD.2012.050029, ISSN：0960-1406, SCOPUS ID：84868236841 - The effect of foreign aid on corruption: A quantile regression approach
Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
ECONOMICS LETTERS, Volume：115, Number：2, First page：240, Last page：243, May 2012, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.051
DOI ID：10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.051, ISSN：0165-1765, Web of Science ID：WOS:000303177600028 - Empirical study on the determinants of CO2 emissions: evidence from OECD countries
Hiroki Iwata; Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
APPLIED ECONOMICS, Volume：44, Number：27, First page：3513, Last page：3519, 2012, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.577023
DOI ID：10.1080/00036846.2011.577023, ISSN：0003-6846, Web of Science ID：WOS:000301542400004 - An empirical study on the hysteresis of currency substitution in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Journal of Asian Economics, Volume：22, Number：6, First page：518, Last page：527, Dec. 2011, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2011.08.007
DOI ID：10.1016/j.asieco.2011.08.007, ISSN：1049-0078, SCOPUS ID：80755153577 - A note on the environmental Kuznets curve for CO2: A pooled mean group approach
Hiroki Iwata; Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
APPLIED ENERGY, Volume：88, Number：5, First page：1986, Last page：1996, May 2011, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.11.005
DOI ID：10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.11.005, ISSN：0306-2619, Web of Science ID：WOS:000288360500056 - Empirical study on the environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 in France: The role of nuclear energy
Hiroki Iwata; Keisuke Okada; Sovannroeun Samreth
ENERGY POLICY, Volume：38, Number：8, First page：4057, Last page：4063, Aug. 2010, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.031
DOI ID：10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.031, ISSN：0301-4215, Web of Science ID：WOS:000279117500022 - Sustainability Dependency under International Relationships: Evidence from Genuine Savings Indicator of Japan
Masayuki Sato; Sovannroeun Samreth; Rintaro Yamaguchi
KSI Communications 2010-006, Kyoto Sustainability Initiative, Kyoto University, Japan, 2010
English, Research institution - Currency substitution and seigniorage-maximizing inflation: the case of Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
APPLIED ECONOMICS, Volume：42, Number：15, First page：1907, Last page：1916, 2010, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
DOI：https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840701749035
DOI ID：10.1080/00036840701749035, ISSN：0003-6846, Web of Science ID：WOS:000278786000004 - A Note on Short-Run and Long-Run Relationships between Parallel and Official Exchange Rates: The Case of Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Economics Bulletin, Volume：30, First page：1044, Last page：1053, 2010, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - The Monetary Model of Exchange Rate: Evidence from the Philippines Using ARDL Approach
Dara Long; Sovannroeun Samreth
Volume：6, First page：1, Last page：13, 2008, [Reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Assessing Sustainable Development by Genuine Saving Indicator from Multidimensional Perspectives
Masayuki Sato; Sovannroeun Samreth
MPRA Paper No. 9996, 2008
English, Research institution
- Interest Rate Cap Policy in Cambodia: Summary of Findings from a Survey and the Policy Implications
Daiju Aiba; Sovannroeun Samreth; Vandy Phal; Sothearoath Oeur
Policy Note No.8, JICA Ogata Research Instite, First page：1, Last page：10, Jul. 2021
English
- Trust and Social Capital: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Cambodia's Annual Microfinance Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov. 2024
English - Perceptions of Microfinance: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 19th East Asian Economic Association International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 2024
English - China's Strategic Communication: Findings from Surveys in Cambodia
Shino Watanabe; Sovannroeun Samreth
Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI)'s Research Seminar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Aug. 2024
English - Cambodia's Perceptions of China: A Comprehensive Survey-Based Analysis
Shino Watanabe; Sovannroeun Samreth
National University of Management (NUM)'s Public Seminar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Aug. 2024
English - Perceptions of Microfinance: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Singapore Economic Review Conference, Singapore, Aug. 2024
English - Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
2024 KAIDEC Annual Summer Conference ([KAIDEC-JASID] Inclusive Development in ASEAN), Jun. 2024
English - China's Belt and Road Initiative and Cambodian Perceptions
Shino Watanabe; Sovannroeun Samreth; Penghuy Ngov
Cambodia Development Research Institute (CDRI)'s Research Seminar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Dec. 2023
English - Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Cambodia's Annual Microfinance Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov. 2023
English - Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 18th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2023
English - A New Perspective of Global Perception of China: Findings from a Survey in Cambodia
Shino Watanabe; Sovannroeun Samreth
Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI)'s Research Seminar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Aug. 2023 - Financial Literacy among Micro finance Borrowers in Cambodia: Evidence from a Household Survey
Sovannroeun Samreth
Research Seminar, Institute of Economic Research, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2023
English - Cambodia's Economic Growth and Development and Perception of China from a Survey in Cambodia
Shino Watanabe; Sovannroeun Samreth
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam, May 2023 - Perception of China: Findings from a Survey in Cambodia
Shino Watanabe; Sovannroeun Samreth
International Studies Association (ISA) 2023 Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, Mar. 2023
Mar. 2023 - Mar. 2023, English, Oral presentation - Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Findings and Policy Implications from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Cambodia's Annual Microfinance Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Oct. 2022
English - Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Findings and Policy Implications from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
JICA Ogata Research Institute Lunch Seminar (online), Oct. 2022 - Impact of the Interest Rate Ceiling on Credit Cost, Loan Size, and Informal Credit in the Microfinance Sector: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Sovanroeun Samreth
Singapore Economic Review Conference, Singapore, Aug. 2022
Aug. 2022 - Aug. 2022, English, Oral presentation - Impacts of COVID-19 in Cambodia and National and International Responses
Sovannroeun Samreth
AGU/ASSIA and RUPP Joint Seminar on Cambodia / Japan collaboration (online), Aug. 2021
English - Impacts of Interest Rate Ceiling on Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Evidence from a Household Survey
Sovannroeun Samreth
Cambodia's Interest Rate Ceiling Committee Meeting (online), Feb. 2021
English - Impacts of Interest Rate Ceiling on Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Evidence from a Household Survey
Sovannroeun Samreth
Workshop organized by the National Bank of Cambodia and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (online), Sep. 2020
English - Impacts of Interest Rate Ceiling on Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Preliminary Results from a Household Survey
Sovannroeun Samreth
JICA Ogata Research Institute Lunch Seminar (online), Jun. 2020
English - Chinese Aid and Investment in Mekong Region
Sovannroeun Samreth
Seminar, Institute for Northeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam, Aug. 2019
English - Dollarization Dilemma: Price Stability at the Cost of External Competitiveness in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Singapore Economic Review Conference 2019, Singapore, Aug. 2019, [International conference]
English, Oral presentation - Livelihood of the Poor in Cambodia: Evidence from a Study of Financial Diaries in a Commune
Sovannroeun Samreth
JICA-RI Lunch Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 2019, [Domestic conference]
English - Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
APL Seminar (IDE-JETRO), Japan, Dec. 2018, [Domestic conference]
English - Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 16th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 2018, [International conference]
English, Oral presentation - Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
Workshop on Mekong Economy, Saitama University, Japan, Sep. 2018, [Domestic conference]
English - Findings from a Preliminary Survey of Poor Households in Rural Cambodia: A Case of a Commune in Prey Veng Province
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 11th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Cambodian Studies, Tokyo, Japan, Jun. 2017, [Domestic conference]
English - Economic Growth and Development in Cambodia during the 1990s and 2000s
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 2017 Spring Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies, Tokyo, Japan, Jun. 2017, [Domestic conference]
English, Nominated symposium - A Preliminary Survey on Poor Households in Rural Cambodia: Evidence from a Commune
Sovannroeun Samreth
SEAP Gatty Lecture Series, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, USA, Sep. 2016, [International conference]
English, Public discourse - An Estimation of the Money Demand Function in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 14th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 2014, [International conference]
English, Oral presentation - Stability of Sustainable Development Path and Institutions
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 13th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, Singapore, Oct. 2012, [International conference]
English, Oral presentation - Empirical Examination on the Hysteresis of Currency Substitution in Cambodia
Sovannroeun Samreth
The 12th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2010, [International conference]
English, Oral presentation
- Japan Society for International Development
- Japan Society of Monetary Economics
- East Asian Economic Association
- Research on the Determinants of Financial Literacy and Its Effects on Financial Inclusion: The Cambodian Case and International Comparison Analysis
01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2026
Grant amount(Total)：4030000, Direct funding：3100000, Indirect funding：930000
Grant number：22K01474 - 大メコン圏における中国の「一帯一路」構想の実態と影響に関する比較事例分析
01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2024
Grant amount(Total)：15860000, Direct funding：12200000, Indirect funding：3660000
Grant number：19H04365 - Research on Child Labour in Cocoa Production: the Ghana Case and International Comparison
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2023
Tokyo International University
Grant amount(Total)：16640000, Direct funding：12800000, Indirect funding：3840000
Grant number：19H01499 - Research on the Factors Driving Financial Over-Indebtedness and the Impacts of the Interest Rate Ceiling on the Microfinance Sector: The Cambodian Case and International Comparison Analysis
01 Apr. 2018 - 31 Mar. 2023
Grant amount(Total)：4420000, Direct funding：3400000, Indirect funding：1020000
Grant number：18K01604 - Research on Financial Diaries of Poor Households in Cambodia and International Comparison Analysis
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), 01 Apr. 2015 - 31 Mar. 2018
SAMRETH Sovannroeun, Saitama University
Grant amount(Total)：3510000, Direct funding：2700000, Indirect funding：810000
The information on financial diaries (i.e., income, expenditure, financial transaction, etc.) of the poor can provide important implications for policy actions to improve their living standards. As the first attempt, this research constructed a database of financial diaries of poor households in rural Cambodia and analyzed the patterns in those financial diaries. Furthermore, it also implemented comparative studies on financial diaries of the poor in Cambodia and the poor in other countries. Various implications and new insights into financial diaries of the poor were obtained from this research.
Grant number：15K17043 - Research on Money Demand Function and Dollarization in Developing Countries
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), 01 Apr. 2013 - 31 Mar. 2015
SAMRETH Sovannroeun, Saitama University
Grant amount(Total)：1690000, Direct funding：1300000, Indirect funding：390000
This research aims to estimate and examine the money demand function and dollarization problem in developing countries. We specifically focus on the case of Cambodia, whose degree of dollarization is the highest among Southeast Asian countries. In this research, the money demand function that takes into account the dollarization phenomenon is estimated for the case of Cambodia. The stability of the estimated model is also tested. Furthermore, since the dollarization phenomenon has both advantages and disadvantages for an economy, their examination is important. In order to examine this for the case of Cambodia, the dataset for the quantitative analyses is prepared, using the database and documents obtained from the institutions, such as the National Bank of Cambodia and the International Monetary Fund.
Grant number：25780201 - カンボジアにおける通貨代替に関する理論的・実証的研究および国際比較分析
Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2011
Tetsuro Shimamoto; Sovannroeun Samreth
Grant amount(Total)：1500000, Direct funding：1500000
Grant number：09F09012