I Goals, Research Mission and Policy of the Institute of
Developing Economies (IDE)
1 Our Goal: Making Intellectual Contributions to the
World ................................................... 5
2 Our Research Mission: Promoting/Facilitating
Sustainable Development in Developing Countries ......... 5
3 Current Conditions Surrounding Developing Countries ..... 6
4 Research Policy for FY2009 .............................. 7
II Review of Research Projects (Priority Projects)
1 China at the Crossroads: Dynamics of Economic Growth
and Policy Decision-making .............................. 9
2 Comparative Study on Industrial Development Process in
China and India ......................................... 9
3 An Approach to Inclusive Growth: India's Challenge ..... 10
4 India's Contemporary International Relations: The
Path to Becoming a Global Power ........................ 10
5 Life Security System of Elderly People in the
Emerging Countries ..................................... 10
6 Disability and Law in the Developing Countries—From
the Perspective of Establishment of Legal Rights ....... 11
7 Industrial Cluster Formation in Asia and Regional
Integration ............................................ 11
8 Economic Integration and Industrial Location in CLMV ... 12
9 Development Strategies for Lowest-Income Countries ..... 12
10 Disabled Peoples' Organizations and Disability
Policies in South Asia-From the viewpoint of
Disability and Development ............................. 13
(Major Projects)
11 Analysis of the Current State of Affairs in Asia ....... 13
12 Compilation and Use of the 2005 Asian International
Input-Output Table (II) ................................ 14
13 Compilation and Application of Trade Indices V ......... 14
(Projects focused on urgent, pressing, or timely subjects)
14 Responses of Major Rice Exporting Countries to the
Global Food Crisis: The Cases of Thailand, Vietnam,
and India .............................................. 15
15 Indonesian Elections of 2009 and the New Government .... 15
16 The World Economy in Crisis—Visions from
International Input-Output Analyses .................... 16
17 Political Confusion and Legal System in Pakistan ....... 16
18 Formation of India's New Government Following the
2009 Parliamentary Elections: Its Policy and
Direction .............................................. 16
(Basic and Comprehensive Studies)
19 Stability in New Democracies ........................... 17
20 Competitiveness and Constraint of Private Companies
in the Middle East ..................................... 17
21 Laos: New Development of "Chintanakan Mai" ............. 18
22 Whither the Military Regime in Myanmar? ................ 18
23 Conflict and State Formation in Africa and the Middle
East ................................................... 18
24 African Firms in the New Era of Globalization .......... 19
25 "Food Crisis" and Maize Supply in Developing
Countries .............................................. 19
26 Comprehensive Study on Cuba: Politics, Economy and
Society under the New Government of Raъl Castro ........ 20
27 Family Business in Twenty-First Century: The Case of
Mexico ................................................. 20
28 Economic Management and Industrial Structure in DPR
of Korea ............................................... 20
29 Participation of Taiwan and Hong Kong in East Asian
Regionalism ............................................ 21
30 The Transformation and Implications of "Political
Representative Structure" in Latin America ............. 21
31 Rural Development in the Developing Countries: an
Approach using Social Network Analysis ................. 21
32 The Public in Turkey ................................... 22
33 Globalization of Islamic Banking and Its Role in
Individual Countries ................................... 22
34 Global Capital Flow and East Asian Emerging Market
Countries .............................................. 22
35 East Asia's Economic Integration: Theory and
Practice ............................................... 23
36 Regular Jobs, Non-regular Jobs, and International
Trade .................................................. 23
37 Governance Problems in Public Financial Management in
Developing Economies ................................... 24
38 Changing Determinants of Secondary School Enrollment:
The Case of Rural Indonesia ............................ 24
39 Agricultural Productivity Growth and Economic
Development: The Dynamic Effects of Land Ownership
and Market Frictions ................................... 25
40 Brand-new Regional Mechanism for International
Security ............................................... 25
41 Fiscal Decentralization and Development ................ 25
42 Engineers as Engines of Industrial Development ......... 26
43 Formation of Environmental Resource Conservation
Policy in Economic Development Process ................. 26
44 Building Basin Governance for Water Pollution Control
in China: A Social Experiment in Community Roundtable
Meetings in the Tai Lake Basin ......................... 27
45 Fair Trade and Poverty Reduction ....................... 27
46 The Growth and Transformation of Korean Chaebol in
the Post-Developmental Era ............................. 28
47 "Inter-firm Dynamics of Notebook PC Manufacturing
Industry and the Growth of Taiwanese Firms" ............ 28
48 The Role of the Japan-Korea Technology Network ......... 28
49 Frontiers of Spatial Economics ......................... 29
50 Pacific Island Nations in the Era of Globalization ..... 29
51 Comparative Studies on the Governance of Local
Governments in Southeast Asia .......................... 30
52 International Recycling System Design .................. 30
53 Studies on Macroeconometric Models for Policy
Evaluation ............................................. 30
54 Comprehensive Study of Taiwan III: Centripetal and
Centrifugal Power of Taiwanese Society ................. 31
55 Changing Legislative Process in Thailand ............... 31
(Overseas Joint Studies in Developing Countries)
56 FY 2009 Joint Research—"Japan-China Economic
Collaboration" ......................................... 32
57 CJK (Japan, China and Korea) FTA Joint Research
Project ................................................ 32
(Investment promotion program for Africa)
58 Investment Promotion Program for Africa ................ 33
(Commissioned Projects)
59 Phase 1 of Impact Evaluation of the Pasak Irrigation
Project in Thailand .................................... 33
60 Foreign Direct Investment by the Japanese Agri-Food
Industry in ASEAN and Its Effect on the Intra-
Industry Trade of Food Products: A Statistical
Analysis ............................................... 34
61 The Impact of Small-Scale Irrigation Scheme and
System of Rice Intensification in Indonesia ............ 34
(Projects funded by Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research)
62 Local Firm's Learning through Foreign Direct
Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of the
Garment Industry in Madagascar ......................... 34
63 Job Search and Matching in Urban Labor Market:
Networks in the Chinatown vs. Agglomeration ............ 35
64 The Location Choice of Multinational Firms and the
Impacts of FDI on Performance at Home according to
FDI Type ............................................... 35
65 Ethnic Chinese and the State ........................... 36
66 Analysis of Poverty Reduction Policies in India Using
Field-Experiments ...................................... 36
67 Assembler-Supplier Relationships and the Growth of
Local Suppliers in the Vietnamese Motorcycle
Industry ............................................... 36
68 The Basic Studies on Chinese Businessmen in Myanmar .... 36
69 Qualitative Study of the Social Mobility of Rural-
Urban Migrants in Modern China ......................... 37
70 Microcredit Field Experiments: Loan Maturity and
Group Lending .......................................... 37
71 A Study of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) Management in Asia .............................. 37
72 International Migration of Nurses and its Impact on
the Health System of the Sending Countries - Case
Studies of the Philippines, South Africa, Ghana and
Zimbabwe ............................................... 38
III International Conferences, Symposia, Workshops
1 International Symposium: Current Issues Faced by
Pacific Island Nations—Global Warming and
Globalization .......................................... 39
2 UNCTAD-IDE Joint Seminar: The Tokyo Briefing on
Economic Development in Africa Report 2009 ............. 39
3 The 17th International Input-Output Conference:
Special session on "the 2005 BRICs International
Input-Output Table" .................................... 39
4 International Symposium "Trilateral Joint Research
among China, Japan and Korea: CJK- FTA Study
Phase II: The Road to Economic Recovery and Trade
Facilitation" .......................................... 40
5 "Trilateral Joint Research among China, Japan and
Korea: the Third Workshop" ............................. 40
6 International Symposium: The Global Economic Crisis
and Reconstructing East Asian Economies ................ 41
7 Workshop "The Formation of Industrial clusters in
Asia and Regional Integration" ......................... 41
8 International Workshop on "Compilation and Use of the
2005 International Input-Output Tables" ................ 42
9 International Workshop on "Comparative Study of the
Industrial Development Process in China and India" ..... 42
10 International Workshop on "Building New Clean Water
Networks in China: Challenges and Opportunities for
Protecting Lake Tai," Nanjing, China ................... 43
11 IDEAS 20th Anniversary Workshop on the New Trends in
Development and Human Resource Development (HRD)
- Nurturing Development Experts for the Next Decade .... 43
12 International Workshop on Late-comer Firms and
Industrial Upgrading in Global Value Chains:
Experiences from East Asia ............................. 44
IV International Research Exchanges Promotion Activities
1 Hosting of Visiting Research Fellows (VRF) ............. 45
2 Dispatching of IDE Staff Abroad ........................ 46
3 Networking Activities .................................. 48
V Publications
(Periodicals)
1 Asian Economies ........................................ 49
2 Ajiken World Trends .................................... 49
3 The Developing Economies ............................... 49
4 The Contemporary Middle East ........................... 49
5 Latin America Report ................................... 49
6 Africa Report .......................................... 49
7 Yearbook of Asian Affairs 2009 ......................... 50
(Books)
1 IDE Research Series .................................... 50
2 IDE Selected Books ..................................... 50
3 "What Is Asia" Series .................................. 50
4 Current Affairs Report ................................. 50
(Downloadable Papers and Reports)
1 Spot Survey Series ..................................... 51
2 Discussion Paper Series ................................ 51
(Co-publications with Commercial Publishers) .............. 52
VI Commendation for Outstanding Publications ................. 54
VII IDE Library
1 Library Collection ..................................... 55
2 Services to Users ...................................... 57
VIII IDE Advanced School (IDEAS) ............................... 58
IX Supporting Activities towards the Establishment of ERIA
1 Objective of Activities ................................ 65
2 Activities in FY 2009 .................................. 65
X Organization
1 Organization chart ..................................... 67
2 Budget for Fiscal 2009 ................................. 67
3 Executive Board and Staff .............................. 68
Appendix ....................................................... 72
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