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Assessing agglomeration economies in the Yangzi River Delta, China : a bayesian spatial econometric approach
Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro; Chen, Kuang-hui - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
the agglomeration effect, in the Yangtze River Delta, China. A spatial Durbin model is presented that makes explicit the … that spatial spillovers of these factors of agglomeration play a significant role. They are consistent with the findings of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941676
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Factors Underlying the Formation of Industrial Clusters in Japan and Industrial Cluster Policy: A Quantitative Survey
Yoshida, Kentaro; Nakanishi, Machiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
government's project goes under the heading "Industry Agglomeration for the Recovery of Local Industries with respect to so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222518
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Transformation of a Woodworking and Furniture Industrial District in Kampala, Uganda: Dichotomous Development of SME Cluster and Large Firm Sector
Yoshida, Eiichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
Clustering small manufacturers are believed to attain various types of collective efficiency. A woodworking and furniture SME district in Uganda has created a learning environment for artisans to start up their own workshops. In the district workers can access various managerial information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744764
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685986
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Agglomeration versus Fragmentation:A Comparison of East Asia and Europe
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; JI, Zheng; Obashi, Ayako - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009
Inspired by the observed contrasting patterns of industrial distribution in East Asia and Europe, this paper conducts an empirical clarification of the difference in spatial relationships among countries within a region for the electric machinery industry by use of spatial econometric analysis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015434
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Frontiers of the New Economic Geography
Fujita, Masahisa; Mori, Tomoya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
This paper presents an overview of recent development in the new economic geography (NEG), and discusses possible directions of its future development. Since there already exist several surveys on this topic, we focus on the selected features of the NEG which are important yet have attracted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005816505
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Agglomeration and firm-level productivity : a Bayesian spatial approach
Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
This paper estimates the impact of industrial agglomeration on firm-level productivity in Chinese manufacturing sectors … agglomeration. Robust to these potential biases, we find that agglomeration of the same industry (i.e. localization) has a … productivity-boosting effect, but agglomeration of urban population (i.e. urbanization) has no such effects. Additionally, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633807
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Bringing Non-governmental Actors into the Policymaking Process: The Case of Local Development Policy in Thailand
Shigetomi, Shinichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
During the past two decades in Thailand, non-governmental actors, such as NGOs, intellectuals, and people's organizations, have found widening opportunities to participate in policy formation and in the implementation of local development. The government has facilitated the formation of civil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222483
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Growth and public finance in Bihar
Das Gupta, Chirashree - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
This paper explores the causal links between the role of public finance and Bihar's growth and development in the last decade; and argues that these links are tenuous. Bihar's growth acceleration precedes the ‘policy reforms' in public finance based on the ‘good governance' agenda...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134420
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Border Trade and Economic Zones on the North-South Economic Corridor: Focusing on the Connecting Points between the Four Countries
Tsuneishi, Takao - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009
The North-South Economic Corridor (NSEC), the road between Bangkok and Kunming, China, including the Laos route (R3B) and the Myanmar route (R3B), has been developed since 1998 following the GMS program. The region covering Yunnan Province in China, Shan State in Myanmar, Northern Laos and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976871