The technical intern training program for foreigners was designed to transfer Japanese technology and skills overseas. In the past, the program was widely criticized from a labor exploitation and human rights perspective. To address the criticism, the program was reformed in 2010 following the...

The paper examines some of the main political economy dynamics of the policy initiatives on rural development that have been taken since 2003, and provides an overview of the main issues that they are addressing. The paper first outlines the major agrarian problems that have emerged over the...