Shozo Sakata

Shozo Sakata's PhD research focuses on frugal innovation in the agricultural sector in Vietnam. He has a special interest in how Vietnamese farmers and artisans re-furbish second-hand machinery imported from Japan, and on whether Vietnamese farmers benefit from new digital technologies. He has a Master degree from LSE and works at the Bangkok office of the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), part of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).