Nationality

Cambodian

Subjects Taught

Data Analysis in Business (STAT 111)

Qualifications

PhD

THATH RIDO

Associate Professor

Profile

Dr. Thath Rido earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He further pursued graduate studies at Nagoya University, Japan, where he obtained both a Master’s and a PhD in International Development, with a focus on development economics. Since 2015, he has taught Statistics and Economics at the Royal University of Phnom Penh’s Faculty of Development Studies. And from 2017 to 2021, he was an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.

Publications

Journal articles
  • “Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of Accounting Major in Cambodia”, Journal of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Social Sciences, Vol 7. No.2, July-December 2022, with Mong Mara and Chheng Somala.
  • “Sources of income of rural households: a case at Kdol Tahaen Commune of Bavel District, Battambang Province”, Cambodia Journal of Basic and Applied Research, 2-1, pp. 89-118, 2020.
  • “Factors Affecting Cost Efficiency of Cambodian Rice Farming Households”, Forum of International Development Studies, 45-2, pp.18-38, 2014.
Working papers
  • “Opportunities for Developing Tourism in Cambodia including the Japanese Collaboration’, ASSIA Working Paper Series 21-06, September 2021.
  • “Microfinance in Cambodia: Development, Challenges and Prospects”, MPRA Paper 89969 available at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/89969, 2018.
  • “Potentials and Constraints of Cambodian Rice Export”, MPRA working paper No. 71490 available at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/71490/, 2016.
  • “The Impact of Agricultural Land and Labor Productivity on Poverty: The Case of Rice Farming Households in Cambodia”, MPRA working paper No. 70920 available at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/70920/, 2016.
Presentation
  • “The determinants of tax revenue in Southeast Asia: Does foreign aid reduce tax effort?”, The 18th East Asian Economic Association International Conference, Seoul National University, Korea. October 21-22, 2023.
  • “Sustainability of Community-Based Tourism in Cambodia”, the 24th JASID Spring Conference, Akita City Cultural Creation Center, Akita, Japan, June 10 (online).
  • “Food Price Increase and the Export of Milled Rice in the Lower-Mekong Subregion”, the 11th ASAE International Conference, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, March 17-20, 2023.
  • “Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of Accounting Major in Cambodia”, ACBSP Region 10 Annual Conference 2023, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. February 17-18, 2023, (with Mong Mara and Chheng Somala).
  • “The Impact of Japan’s ODA on Economic Growth in Southeast Asia”, ICES (PAPAIOS) 2021 Conference, Kobe, Japan. March 20-21, 2021.
  • “Diversification of Sources of Rural Income: The Case of a Rural Area in Kdol Tahaen Commune, Bavel District, Battambang Province, Cambodia”, 2019 Korean Economic Review International Conference, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea. August 8-9, 2019.
  • “The Role of Microfinance Institutions, Their Productivity and the Quality of Life in Cambodia”, The 15th International Conference, Western Economic Association International, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. March 21-24, 2019.
  • “The Efficiency and Productivity of Deposit-Taking and Non-Deposit-Taking Microfinance Institution in Cambodia”, The 16th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. October 27-28, 2018.
  • “Microfinance in Cambodia: Development, Challenges and Prospect”, SEASIA 2017 Conference, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. December 16-17, 2017.
  • “An Overview of Microfinance in Cambodia”, the 11th Meeting of the Japanese Association for Cambodian Studies (JACS), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. June 24-25, 2017.
  • “Cost Efficiency of Rice Production in Cambodia: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis”, JASID 14th Spring Conference, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan. June 8, 2013.

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