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A journey through the secret history of the Flying Geese Model

Kumagai, Satoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

Economic development in East Asia is characterized by the sequential "take-off" of member countries. This multi-tiered economic development in East Asia is often termed the â€œFlying Geeseâ€ pattern of economic development. However, some authors argue that the traditional Flying Geese...

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The Choice of Transport Mode: Evidence from Japanese Exports to East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This paper investigates Japanese trade by mode of transport, i.e., air transport versus maritime shipping. Some facts about Japanese machinery exports by mode of transport in the 1990s are examined first. Then it will be shown that products of the machinery sector where international...

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The Effect of Exchange Rate Volatility on International Trade: The Implication for Production Networks in East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Kimura, Fukunari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This paper is an empirical investigation of the relationship between exchange rate volatility and international trade, focusing on East Asia. It finds that intra-East Asian trade is discouraged by exchange rate volatility more seriously than trade in other regions because intermediate goods...

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Migration, labor and business in the worlding cities of the Arabian Peninsula

Gardner, Andrew M. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This short essay, built on a foundation of more than a decade of fieldwork in the hydrocarbon-rich societies of the Arabian peninsula, distills a set of overarching threads woven through much of that time and work. Those threads include a discussion of the social heterogeneity of the Gulf State...

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Authoritarianism and labor market : preference of labor policies in the Arab Gulf countries

Matsuo, Masaki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Migrant and labor issues are a primary concern in the Arab Gulf countries. With focus on the economic and political conditions that influence actors' decisions when framing labor policies, this study analyzes how preferences of such policies are formed and explains why the governments of the...

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Foctors that prevent children from gaining access to schooling : a study of Delhi Slum households

Tsujita, Yuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

This paper examines the factors that prevent slum children aged 5 to 14 from gaining access to schooling in light of the worsening urban poverty and sizable increase in rural-to-urban migration. Bias against social disadvantage in terms of gender and caste is not clearly manifested in schooling,...

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Trajectories and outcomes of the 'Arab Spring' : comparing Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria

Darwisheh, Housam - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

Almost three years have passed since the 'Arab Spring' began in late 2010. In the major sites of popular uprisings, political conditions remain unsettled or violent. Despite similarities in their original opposition to authoritarian rule, the outcomes differed from country to country. In Tunisia...

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Critical connections : Islamic politics and political economy in Indonesia and Malaysia

Khoo, Boo Teik; Vedi, R. Hadiz - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

contemporary Islamic politics cannot be explained by reference to Islam alone, but to how Islamic identities and agendas are forged …

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Measuring Fiscal Decentralization in the Philippines

Uchimura, Hiroko; Suzuki, Yurika - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

This paper focuses on the fiscal decentralization in the Philippines after the 1991 Local Government Code. It first … examines the intergovernmental fiscal relationship between central and local governments by using fiscal decentralization … indicators, and then investigates its impact on local finance. After fiscal decentralization, the local expenditure …

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Peasantry and Bureaucracy in Decentralization in Bhutan

Ura, Karma - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

Decentralization process became prominent in Bhutan since early 1980s. Starting with an account of historical …. Limiting itself to a discussion of broader social and political issues, the paper interprets decentralization as an approach …

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