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Effectiveness and Challenges of Three Economic Corridors of the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Ishida, Masami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005

Since the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) program began in 1992, activities have expanded and flourished. The three economic corridors are composed of the East-West, North-South, and Southern; these are the most important parts of the flagship program. This article presents an evaluation of...

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Two-polar growth strategy in Myanmar : seeking "high" and "balanced" development

Kudo, Toshihiro; Kumagai, Satoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

The Thein Sein government of Myanmar seeks higher and balanced economic growth. This is a challenge for the government since some economic literature identifies a trade-off between higher economic growth and better regional equality, especially for countries in the early stages of development....

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Industrialization in Indonesia since the 1970s

Ishida, Masami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2003

liberalization and globalization are forging ahead? And, what sort of problems have to be dealt with to make it possible? To answer … liberalization of investment, trade and financial services, and exports. Section 3 to 5 cover three periods between 1971 and 1995 and … domestic and foreign investors in the wake of the liberalization of investment, trade and financial services, and polices to …

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Five growth strategies for Myanmar : re-engagement with the global economy

Kudo, Toshihiro; Kumagai, Satoru; Umezaki, So - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

After decades of isolation, Myanmar is now actively re-engaging with the global economy. For successful re-engagement, Myanmar needs to implement comprehensive economic reforms based on a shared vision for long-term economic development that is characterized by human-centered, high, sustainable,...

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Myanmar's apparel industry in the new international environment : prospects and challenges

Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Myanmarâ€™s apparel industry had long been denied access to Western markets due to sanctions against its military government. The birth of a "civilian" government in March 2011 improved Myanmarâ€™s relations with the international community, and Western sanctions were largely lifted....

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Avoiding the middle income trap : indigenous innovative effort vs foreign innovative effort

Kang, Byeongwoo; Nabeshima, Kaoru; Cheng, Fang-Ting - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper investigates how innovation potential of a country contributes to avoid or escape the middle income trap. We measure innovation potentials of 77 countries from 1975 to 2010 from patent data. Then, we test whether indigenous innovative efforts or foreign ones help avoid and escape...

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The source of sustainable growth in Costa Rica

Nabeshima, Kaoru; Ito, Tadashi; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Costa Rica has some concerns for the "middle income trap" stemming from her perceived weakening export competitiveness, intensifying competition in attracting FDI inflow; and apparent lack of innovation capabilities. Quantitative analyses on the impact of recent FTAs suggest only large firms...

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A model of economic growth with saturating demand

Kunimune, Kozo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

This study presents a model of economic growth based on saturating demand, where the demand for a good has a certain maximum amount. In this model, the economy grows not only by the improvement in production efficiency in each sector, but also by the migration of production factors (labor in...

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Growth-cycle nexus

Kodama, Masahiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

This research sheds light on the negative correlation between economic growth and business cycle in less developed economies. Whereas many previous studies explain the negative correlation from a viewpoint in which business cycle affects economic growth, we attempt to present a hypothesis based...

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Application of the Input-Output Decomposition Technique to China's Regional Economies

Meng, Bo; Chao, Qu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

Structural decomposition techniques based on input-output table have become a widely used tool for analyzing long term economic growth. However, due to limitations of data, such techniques have never been applied to China's regional economies. Fortunately, in 2003, China's Interregional...

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