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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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No.207 Heterogeneous Effects of Urban Public Transportation on Employment by Gender: Evidence from the Delhi Metro

  • Mai Seki
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  • YAMADA Eiji
The Delhi Metro is one of the leading examples of a recent urban mass transit infrastructure project in ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.202 Bridging the Gaps in Infrastructure Investment for Flood Protection in Asia

  • ISHIWATARI Mikio
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  • Sasaki Daisuke
Investment is crucial in mitigating damage caused by flooding and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年02月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.199 Barriers to Public Pension Program Participation in a Developing Country

  • Tomoaki Tanaka
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  • Junichi Yamasaki
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  • Yasuyuki Sawada
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  • Khaliun Dovchinsuren
Increasing public pension participation rates in developing countries is an important policy objective. ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年12月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.198 The Role of Emerging Donors in the Transformation of Traditional Donor Recipient Relationships: The Case of China in Myanmar

  • Yasutami Shimomura
The aid recipients have suffered from bargaining power inequality under traditional donor-recipient rela...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年12月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.197 Payment Dollarization and Foreign Exchange Market Development in Cambodia: The Role of Money Changers

  • Koji Kubo
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  • Vichet Sam
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  • Yuthan Chea
Cambodia's foreign exchange market is cash-based, overshadowed by the retail transactions of money chang...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年10月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.195 Continuing Global Fertility Convergence

  • Yoko Nakagaki
This study reexamines fertility convergence by extending Dorius (2008), who explored global fertility co...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年10月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.194 International Power Structure and Strategic Motivations: Democracy Support from Japan and Indonesia

  • Maiko Ichihara
East Asian countries have traditionally been recognized as prioritizing sovereignty over democracy and h...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年08月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.191 Estimating Social Infrastructure Demand: The Case of Japan

  • ISHIZUKA Fumiaki
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  • Tsuyoshi Hara
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  • Yu Namba
The authors estimate the demand for social infrastructure investment (schools, health facilities, public...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年03月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.190 Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reduction from Air Quality Improvement: Evidence from Urban Bangladesh

  • Minhaj Mahmud
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  • Yasuyuki Sawada
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  • YAMADA Eiji
This paper reports on the first attempt to measure the value of statistical life (VSL) in the context of...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.189 Effects on Consumer Attitudes of Appeal Information of Ethical Products

  • Akiko Masuda
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  • Hiroaki Ishii
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  • Naoto Onzo
This paper aims to clarify how the informational appeal (abstract vs. concrete) of ethical products can ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年03月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.185 Currency Choice in Domestic Transactions by Cambodian Households: The Importance of Transaction Size and Network Externalities

  • Ken Odajima
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  • AIBA Daiju
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  • Vouthy Khou
Beyond dollarization in financial systems and business transactions, foreign currency is widely used in ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.184 Japan’s Foreign Aid and ‘Quality’ Infrastructure Projects: The Case of the Bullet Train in India

  • Purnendra JAIN
This paper analyses Japan’s motivation for supporting the high-speed rail (HSR or bullet train) project ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年03月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.182 Second-chance Education in Post-conflict Timor-Leste:Youth and Adult Learners’ Motives, Experiences and Circumstances

  • Taro Komatsu
Timor-Leste is a post-conflict nation that marked its independence in 2002, becoming the newest sovereig...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年01月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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No.181 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
This paper examines the labor supply effects of migration and remittances in Tajikistan – a major labor ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.180 Variety of Middle-Income Donors: Comparing Foreign Aid Approaches by Thailand and Indonesia

  • SATO Jin
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  • Awidya Santikajaya
Is there a middle-income approach to international cooperation that differs from the approach of advance...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年01月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Human Security Norms in East Asia

  • MINE Yoichi
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  • Oscar A. Gomez
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  • MUTO Ako
Many East Asian countries have realized high economic growth; however, their economic growth is not nece...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2018年12月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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