Institute of Developing Economies

On March 11, Japan was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake. IDE-JETRO would like to express our heartfelt sympathy for the citizens who have suffered from the earthquake. We fervently hope and pray that the citizens in the stricken region will be able to return to their normal lives at the earliest.
IDE-JETRO is now accepting applications for Research Fellow and Librarian positions. April 1, 2014
"Asian International Input-Output Table 2005" now available for download. March 31, 2014
Report of International Symposium "Seeking Compatibility between Economic Growth and Social Justice : Focusing on the Experiences of The New Brazil" February 25, 2014
Materials of "Bali Trade and Development Symposium" December 11, 2013
Report of International Symposium "Meeting Standards, Winning Markets – Opportunities and Challenges to East Asian Agri-food Trade towards Regional and Global Markets" November 1, 2013
Geo-Economic Dataset For Asia now available. September 11, 2013

"Environmental Provisions in Japanese Regional Trade Agreements with Developing Countries" Discussion Papers No.467 March 2014
"Impact of Product-related Environmental Regulations in Asia: Descriptive Statistics from a Survey of Firms in Vietnam" Discussion Papers No.466 March 2014
"Neutrality in the Choice of Number of Firms or Level of Fixed Costs in Calibrating an Armington-Krugman-Melitz Encompassing Module for Applied General Equilibrium Models" Discussion Papers No.465 March 2014
"Tariff Reductions and Labor Demand Elasticities: Evidence from Chinese Firm-level Data" Discussion Papers No.463 March 2014
"Do Electricity Supply Constraints Matter for Comparative Advantage?: A Neoclassical Approach" Discussion Papers No.462 March 2014

Research Activities IDE conducts basic and comprehensive research on a wide range of topics and issues concerning developing economies and regions. Visit this section to view research activity and to search current and past projects by keyword, region or year.

Publications IDE publishes a number of books, periodicals and reports, ranging from academic-level works to primers for the general public.

Library The IDE Library boasts a wide selection of materials and resources devoted to developing economy/region-specific topics, including economics, politics, and social science. The Library also stocks a large number of periodicals and newspapers from Japan and abroad.

About IDE IDE conducts research on economic, political and societal issues concerning developing economies to support Japan’s expansion of harmonious trade and investment and provision of international economic cooperation focused on developing economies.

The Developing Economies
Volume 52, Number 1 (March 2014)

An English-language journal

Exploiting Linkages for Building Technological Capabilities
Co-publication with Other Foreign Publishers
Springer

Focuses on one of the most dynamic and successfully developed but underexplored industries in Southeast Asia