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Latest Reports
- Ryohei Konta"Immigrants as Victims of Crime and Safety Efforts in São Paulo"(IDE Discussion Papers)
- Ian Coxhead, Anna Strutt, Erwin Corong, Varan Kitayaporn"The ‘China Shock’ and middle-income economies: threats to industrialization and human capital formation"(IDE Discussion Papers)
- Banh Thi Hang, Ian Coxhead, Nguyen Dinh Tuan Vuong"Local labor market effects of FDI: job growth and skills demand in Vietnam"(IDE Discussion Papers)
- Ian COXHEAD and Varan KITAYAPORN"China’s Export Boom Is Squeezing Middle-income Asia"March 2026(IDE ResearchColumns No.76)
- Yuta WATABE"Why the Digital World Isn't Flat"March 2026(IDE ResearchColumns No.75)
- Abu S. SHONCHOY"When School Exams Collide with the Harvest Timing"February 2026(IDE ResearchColumns No.74)
- Kiyoyasu TANAKA, Toshihiro KUDO"Growing Household Inequality amid Political Turmoil: Evidence from Myanmar"(IDE Discussion Papers)
- Robert Koopman and others"Global Value Chain Development Report 2025: REWIRING GVCs IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMY"
- Yang Zhou, So Umezaki"Economic Uncertainty and Extreme Capital Flow Movement"(IDE Discussion Papers)
- Zhe Ren"Legalizing Illegal Construction: Government Action in Guangzhou"(IDE Discussion Papers)
Latest Publications
The Developing Economies Volume 63, Number 4(December 2025)
The Developing Economies, Volume 63, Number 4(December 2025)
The Developing Economies Volume 63, Number 3(September 2025)
The Developing Economies, Volume 63, Number 3(September 2025)
The Developing Economies Volume 63, Number 2(June 2025)
The Developing Economies Volume 62, Number 4(December 2024)
The Developing Economies, Volume 62, Number 4(December 2024)
Discussion Paper
- "Immigrants as Victims of Crime and Safety Efforts in São Paulo"
- "The ‘China Shock’ and middle-income economies: threats to industrialization and human capital formation"
- "Local labor market effects of FDI: job growth and skills demand in Vietnam"
- "Growing Household Inequality amid Political Turmoil: Evidence from Myanmar"
- "Economic Uncertainty and Extreme Capital Flow Movement"
Seminars & Events
Research Projects
- Studies based on Geographical Simulation Model (IDE-GSM)
- Publication of Latin America Report
- Africa Report
- Feminist movements in Turkey and the adoption of global concepts
- A Migrant’s First Year in Japan: Evidence from their Family, Workplace, and Community
- Myanmar Refugees and the Development of Cross-Border Economic Zones
- Analysis of the fiscal structure in Singapore and the role and contribution of NIRC
- Environmental Remediation and Law in China: Issues in Theory and Practice
- Survival Strategies of Ethiopian Urban Residents Under Hyperinflation
- Study on Children's Living Environments in Developing Asian Countries
- Protection of Seafarers' Rights in the Global Maritime Labor Market: A Case Study of Filipino Female Seafarers
- Transformation of environmental policy in Taiwan under authoritarian regime: From environmental health to environmental protection
- Application and Analysis of the OLG Model Regarding the Social Security System in Thailand
- Vulnerability, Reorganization, and Consolidation of the Rentier States in the Middle East
- Urban Labor Markets in sub-Saharan Africa: Preparations for case studies
- Rethinking the Concept of Political Culture
- Political and Economic Changes in Thailand under Prayuth Administration, 2014-23
- Factors of digital agriculture diffusion in developing countries and their socio-economic impacts: A case of agricultural drone diffusion in Vietnam.
- The Global South Countries of Regional Power: Brazil, South Africa
- Transition of Disability Laws in China: Prospect of Domestic Implementation of CRPD
- Workers and Firms in Africa
- Water management and sustainability in the modern Central Asia
- Cultural Capital and Social Stratification in Emerging Asian Countries: A Study from Piano Culture
- Party-Judicial Relationship in Contemporary Chinese Politics
- Gender Differences in Commuting Constraints and their Economic Impact: An Application of Quantitative Urban Models
- Features of New Businesses in Emerging Economies: A Comparative Study of Indonesia and Vietnam
- Structural change and agricultural resource allocation in rural Thailand
- Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Human Capital Investment in Polygynous Households in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Transformation of local governance system and civil society in Thailand: A Case study of the Khonkaen Model
- Empirical Analyses of Culture: Impacts of Culture on Individual Behaviors, Attitudes, and Subjective Well-being
- Elucidating the actual situation and the migrant policies of sending and receiving countries on international labor migration after COVID-19
- Empirical analyses on the origin of child fostering in Africa
- Formal Financial Market and Informal Lending under Economic Shocks: Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
- Examining minimum wage impacts: Effects of market concentration
- Religion or Patriarchy: What Hinders the Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan?
- Workers and Firms in Africa
- Life histories of African migrants and refugees in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Water management and sustainability in the modern Central Asia
- A Migrant’s First Year: Family, Workplace, and Community in Japan
- Analysis of the Political Consequences of the Student Movement in Chile: On the Policy Change from Neoliberalism to Universal Social Rights
- Cultural Capital and Social Stratification in Emerging Asian Countries: A Study from Piano Culture
- Party-Judicial Relationship in Contemporary Chinese Politics
- Gender Differences in Commuting Constraints and their Economic Impact: An Application of Quantitative Urban Models
- The Criminal Politics in the Drug Trafficking Route
- Structural change and agricultural resource allocation in rural Thailand
- Features of New Businesses in Emerging Economies: A Comparative Study of Indonesia and Vietnam
- Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Human Capital Investment in Polygynous Households in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Transformation of local governance system and civil society in Thailand: A Case study of the Khonkaen Model
- Empirical Analyses of Culture: Impacts of Culture on Individual Behaviors, Attitudes, and Subjective Well-being
- Elucidating the actual situation and the migrant policies of sending and receiving countries on international labor migration after COVID-19
- A Preliminary Study on the living environment of Children in Asian Countries
- Empirical analyses on the origin of child fostering in Africa
- Formal Financial Market and Informal Lending under Economic Shocks: Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
- International Nurse Migration from India to Non-English Speaking Countries
- Issues around co-development of the social development and public recognition of sign languages in developing countries
- Business and Human Rights: Global Trends and Asia
- Microfinace in India:30 years development and contemporary digitalaization
- Early stage of environmental policy formation process in Taiwan: Focusing on environmental health policy during Chiang Ching-kuo era
- Population Movement in Post Soviet Central Asiaafter 2014 Ukrinian Crisis
- Survival Strategies and Dietary Changes for Ethiopian Urban Residents
- Japan-Bangladesh Relationship at 50：Achievements and Challenges
- Preparing a textbook for Latin America societies in the 21st century
- Examining minimum wage impacts: Effects of market concentration
- New City Developments in Egypt
- Indonesia at a Juncture: Evaluation of the Jokowi Government and Challenges for the Next Government
- Environmental governance in China: environmentalism and authoritarianism
- Feminist Movement and Debate on "Honor Killing"in Turkey
- Transition of Disability Law and Institution in Asia
- Religion or Patriarchy: What Hinders the Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan?
- An Analysis of Conflicts with Global Survey Data
- Climate Change Governance under Sino-US Rivalry
- Merger & Acquisition/Consolidations of the Rural Bank Sector and Financial Inclusion in the Philippines
- Legal and political institutions in the sphere of social norms: Economic analyses of colonization and the right of a married couple to use separate surnames
- Studies based on Geographical Simulation Model (IDE-GSM)
- Publication of Latin America Report
- Africa Report