Kojiro Hirate's Page

Hometown:

8-12 Kamitakane-dai Ogawa Higashiura-cho Chita-gun

State:

Aichi-ken 4702102

Country:

Japan

University or High School:

George Washington University

Favorite Books about Poverty, Development, Microfinance, etc.:

The White Man's Burden
Banker to the Poor
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Leaving the Microsoft to Change the World

Countries of Interest:

North Korea
Burma
East Timor
Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Sierra Leone
Mali
Liberia
Sudan
Somalia
Zimbabwe
Haiti

Countries Visited:

(Japan, the U.S.)
Bangladesh
India
Thailand
Burma

Favorite NGOs:

Grameen Bank (I did internship)
Ashoka
Room to Read