Annual Report 2017
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IDE-JETRO ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO 3-2-2 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi Chiba 261-8545, Japan URL: http://www.ide.go.jp/ ○CE A IDE-JETRO 2017 CONTENTS I. Activities in FY2016 ..............................................................................................................1 1. Outline of the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) ..............................................................1 2. Operating Policies in 2016 ..........................................................................................................1 3. Outline of Activities in 2016 .......................................................................................................2 II. Review of Research Projects in FY2016 .................................................................................. 5 1. Policy Recommendation Research ...............................................................................................5 1. Dissolution of the Nation-State Model in the Middle East: Possibilities for a New Regional Order (II)--Group 1. State Management after the “Arab Spring”: Changes in Social Welfare Policies and Their Inter-State Relationships ..............................................................................5 2. Dissolution of the Nation-State Model in the Middle East: Possibilities for a New Regional Order (II)--Group 2. How Kurdish Issues Affect Political Stability in the Middle East ..............5 3. Dissolution of the Nation-State Model in the Middle East: Possibilities for a New Regional Order (II)--Group 3. Dissolution of the Nation-State Model in the Middle East: Possibilities for a New Regional Order ..............................................................................................................6 4. Connecting ASEAN and South Asia ........................................................................................6 5. The “One Belt, One Road” Initiative and Its Impact on the Chinese Economy .........................7 6. Business and Human Rights in Emerging Markets: A Baseline Study on Japanese Corporations, the Challenges Ahead and Building a Platform to Formulate a National Action Plan ..........................................................................................................................................7 7. Prospects for the Chinese Economy and Policy Concerns ........................................................8 8. Dealing with a Broadening Development Agenda for Africa ....................................................9 9. Studies on Logistics Costs in Lao PDR ....................................................................................9 2. Analytical Research Contributing to Policy Proposals................................................................ 10 2.1. Prioritized Thematic Research ............................................................................................ 10 1. Land Policies in Post-Cold War Africa .............................................................................. 10 2. Skills Development for Youth in Africa ............................................................................. 10 3. Female International Migration: A Case of Nurse Migration from Kerala, India ................. 11 4. Industrial Organisation in China: Theory Building and Analysis of New Dimensions ......... 11 5. Poverty Alleviation of Women and Children with Disabilities in Developing Countries ..... 12 6. Female Empowerment and Social Institution ..................................................................... 12 7. Global Value Chains and Labor ......................................................................................... 13 8. Human Trafficking as the Greatest Risk in Migration......................................................... 13 9. Empirical Studies on Industrial Clusters in the Mekong Countries...................................... 14 10. Formation of Knowledge Networks in East Asia .............................................................. 14 11. International Policy Diffusion and Fragmentation of Environmental Regulations ............. 15 2.2. Regular Analytical Research ............................................................................................... 15 1. An Analysis of Current Affairs in Asia .............................................................................. 15 2. Political and Economic Analyses of the MENA Region ..................................................... 15 3. The Political Economy in Africa ........................................................................................ 16 4. Latin American Politics, Economy, and Society ................................................................. 17 5. Trade Standards Compliance in Asia ................................................................................. 17 6. Development of a Geographical Simulation Model (IDE-GSM) and Geo-economic Dataset: Population and Industrial Agglomeration in East Asia ........................................................ 17 2.3. Ad Hoc Timely Research .................................................................................................... 18 i 1. The 10th Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and Vision 2030 .................... 18 2. The Inauguration of Myanmar’s New Government: The Process and Results of the General Elections in 2015 ............................................................................................................... 18 3. The "Second Doi Moi" of Vietnam: Outcomes of the 12th Party Congress and Some Prospects ........................................................................................................................... 19 4. The Socialist System in the DPRK and International Economic Sanctions.......................... 19 2.4. Collaborative Research ....................................................................................................... 20 1. The Impact of Technological Innovation in Global Value Chains ....................................... 20 2. Regional Vitalization, Internationalization, and Innovation: Theory and Empirical Analysis for Invigorating the Economies of the Hokuriku Region..................................................... 20 3. The Role of Public Research Institutes in National Innovation Systems.............................. 21 4. Tracing China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Pollution Sources in Global Value Chains (GVCs): Regions, Firms, and Household Heterogeneity ..................................................... 21 5. Impact Evaluation of Registration Programs for Female Sex Workers in the Region of Dakar .......................................................................................................................................... 22 3. Basic and Comprehensive Research .......................................................................................... 22 1. Evolution of Agricultural Management in Developing Countries ........................................... 22 2. Political Economy of Cross-Strait Relationships under the Ma Ying-jeou Administration ...... 22 3. Changes in Economic Liberalization Policies in Iran and Their Impact: Industry, Market and Business Environments ........................................................................................................... 23 4. Understanding Informal Payments in Kazakhstan: Causes and Implications ........................... 23 5. Mexico in the 21st Century: Modernizing the Economy and Polarizing Society ..................... 24 6. The Dynamics and Transformation of the Vietnamese Family in the Doi Moi Period ............. 24 7. Comparative Studies on Trends in Regional Structures .......................................................... 25 8. The Crisis of Democracy in Developing Countries ................................................................ 25 9. China's "New-type Urbanization" Policy and Economic System Reform ................................ 26 10. Analysis of Urbanization in Indonesia Using Village Census Data from 1999 to 2014.......... 26 11. Political and Economic Changes in Malaysia during the Post-Mahathir Era ......................... 26 12. Rising New Social Strata in Vietnam after the Year 2000 .................................................... 27 13. Household Expenditure Patterns in Egypt during the 2000s.................................................. 27 14. Reproductive Medicine and the Family in the Middle East ................................................... 28 15. Comparison of Haiti and the Dominican Republic: Twin Countries Leading to Different Paths in Governance ........................................................................................................................ 28 16. Public Security Problems in Developing Countries and Areas .............................................. 29 17. International Labor Migration of Women from Developing Countries .................................. 29 18. Rural Development Administration and People in Northern India ........................................ 29 19. The Transformation of Judicial Activism in India: A Focus on Environmental Issues ........... 30 20. The Role of the Board of Directors in Companies in Gulf Arab Countries ............................ 30 21. Governors as National Veto Players: The Case of the Argentine Senate ............................... 31 22. Development and Applications of a Novel Global Economic Model ...................................