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Migration as a rural development strategy and the migrants involved : an account of a migrants' hometown in Sichuan, China
Yamaguchi, Mami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
This paper attempts to describe part of the history of Chinese rural migration to urban industrial areas. Using a case study of a township in Sichuan, the author examines a type of rural development which she defines as a "bottom-up" style strategy of regional development. Different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539679
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An Asian Triangle of Growth and Cluster-to-Cluster Linkages
Kuchiki, Akifumi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
It is expected that an Asian triangle of growth will be formed in the coming few decades. China, India and ASEAN …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744817
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Trade Credits under Imperfect Enforcement: A Theory with a Test on Chinese Experience
Yanagawa, Noriyuki; Ito, Seiro; Watanabe, Mariko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
facilitates an effective supply of trade credit based on original surveys conducted in P.R. of China. Our theory predicts that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222488
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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
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 Input-Output Table for 1987 and Multi-regional Input-Output Table for 1997 were … published, making decomposition analysis of China's regional economies possible. This paper first estimates the interregional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227611
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Agriculture Plus Plus : growth strategy for Myanmar agriculture
Kudo, Toshihiro; Kumagai, Satoru; Ishido, Hikari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
The development of agriculture is a main pillar of Myanmar’s growth strategies. It is natural for the Myanmar government to prioritize agriculture as a source of economic growth, since it accounted for 36% of GDP, employs a majority of labor force, and generates nearly 30% of exports as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134399
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Agricultural Policies and Development of Myanmar's Agricultural Sector: An Overview
Fujita, Koichi; Okamoto, Ikuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
This paper reviews the development of the agricultural sector in Myanmar after the transition to an open economy in 1988 and analyzes the nature as well as the performance of the agricultural sector. The avoidance of social unrest and the maintenance of control by the regime are identified as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222485
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Publicness and Taken-for-granted Knowledge: A Case Study of Communal Land Formation in Rural Thailand
Shigetomi, Shinichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
The lack of public-mindedness can cause problems in the social order of people’s daily lives, such as the tragedy of the commons and the problem of free riders. Some scholars such as Habermas assert that communicative rationality is the solution, expecting that individuals will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005816504
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Organizational Capability of Local Societies in Rural Development: A Comparative Study of Microfinance Organizations in Thailand and the Philippines
Shigetomi, Shinichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
The importance of organizing local people for development work is widely recognized. Both governmental and non-governmental agencies have implemented various projects that have needed and encouraged collective action by people. Often, however, such projects malfunction after the outside agencies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744757
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Key Factors to Successful Community Development: The Korean Experience
Choe, Chang Soo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
The Saemaul Undong of the Republic of Korea has been world-widely recognized as a successful model of rural community development. The Saemaul Undong was a pure Korean way of community development program which was initiated by the political will of the top national leadership in order to escape...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744778
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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