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  • #Policy Notes

No.7 Understanding the Progress of Bangladesh

  • YAMADA Eiji
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  • Yasuo Fujita
Despite its start as one of the poorest countries in the world, Bangladesh has been observing a continuo...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.219 Impacts of the Interest Rate Ceiling on Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Evidence from a Household Survey

  • SAMRETH Sovannroeun
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  • AIBA Daiju
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  • Sothearoath Oeur
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  • Vanndy Vat
This paper examines the effects of the imposition of an interest rate ceiling in the microfinance sector...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.218 Resilience against the Pandemic: the Impact of COVID-19 on Migration and Household Welfare in Tajikistan

  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • YAMADA Eiji
Tajikistan’s economy hinges heavily on remittance inflows mainly from Russia that have exceeded a quarte...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.216 Microfinance Competition and Multiple Borrowing: Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh

  • Minhaj Mahmud
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  • Yasuyuki Sawada
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  • Mari Tanaka
This paper examines the causes and consequences of multiple borrowing in rural Bangladesh using long-ter...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Labor Supply in Tajikistan

  • Enerelt Murakami
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  • YAMADA Eiji
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  • Erica Paula Sioson
Remittances from labor migrants have become the largest source of foreign exchange earnings for developi...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年12月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Peace and Development in Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines—The Long Road to Peace through Trust

  • Naoyuki Ochiai
The JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development publishes the “Project History Series...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年12月
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Estimating China’s Foreign Aid: 2019-2020 Preliminary Figures

  • KITANO Naohiro
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  • Miyabayashi Yumiko
A new estimate by Naohiro Kitano, a professor at Waseda University and also a visiting fellow at the JIC...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年12月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Projection of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Welfare of Remittance-Dependent Households in the Philippines

  • YAMADA Eiji
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  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • Enerelt Murakami
Remittance-dependent countries have borne the fiscal brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Combined with trave...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年09月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Remittances, Household Welfare and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Tajikistan

  • YAMADA Eiji
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  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • Enerelt Murakami
Remittance inflow is now the largest source of external financing to developing countries, but little re...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年09月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Remittances and Financial Inclusion in the Philippines

  • YAMADA Eiji
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  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • Enerelt Murakami
Recent literature has revealed that financial inclusion enhances economic opportunities and security in ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年08月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.214 Monetary Policy Spillover Into a Developing Country When the US Federal Fund Rate Rises: Evidence on a Bank Lending Channel

  • AIBA Daiju
Banks in developing countries are highly dependent on funding sources from abroad, and such high depende...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年07月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.213 The Local Economic Competitiveness of Rural Hometowns for Overseas Remittances-Induced Investments: Two Case Studies from the Philippines

  • Alvin P. Ang
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  • Jeremaiah M. Opiniano
Rural communities of origin play an important role in harnessing the development potential of overseas r...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年07月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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The Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Welfare of Remittance-Dependent Households in the Philippines

  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • Enerelt Murakami
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  • YAMADA Eiji
The economic downturn, travel restrictions, and sharp drop in remittances triggered by the outbreak of t...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年06月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Human Security Norms in East Asia: Towards Conceptual and Operational Innovation

  • MUTO Ako
At the core of human security is the idea of how to ensure that all people live safely and with dignity....
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年04月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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Report "Estimating Social Infrastructure Needs in Diverse and Dynamic Asia"

Although Asia has improved provisions for social infrastructure, parts of the region need further invest...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Migration, Living Conditions, and Skills: A Panel Study - Tajikistan, 2018

  • Enerelt Murakami
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  • YAMADA Eiji
Tajikistan is the poorest country in Central Asia with an economy that is heavily dependent on migration...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.212 Are the Operations of Microfinance Institutions Different Across Countries? A Comparative Analysis of Cambodia and the Philippines Using DEA and PCA

  • AIBA Daiju
Of all the Southeast Asian countries, Cambodia and the Philippines have well-developed microfinance inst...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.211 A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis of Air Pollution in China

  • YAMADA Eiji
We construct a spatial equilibrium model with endogenous air pollution as a by-product of production and...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.209 Remittance Investment Climate Analysis: Framework and Methods to Ascertain the Local Development Potential of Overseas Remittances

  • Jeremaiah M. Opiniano
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  • Alvin P. Ang
This paper presents the integrated mixed methods results and findings of four community-based studies on...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.208 The Cost Efficiency of Cambodian Commercial Banks: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

  • AIBA Daiju
Regulating a banking sector requires a deep understanding of the industry structure and behavior of bank...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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