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The IDE-JETRO website will be unavailable on 5, 11, and 12 September 2010, due to scheduled server maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your kind understanding and cooperation. August, 2010
[Report] An Assessment of the International Aid Conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, 20 July 2010 August, 2010
[Report] Political Turmoil in Thailand: The Historical Position August, 2010
AGE (African Growing Enterprises) File now available July, 2010
IDE is now accepting applicants of Visiting Research Fellows program (VRF, IDE-Supported Fellowship) for 2011-2012. June, 2010
Discussion Papers No.232 "FDI and Export Participation of Local Firms in Africa: The Case of the Kenyan Garment Industry" April, 2010
Discussion Papers No.231 "A Critical Review of Opinion Polls relating to Iranian Voting Intentions: Problems of Research Methodology as applied to Complex Societies" March 2010
Discussion Papers No.230 "The Diversity and Dynamics of Industrial Organisation: Transformation of Local Assemblers in the Vietnamese Motorcycle Industry" March 2010
Discussion Papers No.229 "Related Lending and Bank Performance: Evidence from Indonesia" March 2010
Discussion Papers No.228 "Strategic Trade Policy and Non-Linear Subsidy" March 2010
Discussion Papers No.227 "Large Fluctuations in Consumption in Least Developed Countries"March 2010
Discussion Papers No.226 "Cost Reduction Effects of "pseudo FTAs" in Asia -Application of a price model based on a multilateral I/O table-" March 2010
Discussion Paper No.225 "Natural Gas Export Revenue, Fiscal Balance and Inflation in Myanmar" March 2010
Discussion Paper No.224 "Separation of Control and Cash-Flow Rights of State Owned Listed Enterprises: Channels of Expropriation following Discriminated Share Reform in China" February 2010
[International Symposium] The Frontier of BOP Business March 9, 2010（Tuesday）
Report of International Symposium "East Asia Beyond the Global Economic Crisis"
Discussion Paper No.223 "The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-55 and U.S.-R.O.C Relations"February 2010
Discussion Papers No.222 "The Experience of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC): Political Parties in Kenya from 1991 to 2007" February 2010
Discussion Paper No.221 "Inferring the Effects of Vertical Integration from Entry Games: An Analysis of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry" January 2010
Discussion Paper No.220 "Shock Transmission Mechanism of the Economic Crisis in East Asia: An Application of International Input-Output Analysis" January 2010
[Seminar] China-Korea-Japan Seminar on Africa "East Asia and Africa in the 21st Century" February 24th, 2010（Wednesday）
[Seminar] "Secular States and Religions: The United States, France, and Turkey January 18, 2010（Monday）
Discussion Paper No.219 "Capability Matrix: A Framework for Analyzing Capabilities in Value Chains" December 2009
Discussion Paper No.218 "Measurements to Assess Progress in Rights and Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities: Implications Drawn from the IDE-PIDS Socio-Economic Survey of PWDs" December 2009
Discussion Paper No.217 "The Cuban Economy: A Current Evaluation and Proposals for Necessary Policy Changes" December 2009
"Asia Beyond the Crisis -Visions from International Input-Output Analyses" Spot Survey No.31 December 2009(Internal use only)
[Seminar] China-Korea-Japan’s Africa Seminar “East Asia and Africa in the 21st Century” February 24th, 2010（Wednesday）
[Seminar] Secular States and Religions: The United States, France, and Turkey January 18, 2010（Monday）
Discussion Papers No.219 "Capability Matrix: A Framework for Analyzing Capabilities in Value Chains" December 2009
Discussion Papers No.218 "Measurements to Assess Progress in Rights and Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities: Implications Drawn from the IDE-PIDS Socio-Economic Survey of PWDs" December 2009
"Asia Beyond the Crisis -Visions from International Input-Output Analyses" Spot Survey No.31 December 2009(Internal use only)
International Workshop Proceedings "Joint Research Report and Policy Recommendations on a Free Trade Agreement between China, Japan and Korea: Phase II: Road to Recovery of Regional Trade and Trade Facilitation in the CJKFTA" December 2009
2009 Annual Report Now Available On-line November 19, 2009
IDE-JETRO is Now Accepting Applicants of Visiting Research Fellows Program (VRF, IDE-Supported Fellowship) for 2010-2011. October, 2010
Discussion Papers No.216 "What Explains Real and Nominal Exchange Rate Fluctuations? Evidence from SVAR Analysis for India" now available October 2009
[Column] Tamed Economic Animal: Conservative Japanese Businessmen in the Global Competition October 2009
Discussion Papers No.215 "Analysis on International Trade of CLM Countries" now available September 2009
[Critical Updates] After the 2009 Presidential Election in the Islamic Republic of Iran September 2009
Discussion Papers No.214 "The Technology Gap and the Growth of the Firm: A Case Study of China’s Mobile-phone Handset Industry" now available August 2009

The IDE-JETRO website will be unavailable from 19:00 (JST), Friday, October 23 to 11:00 (JST), Monday, October 26, due to scheduled server maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your kind understanding and cooperation.
Discussion Papers No.213 "The Effect of Product Classifications on the Formulation of Export Unit Value Indices:A Comparison of Export Unit Value Indices based on SITC and HS" now available August 2009
Discussion Papers No.212 "Agglomeration versus Fragmentation: A Comparison of East Asia and Europe" now available August 2009
Discussion Papers No.211 "Complex Vertical FDI and Firm Heterogeneity: Evidence from East Asia" now available August 2009
Discussion Papers No.210 "The Iron and Steel Industry in Asia: Development and Restructuring" now available August 2009
Details of IDE Research Projects in FY 2009/2010 July 2009
VRF Series No.450, "Economic Development in Yangtze River Delta Region and Roles of Japanese Corporations (in Japanese)" now available
Discussion Papers No.209 "Measuring Fiscal Decentralization in the Philippines" now available July 2009
Discussion Papers No.208 "Market Access and Intermediate Goods Trade" now available July 2009
Discussion Papers No.207 "Who Uses FTAs?" now available July 2009
Discussion Papers No.206 "Issues Affecting the Movement of Rural Labour in Myanmar: Rakhine Case Study" now available July 2009
Discussion Papers No.205 "Border Trade and Economic Zones on the North-South Economic Corridor: Focusing on the Connecting Points between the Four Countries" now available July 2009
Discussion Papers No.204 "Trade Coefficients and the Role of Elasticity in a Spatial CGE Model Based on the Armington Assumption" now available July 2009
BRC Research Report No.2 "Major Industries and Business Chance in CLMV Countries" now available
BRC Research Report No.1 "A China-Japan Comparison of Economic Relationships with the Mekong River Basin Countries" now available
Joint Research Program Series No.153 "Building Effective Governance for Water Environment Conservation in China - A Social Experiment in Community Roundtable Meetings in the Tai Lake Basin -" now available
Discussion Papers No.203"Location Advantages and Disadvantages in Myanmar: The Case of Garment Industry" now available May 2009
Discussion Papers No.202 "Economic Voting and Electoral Volatility in Turkish Provinces" now available
Discussion Papers No.201 "Structural Changes in Asparagus Production and Exports from Peru" now available
IDE is now accepting applicants of Visiting Research Fellows (VRF) Program for 2010-2011.
Joint Research Program Series No.152 "Poverty Reduction for the Disabled in China - Livelihood Analysis from the Data of the Second China National Sample Survey on Disability - Now available April 2009
Joint Research Program Series No.151 "Poverty Reduction for the Disabled in the Philippines - Livelihood Analysis from the Data of PWDs in Metro Manila -" Now available April 2009
Discussion Papers No.200"An Empirical Analysis of the Monetary Policy Reaction Function in India" now available
Discussion Papers No.199 "Deprivation of Education in Urban Areas: A Basic Profile of Slum Children in Delhi, India" now available
Discussion Papers No.198 "Constructing Female Subject: Narratives on Family and Life Security among the Urban Poor in Turkey" now available
VRF Series No.449 "Macroeconomic Development Trends in Mongolia Evolution" now available
VRF Series No.448 "Current Economic Relations Between China and Latin America" now available
VRF Series No.447 "Development of Government Bonds Market in Iraq (Application of Japan’s Experiences to Iraq)" now available
VRF Series No.446 "The EU Enlargement to 27 and More, Challenge Faces South Mediterranean Member Countries: The Case of Horticultural Exports to EU Markets" now available
Discussion Papers No.195 "Perfecting the Catching-up: The Case of Taiwan’s Motorcycle Industry" now available
Discussion Papers No.194"Ethnicity and Elections under Authoritarianism: The Case of Kazakhstan" now available
Discussion Papers No.193 "Vietnamese Local State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) at the Crossroads: Implications of SOE Restructuring at the Local Level" now available
Discussion Papers No.192 "Constitutional Review and Democratic Consolidation: A Literature Review" now available
Discussion Papers No.191 "Technology Choice in the IT Industry and Changes of the Trade Structure" now available
Discussion Papers No.190 "In Memory of Dr. Ali Al-Gritly (1913-1982): His Views on Egypt’s Experience with Socialism" now available
Discussion Papers No.189 "The Feasibility of Cuban Market Economy: A Comparison with Vietnam" now available
Discussion Papers No.188 "Linked versus Non‐linked Firms in Innovation: The Effects of Economies of Network in Agglomeration in East Asia" now available
Discussion Papers No.187 "Financial Policies and Dynamic Game Simulation in Poland and Hungary" now available
Discussion Papers No.186 "Is South Sulawesi a Center of Growth in Eastern Indonesia? : Japanese ODA Strategy Revisited " now available
VRF Series No.445 "Ethnic Entrepreneurship of Koreans in the USSR and post Soviet Central Asia" now available
Discussion Papers No.185 "Production Networks and Spatial Economic Interdependence: An International Input-Output Analysis of the Asia-Pacific Region" now available
Discussion Paper No.184 "Input-Output Based Economic Impact Evaluation System for Small City Development: A Case Study on Saemangeum's Flux City Design" now available
Discussion Paper No.183 "How Does Credit Access Affect Children’s Time Allocation? Evidence from Rural India" now available
Discussion Paper No.182 "Asian Industrial Development from the Perspective of the Motorcycle Industry" now available
Discussion Paper No.180 "The Causal Relationships in Mean and Variance between Stock Returns and Foreign Institutional Investment in India" now available　
Discussion Paper No.178 "Pitfalls of Location Choice Analysis: The Finished Goods Producer versus the Intermediate Goods Producer" now available
IDE-JETRO is Now Inviting Applications for Research Fellow Positions.（November 21, 2008）
IDE Now Inviting Applications of Visiting Research Fellows Program (October 2009 - March 2010.)
VRF Series No.438 "Improving Access to Finance for SME:International Good Experiences and Lessons for Mongolia" now available
International Symposium, "Engaging East Asian Integration−States, Markets and Movement of People−" to be held on December 9, 2008
VRF Series No.437 "Fostering　Competitive　Clusters in Asia:Towards an Inclusive Policy Perspective" now available
Discussion Paper No.177 "The Contribution of Supply and Demand Shifts to Earnings Inequality in Urban China" now available
ASEDP No.77 "Pork Production in China - A Survey and Analysis of the Industry at a Lewis Turning Point -" now available
Discussion Paper No.176 "Changes in the Causes of Earnings Inequality in Urban China from 1988 to 2002" now available
IDE Spot Survey No.30 "Promoting 3Rs in developing countries ?Lessons from the Japanese Experience?" now available
Discussion Paper No.175 "A New Measurement for International Fragmentation of the Production Process: An International Input-Output Approach" now available
Discussion Paper No.174 "Revisiting Labour and Gender Issues in Export Processing Zones: The Cases of South Korea, Bangladesh and India" now available
Discussion Paper No.173 "The Impact of Unstable Aids on Consumption Volatility in Developing Countries" now available
Discussion Paper No.171 "Transformation of a Woodworking and Furniture Industrial District in Kampala, Uganda: Dichotomous Development of SME Cluster and Large Firm Sector" now available
Discussion Paper No.170 "The Impact of Tobacco Production Liberalization on Smallholders in Malawi" now available
Discussion Paper No.169 "Competitiveness of the Knitwear Industry in Bangladesh: A Study of Industrial Development amid Global Competition" now available
Discussion Paper No.168 "Indian IT Software Engineers in Japan: A Preliminary Analysis" now available
Discussion Paper No.167 "TNCs in Perplexity over How to Meet Local Suppliers: The Case of Philippine Export Processing Zone" now available
Discussion Paper No.166 "An Empirical Analysis of the Money Demand Function in India" now available
Discussion Paper No.165 "Re-Examining ‘Difference’ and‘Development’: A Note on Broadening the Field of Gender and Development in Japan" now available
Discussion Paper No.164 "Constitutions around the World: A View from Latin America" now available
Discussion Paper No.163 "Clothing Export from sub-Saharan Africa: Impact on Poverty and Potential for Growth" now available
IDE Library launches new digital archive, "AIDE - Archive of IDE Publications" - August 4, 2008
Discussion Paper No. 162 "Re-thinking Argentina's Labour and Social Security Reform in the 1990s: Agreement on Competitive Corporatism" now available
Discussion Paper No. 161 "Value Chain Dynamics and Growth of Local Firms: The Case of Motorcycle Industry in Vietnam" now available
Discussion Paper No. 160 "Border Barriers in Agricultural Trade and the Impact of their Elimination: Evidence from East Asia" now available
Discussion Paper No. 159 "Geographical Simulation Model:Predicting Long-Term Effects of Infrastructure Development Projects" now available
Discussion Paper No. 158 "A Journey Through the Secret History of the Flying Geese Model"now available
Discussion Paper No. 157 "A Mathematical Representation of "Excitement" in Games: A Contribution to the Theory of Game Systems" now available
Discussion Paper No. 156 "The Effect of Exchange Rate Volatility on International Trade: The Implication for Production Networks in East Asia" now available
Discussion Paper No. 155 "The Choice of Transport Mode: Evidence from Japanese Exports to East Asia" now available
Discussion Paper No. 154 "Monetary Systems in Developing Countries: An Unorthodox View" now available
Discussion Paper No. 153 "Development of Border Economic Zones in Thailand: Expansion of Border Trade and Formation of Border Economic Zones" now available
Discussion Paper No. 152 "Improving the Foreign Direct Investment Capacity of the Mountainous Provinces in Viet Nam" now available
Discussion Paper No. 151 "Infrastructure (Rural Road) Development and Poverty Alleviation in Lao PDR" now available
Discussion Paper No. 150 "Infrastructure Development of Railway in Cambodia: A Long Term Strategy" now available
Discussion Paper No. 149 "Foreign Direct Investment Relations between Myanmar and ASEAN" now available
Discussion Paper No. 148 "Financing Small and Medium Enterprises in Myanmar" now available
Discussion Paper No. 147 "Myanmar Sugar SMEs: History, Technology, Location and Government Policy" now available
Discussion Paper No. 146 "Exploiting the Modularity of Value Chains: Inter-firm Dynamics of the Taiwanese Notebook PC Industry" now available
Discussion Paper No. 145 "Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction under Mubarak's Program" now available
Discussion Paper No. 144 "Bank Borrowing and Financing of Medium-sized Firms in Indonesia" now available
Discussion Paper No. 143 "The Methodological Application of Modern Historical Science to Qualitative Research" now available
Discussion Paper No. 142 "Monetary Policy Effects in Developing Countries with Minimum Wages" now available
Discussion Paper No. 141 "The Political Economy of Growth: A Review" now available
VRF Series (No. 436 "China's Macroeconomic Trends and Structural Changes: A Sino-Japanese Comparative Analysis") now available
Discussion Paper No. 140 "The Changing Nature of Employment and the Reform of Labor and Social Security Legislation in Post-Apartheid South Africa" now available
Discussion Paper No. 139 "Technology Choice, Change of Trade Structure, and A Case of Hungarian Economy" now available
Discussion Paper No. 138 "The Policy Making Process in FTA　Negotiations: A Case Study of Japanese Bilateral EPAs" now available
Discussion Paper No. 137 "Rural to Urban Migration: A District Level Analysis for India" now available
Discussion Paper No. 136 "Causality Relationships between Total Exports with Agricultural and Manufacturing GDP in Tanzania" now available
Discussion Paper No. 135 "The Shrimp Export Boom and Small-Scale Fishermen in Myanmar" now available
Discussion Paper No. 134 "Unlocking the Potential of Zambian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises "Learning from the international best practices - the Southeast Asian Experience" now available
Discussion Paper No. 133 "Evolution in the Concept of Development: How Has The World Bank´s Legal Assistance Extended its Reach?" now available
VRF Series (No. 435 "China’s Opening-up Strategy and Its Economic Relations with ASEAN Countries－A Case Study of Yunnan Province") now available
VRF Series (No. 434 "Weak State Political Economy of Thailand: Ten Years after the Crisis") now available
ASEDP (No. 76 "Regional Development Policy and Direct Local-Head Election in Democratizing East Indonesia" ) now available
Discussion Paper No. 132 "Looking Toward the "New Era" Features and Background of the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement" now available
VRF Series (No. 433 "Trends of Development of Myanmar Fisheries: With References to Japanese Experiences") now available
Papers presented to the Conference on "Perspectives Growing Africa: From Japan and China," held on 10 September 2007.
Discussion Paper No. 131 "China's Impact on the Exports of Other Asian Countries: A Note" now available
[ERIA Tokyo Forum] "Creation of the World’s Largest Business Space" March 4, 2008
VRF Series (No. 434 "Weak State Political Economy of Thailand: Ten Years after the Crisis") now available
ASEDP (No. 76 "Regional Development Policy and Direct Local-Head Election in Democratizing East Indonesia" ) now available
Discussion Paper No. 130 "Growth of the Firm and Economic Backwardness: A Case Study and Analysis of China's Mobile Handset Industry" now available
Report of International Symposium "Poverty Reduction and Beyond: Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries"
2007 Annual Report now available on-line
IDE-JETRO will have employment interviews at Annual Meeting of American Economic Association (AEA), in New Orleans, U.S.A. Apply by December 24, 2007.
Discussion Paper No. 129 "Has Low Productivity Constrained Competitiveness of African Firms? : Comparison of the Firm Performances with Asian Firms" now available
VRF Series (No. 432 "Patterns of Time Use and Happiness in Bhutan: Is there a relationship between the two?", No. 431 "The Political Economy of Human Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa" ) now available
ASEDP (No. 75 "Pharmaceutical Industry in China-Intellectual Property Protection, Pricing and Innovation-" ) now available
Discussion Paper No. 128 "Industrial Policy in Asia" now available
Discussion Paper No. 127 "JETRO and Japan’s Postwar Export Promotion System: Messages for Latin American Export Promotion Agencies" now available
[Seminar] Escaping from Catastrophe: Iraq, Libya, Ireland, Korea, and Iran Nobember 22
International Symposium, "Poverty Reduction and Beyond: Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries" to be held on November 29, 2007
Discussion Paper No. 126 " Who Eats the Most? :Quantitative Analysis of Pork Barrel Distributions in the Philippines" now available
Discussion Paper No. 125 "A Divergent Path of Industrial Upgrading: Emergence and Evolution of the Mobile Handset Industry in China" now available
Now Inviting Applications for Visiting Research Fellows Program September 18, 2007
The IDE website will be unavailable from 6:00 pm on Friday, October 26 to 11:00 am on Monday, October 29 (JST) for maintenance.
VRF Series (No. 430 "Estimation of CO2 Emissions using Energy Input-Output (EIO) Tables for India" ) now available
Discussion Paper No. 124 "Diversities and Disparities among Female-Headed Households in Rural Malawi" now available
Discussion Paper No. 123 "Evaluating the Effectiveness of GMS Economic Corridors: Why is There More Focus on the Bangkok-Hanoi Road than the East-West Corridor?" now available
Discussion Paper No. 122 "Border Industry in Myanmar: Turning the Periphery into the Center of Growth" now available
Discussion Paper No. 121 "A Mathematical Representation of “Excitement” in Games from the Viewpoint of a Neutral Audience" now available
VRF Series (No. 429 "Labor Dimension of the Japan - Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)", No. 428 "Indices de transformation du milieu rural au Rwanda apres 1994 : Problemes fonciers et reactions des paysans" ) now available
Discussion Paper No. 120 "A Flowchart Approach to Malaysia’s Automobile Industry Cluster Policy" now available
International Conference on Productivity and Growth in Africa and Asia October 9, 2007
IDE Now Inviting Applications for Research Fellow Positions September 7, 2007
Discussion Paper No. 119 "The Sandinista Revolution and Post-Conflict Development—Key Issues" now available
Discussion Paper No. 118 "Myanmar and Japan: How Close Friends Become Estranged" now available
Discussion Paper No. 117 "Gambling with Liberalization: Smallholder Livelihoods in Contemporary Rural Malawi" now available
[Seminar]Perspective on Growing Africa: From China and Japan September 13, 2007
Details of IDE Research Projects in FY 2007/2008 now available
IDE launches new digital archive, "Photo Archives: Developing Countries in 1960s". July 9, 2007
Discussion Paper No. 116 "Trade, Foreign Investment and Myanmar’s Economic Development during the Transition to an Open Economy" now available" now available
Discussion Paper No. 115 "Thailand’s Economic Cooperation with Neighboring Countries and Its Effects on Economic Development within Thailand" now available" now available
Discussion Paper No. 114 "Evaluation of Non-Survey International IO Construction Methods with the Asian-Pacific Input-Output Table" now available
Discussion Paper No. 113 "Comparing the Networks of Ethnic Japanese and Ethnic Chinese in International Trade?" now available
Discussion Paper No. 112 "Institutional Development of Capital Markets in Nine Asian Economies" now available
Discussion Paper No. 111 "Fiscal Decentralization, Chinese Style: Good for Health Outcomes?" now available
ASEDP No. 74　"Reforming Laws and Institutions in Indonesia: An Assessment" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 110 "Industrial Networks between China and the Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region" now available
JRP Series No. 143 "Analysing Recent Trends of Industrial Upgrading in China: A Case-based Approach" （Chinese） Now available
JRP Series No. 142 "Health Service and Poverty: Making Health Services More Accessible to the Poor" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 109 "Industrial Development and the Innovation System of the Ethanol Sector in Brazil" now available
Discussion Paper No. 108 "Publicness and Taken-for-granted Knowledge: A Case Study of Communal Land Formation in Rural Thailand" Now available
IDE Now Inviting Applications for Visiting Research Fellows Program (April 2008 - September 2008)
Discussion Paper No. 107 "Public Support for Enlargement: Economic, Cultural, or Normative?" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 106 "Bounding ATE with ITT" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 105 "Securing Medical Personnel: Case Studies of Two Source Countries and Two Source Destination Countries" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 104 "Customary Land Tenure, Inheritance Rules, and Smallholder Farmers in Malawi" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 103 "Industrial Clusters in India: Evidence from Automobile Clusters in Chennai and the National Capital Region" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 102 "Application of the Input-Output Decomposition Technique to China's Regional Economies" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 101 "Prospects for Development of the Garment Industry in Developing Countries: What Has Happened Since the MFA Phase-Out?" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 100 "The Flowchart Model of Cluster Policy: The Automobile Industry Cluster in China" Now available
Discussion Paper No. 99 "Financial Aspects of Transactions with FDI: Trade Credit Provision by SMEs in China" Now available
"Yearbook of Asian Affairs 2006" now available. PDF files can be viewed by chapter.
Discussion Paper (No. 98 "Election Studies in India") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 97 "Local Firms in Latecomer Developing Countries amidst China's Rise -The case of Vietnam's motorcycle industry-") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 96 "Human Capital Investment and Poverty Reduction over Generations: A Case from the Rural Philippines, 1979-2003") Now available
The IDE website will be unavailable from 10:00 on Saturday, March 31 to 24:00 on Sunday, April 1 (JST) for maintenance.
Discussion Paper (No. 95 "Sources of Regional Income Disparity in Rural Vietnam: Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition") Now available
The IDE website will be unavailable from 7:30 pm to 8:30 am on Thursday, March 22 (JST) for maintenance.
Discussion Paper (No. 94 "Changes in the foreign trade structure of the Russian Far East under the process of transition toward a market economy") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 93 "Differences in Technology Transfers to China Among European and Japanese Elevator Companies") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 92 "Is It Worthwhile for Indonesia to Rush into a Free Trade Deal with Japan?") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 91 "The Evolution of the “One China” Concept in the Process of Taiwan' s Democratization") Now available
International Symposium, "Asia’s Clothing Industry at a Crossroads amid Intensified Global Competition" to be held on March 13, 2007
Select IDE Research Paper Published by Palgrave Macmillan "Regional Integration in East Asia -From the Viewpoint of Spatial Economics".
Discussion Paper (No. 89 "Clusters and Innovation: Beijing's Hi-technology Industry Cluster and Guangzhou's Automobile Industry Cluster") Now available
VRF Series (No. 423 "The Development of Rural Financial Sector in Kazakhstan: with Special Reference to Rural Credit Cooperation Development", No. 422"The Comparative Study About Decentralization Reform Between Japan and Korea" ) Now Available
Discussion Paper (No. 88 "Domestic Market-based Industrial Cluster Development in Modern China") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 87 "Do Foreign Currency Deposits Promote orDeter Financial Development in Low-Income Countries? An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Country Data") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 86 "IT Offshoring and India: Some Implications") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 85 "IT Clusters in India") Now available
Select IDE Research Papers Published by Palgrave Macmillan
The IDE website will be unavailable from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm on Wednesday, January 31 (JST) for maintenance.
IDE-JETRO Symposium Examines BRIC economies
Spot Survey (No.22 "China’s Western Development Strategy: Issues and Prospects" ) Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 84 "Are Job Networks Localized in a Developing Economy? Search Methods for Displaced Workers in Thailand" ) Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 83 "Career Crisis? Impacts of Financial Shock on the Entry-Level Labor Market: Evidence from Thailand") Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 82 "Is Learning by Migrating to a Megalopolis Really Important? Evidence from Thailand") Now available
Input-Output Tables (CD-ROM) now available for purchase online! January 9, 2007
Discussion Paper (No. 81 "Transport Sector and Regional Price Differentials: A SCGE Model for Chinese Provinces" ) Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 80 "Poverty Analysis of Ethiopian Females in the Amhara Region: Utilizing BMI as an Indicator of Poverty" ) Now available
［Press Release］2007 Economic Outlook for East Asia December 13, 2006
IDE launches new digital archive, "Japan in Modern Asia" December 8, 2006
Discussion Paper (No. 79 "Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy in Malaysia before the Asian Crisis" ) Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 78 "Rules of Origin and Local Content in East Asia" ) Now available
Joint Research Program Series Nos. 127, 123, 107, Now available
Africa Research Series No. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 77 "Outward FDI from and Intraregional FDI in ASEAN: Trends and Drivers" ) Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 76 "Economic Development Capitalizing on Brand Agriculture: Turning Development Strategy on Its Head" ) Now available
International Symposium, "Rise of the Next Giants? : Anatomy of BRICs" to be held on December 20, 2006
International Symposium, "'Tradition', Environment and Publicness in Asia and the Middle East" to be held on December 15, 16
Discussion Paper (No. 75 "Distribution System of China's Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Yiwu China Commodity City" ) Now available
Discussion Paper (No. 74 "Crowding-out and Crowding-in Effects of Government Bonds Market on Private Sector Investment (Japanese Case Study)" ) Now Available
VRF Series (No. 410 " A New Approach to the Asian Finance Cooperation: Japan and China (in Japanese)", No. 416 "Economic and Sustainability Indications from Trends in Material Flows in the Philippines, 1981 to 2003" ) Now Available
New Reports of VRF Study Tours October 5, 2006
The IDE website will be unavailable from 6:00 pm on Friday, October 27 to 11:00 am on Monday, October 30 (JST) for maintenance.
2006 Annual Report Now Available On-line September 15, 2006
VRF Series (No. 417 "Iran's Economic Diplomacy: An Assessment of Iran Economic and Trade Cooperation with Japan, China and South Korea" )
IDE Now Inviting Applications for Research Fellow Positions September 8, 2006
IDE Now Inviting Applications of Visiting Research Fellows Program (October 2007 - March 2008.)
Discussion Paper (No. 73 "Expansion of Asparagus Production and Exports in Peru" ) Now Available
Discussion Paper (No. 72"The Nature of the State in Afghanistan and Its Relations with Neighboring Countries" ) Now Available
Discussion Paper (No. 71"An Asian Triangle of Growth and Cluster-to-Cluster Linkages" ) Now Available
IDE launches new digital archive, "Kishi Koichi Collection - Materials of the Japanese Military Administration on Southeastern Asia". August 15, 2006
Discussion Paper (No. 70 "Integration under 'One Country, Two Systems' - The Case of Mainland China and Hong Kong-" ) Now Available
The Developing Economies Volume 44, Number 3 (September 2006) Now on Sale
Discussion Paper (No. 69 "Bringing Non-governmental Actors into the Policymaking Process:The Case of Local Development Policy inThailand" ) Now Available
Discussion Paper (No. 68 "Financial Cooperation in East Asia" ) Now Available
Discussion Paper (No. 67 "Export-Led Growth and Geographic Distribution of the Poultry Meat Industry in Brazil" ) Now Available
Asian Law Series No.21-25
Joint Research Program Series Nos.134,137,138,140
Discussion Paper No. 66 "Myanmar's Economic Relations with China: Can China Support the Myanmar Economy?"
IDE website will be off-line from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday, July 29(Japanese Time) for maintenance.