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The Political Economy of Growth: A Review

Hazama, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This cursory literature review discusses the direct and indirect effects of institutions, governance, and democracy on …. Even reforms that are less than comprehensive can stimulate, though not sustain, growth. Second, democracy neither promotes … but not democracy does not. The difference may be partly due to negative effects on investment and labor supply as well as …

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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 Myanmarâ€™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...

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Political economy of low sulfurization and air pollution control policy in Japan : SOx emission reduction by fuel conversion

Terao, Tadayoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

In the early stages of the development of Japanâ€™s environmental policy, sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions, which seriously damage health, was the most important air pollution problem. In the second half of the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, the measures against SOx emissions progressed...

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The development of private farms in Vietnam

Kojin, Emi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

The objective of this paper is to explore the entities that have developed private farms (trang trai) in Vietnam. Various types of private farms have emerged in the last ten years. It is noteworthy that the owners of private farms are not necessarily agricultural households but also include...

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Land and labor reallocation in pre-modern Japan : a case of a northeastern village in 1720-1870

Arimoto, Yutaka; Kurosu, Satomi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

In agricultural societies, adjusting land and labor according to changes of labor endowment that result from family life cycle events is premised on making full use of resources for each farming household and for the economy as a whole. This paper examines how and how well households in...

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Is there any premium for unobservable quality? : a hedonic price analysis of the Malagasy rice market

Sakurai, Takeshi; Ralandison, Tsilavo; Takahashi, Kazushi; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper examines if consumers pay a premium for unobservable quality in the absence of quality standards and/or quality grading systems and, if so, how they assess that unobservable quality, using a rice retail market in Madagascar as an example. In Madagascar, the lack of quality standards...

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From foot-draggers to strategic counter-partners : the dynamics of U.S. and Chinese policies for tackling climate change

Cheng, Fang-Ting - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

As can been seen from the U.S.'s non-ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, together with the negotiations toward the post-Kyoto Protocol framework, the U.S. and China have been quarrelling over their responsibilities and have contradicted one another over the introduction of compulsory domestic...

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Structural Changes in Asparagus Production and Exports from Peru

Shimizu, Tatsuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

Asparagus is the star product among non-traditional agricultural exports (NTAXs) in Peru. The export of preserved asparagus has expanded since the end of the 1980s. Although there was some stagnation in the mid-1990s, exports of fresh asparagus have expanded rapidly since the end of the 1990s....

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Export-Led Growth and Geographic Distribution of the Poultry Meat Industry in Brazil

Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper includes an examination of the sustainability of recent high growth in the poultry meat industry in Brazil. In addition, an assessment is made of the impact of increased production of poultry meat products on the development of local industries. Comparative studies of leading...

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Economic development capitalizing on brand agriculture : turning development strategy on its head

Fujita, Masahisa - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper explores the possibilities of two unique Japanese concepts - the One Village One Product Movement (OVOP) and Michino Eki (or Roadside Stations) - as potential tools for bridging the gap between cities and rural areas through community-driven development. From the viewpoint of spatial...

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