This paper reviews the recent problems of the opening of Japan's rice market and evaluates the Japanese government's rice policy from both an economic and political viewpoint. The Japanese government made strenuous resistance to the opening of Japan's rice market during the negotiations on...

The collection and reporting of information bearing upon decision making in both the public and private sectors are considered to be important functions of government. In this study, we attempt to develop a theoretical framework for estimating the social returns to government expenditures on...

This publication is part of a series of books on comparative best practices in social development between Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia undertaken by the Institute for Social Development (INDES) and the Japan Program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). INDES is both a...

En el transcurso de un siglo de crecimiento económico moderno desde la Restauración Meiji, Japón se ha transformado de ser un país en vías de desarrollo de bajos ingresos a ser una de las naciones más ricas del mundo. De manera simultánea, el papel de la agricultura en la economía...