Bulletin Board

for

Globalization and Development

International Joint Research Projects

 

[ Phase III ]

2015-2019

 

(Last Updated: July 5, 2015)




Cherry Trees: Japanese National Trees

(Cherry Blossoms in early April on Nagoya University Campus)

 

. . . . . . . . . Project Poster

Welcome to the Globalization and Development Research Project BB !

Phase II of Globalization and Development International Joint Research Project have been completed and the Project Books will be publized from Routledge in August-September 2015.

Phase III of Globalization and Development International Joint Research Project have been approved by the Japan Society of Promoting Sicences (JSPS) with another Class A research funding for the period of 2015-2019.

With the start of this new phase, this project BB will be updated and utilized for the Globalization and Development Phase III (2015-2019).

Project Title for this Phase III joint researh is:

Designing Integrated Industrial Policies for Pro-Poor Growth under Globalization:
Promoting Surviving Industries in Developing Countries in Asia and Africa
 with New Public-Private Partnership

 

Let me thank you, in advance, for your continued support for this project.

Please kindly visit this BB periodically.

Best,

July 2015
Project Leader: Prof. Shigeru T. OTSUBO

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July 5, 2015

Phase III (2015-2019) of the 'Globalization and Development' Research Project is Initiated!!

Phase III Research Theme:

”Designing Integrated Industrial Policies for Pro-Poor Growth under Globalization:
Promoting Surviving Industries in Developing Countries in Asia and Africa
 with New Public-Private Partnership”

 

Research Proposals

1) Original Proposal/Application for the JSPS Research Funding (November 2014; in Japanese; in PDF)

2) Japanese Research Proposal (July 2015: in Japanese; in MS Word)

3) English Research Proposal (July 2015: in English; in MS Word)

We will have a Kick-off meeting with project's core members who reside in Japan on July 21, 2015 at Nagoya University.

Paricipants to this Kick-off meeting are requested to read the Project Research Proposal carefully and prepare/present your own Research Proposal (which will be posted on this Project Bulletin Board) in connection to this internatioal joint research on Integrated Industrial Policies for Pro-Poor Growth under Globalization. Your ideas and initiatives will be most highly appreciated.

I look forward to seeing you (core members in Japan) all in Nagoya on July 21, 2015.

With my best wishes ....

Shigeru T. OTSUBO, Coodinator for this JSPS International Joint Research Project, Phase III


. . . . . .E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp takahashiyuko@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp

 

July 4, 2015

Phase II (2010-2015) of the 'Globalization and Development' International Joint Research Project has been completed.

Phase II Rsearch Theme:

"Controlling the Impact of Globalization
on the Poverty-Growth-Inequality Triangle:
An International Comparative Study"

Project Books of Phase II (2010-2015) will be publised from Routledge during August-September, 2015!!

GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume I: Leading Issues in Development with Globalization
Volume II: Country Ecperiences
Volume III: In Search of a New Development Paradigm

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Routledge Book Site



As of today (July 4, 2015) , we are still working on the chapter proofs for Volume III which should be completed in a week. At this occasion, I, as the representative of this JSPS Class-A International Joint Research Project that lasted for almost 5 years, would like to express my sincere appreciation for all the support and efforts you (Phase II members) have kindly provided for this project. It has been my greatest honor to work with oustanding scholars from Japan and many parts of the word. The final outputs of the project should reach you within a 3-month time.

With my best wishes ....

Shigeru T. OTSUBO, Coodinator for this JSPS International Joint Research Project, Phase II
E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp


 

 

 

 

 

Project Mailing Lists (MLs) ......... [ To Be Created/Updated for Phase III ]

 

Please make the most of the following project Mailing Lists
for you to get in touch with all and sub-groups of the participating members.

Globalization_Kaken_Book_Contributors@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the contributors to our project books)

Globalization_Research_All@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members of this project)

Globalization_Research_Secretariat@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to the Secretatiat of this project)

Globalization_Research_GSID@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members in GSID, Nagoya University, Japan)

Globalization_Research_Overseas@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members outside of Japan)

Globalization_Research_Bhutan@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members from Bhutan)

Globalization_Research_China@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members from China)

Globalization_Research_Ghana@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members from Ghana)

Globalization_Research_Indonesia@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members from Indonesia)

Globalization_Research_Thailand@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members from Thailand)

Globalization_Research_Vietnam@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(EMs to all of the participating members from Vietnam)

 

These MLs are accessible only by the participating members of this project.
That is, one cannot send EMs to these MLs from un-registered EM addresses.
This treatment is necessary to shut-out junk mails and to protect our MLs from external attacks.

If you wish to register additional/other EM addresses (other than those listed below), please kindly inform me so.

 

 

 

Project's Core Members in Japan ......... [ To Be Updated for Phase III ]

 

This section is provided for you to get in touch with core participating researchers located in Japan.

***** Click researcher's EM address to get in touch with him/her by EMs! *****

***** Click researcher's CV/HP to know his/her background and research fields! *****

***** Click researcher's RP to know his/her research activities in this project! *****

I wish you to send me your CV and/or HP URL, and research proposals (as you update them) so that I can upload them here. (As you know, this BB is passward-protected.)

Send documents to Shigeru Otsubo (project leader) and Yuko Takahashi (Project's Administrative Assistant).

Thank you for your kind cooperation!

E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp takahashiyuko@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp

 

 

Professor Shigeru T. OTSUBO  (Nagoya University) (Project Leader) [Research Proposal]
E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
CV: http:/kenpro.mynu.jp:8001/Profiles/0013/0001358/prof_e.html
HP: htt p://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/
HP-CV: http://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/Otsubo's_Detailed_Profile.html

Professor Nobuaki MATSUNAGA (Kobe University) [Research Proposal]
E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
CV: http:/kenpro.mynu.jp:8001/Profiles/0013/0001358/prof_e.html
HP: htt p://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/

 

Professor Izumi OHNO (GRIPS) [Research Proposal]
E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
CV: http:/kenpro.mynu.jp:8001/Profiles/0013/0001358/prof_e.html
HP: htt p://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/

 

Professor Tetsuo UMEMURA (Nagoya University) [Research Proposal]
E-mail: umemura@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
CV: http://profs.provost.nagoya-u.ac.jp/view/html/100002679_en.html
HP: http://www.geocities.jp/umemurat2001/

 

Professor Ken ITAKURA(Nagoya City University)[Research Proposal]
E-mail:  itakura@econ.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
http://www.econ.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=33 
http://www.econ.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/modules/e6/index.php?id=16/#itakura 

Professor Jean-Claude MASWANA (Tsukuba University) [Research Proposal]
E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
CV: http:/kenpro.mynu.jp:8001/Profiles/0013/0001358/prof_e.html
HP: htt p://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/

 

Professor Souksavanh VIXATHEP  (Kyoto University) [Research Proposal]
E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
CV: http:/kenpro.mynu.jp:8001/Profiles/0013/0001358/prof_e.html
HP: htt p://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/

 

Dr. Christian OTCHIA [Research Proposal]
E-mail:  cotchia@gmail.com
CV: http:/kenpro.mynu.jp:8001/Profiles/0013/0001358/prof_e.html
HP: htt p://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/

 

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Collaborating Members from Other Countries ......... [ To Be dated for Phase III ]

 

 

This section is provided for you to get in touch with participating researchers/policymakers from other coutries.

***** Click researcher's EM address to get in touch with him/her by EMs! *****

***** Click researcher's CV/HP to know his/her background and research fields! *****

***** Click researcher's RP to know his/her research activities in this project! *****

I wish you to send me your CV and/or HP URL, and research proposals (as you update them) so that I can upload them here. (As you know, this BB is passward-protected.)

Send documents to Shigeru Otsubo (project leader) and Yuko Takahashi (Project's Administrative Assistant).

Thank you for your kind cooperation!

E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp takahashiyuko@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp

 

 

[Currently showing participants/collaborators for Phase II. To be updated for Phase III.]

1)  Bhutan (Leader: Dasho Karma Ura, President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies)

The Centre for Bhutan Studies
President Dasho Karma Ura; dasho.K.ura@gmail.com; CV; RP
Vice President Dorji Penjore
; dorpen71@gmail.com; CV; RP
Researcher Mr. Karma Wangdi ; wangdikarma@gmail.com; CV; RP

Researcher Mr. Sangay Chophel ; schophel@gamil.com; CV;RP
and several other researchers.


[The CBS and GSID signed a comprehensive academic/research exchange agreement on August 31, 2010.]

 

2)  China (Leader: Professor Zhang Hong, Vice Dean of the School of International Economy and Trade, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade)

Tsinghua University (Professor Wang Ming, a GSID Ph.D. graduate, School of Public Policy and Management; changing social architecture/civil society in China), University of International Business and Economics (Professor Wang Fei, a GSID Ph.D. graduate; general equilibrium model, enterprise data analysis), Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (Professor Zhang Hong, a GSID Ph.D. graudate; political economy discourse), China University of Political Science and Law (Associate Professor Dai Long; international economic law, competition law, WTO), and Sunwave Electronics Inc. (Chairman Gan Kui Wen, a GSID Ph.D. candidate; interview survey to farm laborers at Shenzen SEZ, and coordinating with the local business community to obtain cooperation for investigation on the industrial structure change) .

Professor Wang Ming; wm.oumei@gmail.com; CV1, CV2; RP
Professor Zhang Hong; s1chok@hotmail.com; HP; CV; RP
Professor Wang Fei; wangfei64@hotmail.com; CV; RP
Professor Dai Long; happydailong@yahoo.co.jp; CV; RP
Chairman Gan Kui Wen; gan@sunwave.cc; CV; RP

The major topics to be studied are the following: fast widening gap due to economic integration, transfer of resources between agriculture and industry, relative price measures (agricultural/industry terms of trade), migrant farm laborer (NongMinGong) system and family registration (Hukou) system, the legal system reform (competition laws, labor laws, etc.), and the changing social architecture/institutions under globalization.

Project ML Globalization_Research_China@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp contains all the above EM addresses, Project Leader's EM address, and project RA's (China desk at the Secretariat) EM address.

 

3)  Ghana (Leader: Senior Lecturer Fritz A. Gockel, Head of the Department of Economics, University of Ghana)

University of Ghana, Department of Economics (Senior Lecturer Fritz A. Gockel, Head; economic growth, inequality, poverty reduction) (Senior Lecturer Abena Oduro; international trade and industrial development, poverty impact) (Lecturer Eric Osei-Assibey, a GSID Ph.D. graudate; dynamic poverty analysis on Household Expenditure Surveys). Senior Lecturer Yaw Asanteacts as a coordinator on the UG side.

Department of Economics, University of Ghana
Prof. Fritz A. Gockel
; fagockel@ug.edu.gh; CV; RP
Prof. Abena Oduro;  abena.oduro@gmail.com, aoduro@ug.edu.gh; CV; RP
Prof. Yaw Asante; yasante@ug.edu.gh; CV; RP
Prof. Eric Osei-Assibey;  oassibey@yahoo.com; CV; RP

Draft Research Proposal (RP) of the Ghanaian Team

The major subjects to be studied are: the investment boom that attributed to the Diaspora remittance under low saving rates, the reasons for success and failure in fostering the palm oil, cacao, and apparel industries through the special presidential initiatives (SPIs), and the growing competition with the Chinese imports. As the country that represents the African case, the research agenda, which are related to the factors that determine the impact on the PGI-triangle of development with globalization will be further identified by the local researchers. Africa-Asia comparisons of factors, policies, and institutions will be jointly explored.

[The Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ghana and GSID signed a comprehensive academic/research exchange agreement in November 2010.]

Project ML Globalization_Research_Ghana@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp contains all the above EM addresses and Project Leader's EM address.

 

4)  Indonesia (Leader: Professor Arianto Patunru, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research, University of Indonesia)

University of Indonesia, Faculty of Economics (Professor Firmanzah, Dean), Institute for Economic and Social Research (Professor Arianto Patunru, Head; Professor TM. Zakir Machmud, Research Director), LIPI (Dr. Zamroni Salim, a GSID Ph.D. graduate), Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia (Dr. Wawan Juswanto, a GSID Ph.D. graduate), BAPPENAS
(Dr. Muhammad Cholifihani, a GSID Ph.D. graduate: Dr. Sumedi, a GSID MA graduate, Ph.D. from U. of Tokyo).

LPEM-FEUI
Professor Arianto Patunru
; patunru@lpem-feui.org, patunru@gmail.com; HP; CV; RP
Professor TM. Zakir Machmud; zakir@lpem-feui.org; CV; RP
FEUI
Professor Firmanzah; fizfirmanzah@yahoo.com, firmanzah@fe.ui.ac.id; CV; RP
LIPI
Dr. Zamroni Salim; zamronisalim@yahoo.com; CV; RP
MOF
Dr. Wawan Juswanto; wawanjus@yahoo.com; CV; RP
BAPPENAS
Dr. Muhammad Cholifihani; mcholifihani@bappenas.go.id, mclifi@hotmail.com; CV; RP
Dr. Sumedi; sumedi@bappenas.go.id; CV; RP

The above researchers are engaged in studies on the socioeconomic impact of the economic integration of ASEAN plus 3 including poverty and gap. Professor Mohamad Iksan, economic advisor to the Office of the Vice President of Indonesia, will be the focal point of connection between the research team and the government of Indonesia.

Project ML Globalization_Research_Indonesia@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp contains all the above EM addresses, Project Leader's EM address, and project RA's (Indonesia desk at the Secretariat) EM address.



5)  Thailand (Leader: Professor, Teerana Bhongmakapat, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University)

Chulalongkorn University (Professor Teerana Bhongmakapat,  Dean, Faculty of Economics; trade/financial integration, crisis management, and poverty reduction) (Associate Professor Chalaiporn Amonvatana, Director, MABE Program; trade and investment integration, and industrial structure) (Associate Professor Jittapatr Kruavan; ICT, intellectual property rights, etc.) (Assistant Professor Chairat Aemkulwat; public finance, taxation under globalization and poverty impact, international labor market integration, household survey data analysis), the National Economic and Social Development Board (Ms. Paranee Watana, Director, Development Evaluation and Communication Office; evaluation of Thai socio-economic development under globalization and the ‘self-sufficient’ society).

Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University
Professor Teerana Bhongmakapat
; teerana@hotmail.com; CV; RP
Professor Chalaiporn Amonvatana; Chalaiporn.A@Chula.ac.th, cbme@chula.ac.th; CV; RP
Professor Jittapatr Kruavan; jittapatr.k@chula.ac.th; CV; RP
Professor Chairat Aemkulwat; chairat.a@chula.ac.th; CV; RP
NESDB
Ms. Paranee Watana; paranee@nesdb.go.th; CV; RP

The major issues to be examined include: Asian growth model and income disparity, the expansion of regional disparity, policy gaps between agriculture and industry, and urban and rural areas (such as trade policies and rural-urban resource transfers), and the aging and immigrant labor market. The concept/role of the ‘self-sufficient’ economy/society in Thai development will be explored in the context of globalization and the P-G-I triangle.

Project ML Globalization_Research_Thailand@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp contains all the above EM addresses, Project Leader's EM address, and project RA's (Thailand desk at the Secretariat) EM address.

 

6)  Vietnam (Leader: Professor Nguyen Tien Dung, College of Economics, Vietnam National University)

Vietnam National University, College of Economics (Professor Nguyen Tien Dung, a GSID Ph.D. graduate; general equilibrium model analysis of trade integration and poverty, analysis on the change of poverty situation before and after the Doi Moi Reform based on the household survey data), Hue College of Economics (Lecturer Trinh Hoai Nam, a GSID Ph.D. candidate; Japanese and other FDIs in Vietnamese development), Ministry of Industry and Trade (Ms. HO Uyen Thi To, a MA candidate, an MIT economist; analysis on the growth and poverty impact of FDI through industry and household survey data). 

Professor Nguyen Tien Dung; ngtiendung69@yahoo.com; CV; RP

The subjects to be investigated are the following: uneven distribution of the benefits of trade and investment integration, the gap between the state-owned and private enterprises, and evaluation on the improvement in the household welfare standard before and after the Doi Moi Reform.

Ms. Phan Ngoc Mai Phuong, Vice President, Development Strategy Institute, MPI, Mr. Hoang Van Thanh (Deputy Director) and Dr. Nguyen Tu Anh (Economist), Central Institute for Economic Management, MPI will be the local research supporters.

Project ML Globalization_Research_Vietnam@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp contains all the above EM addresses, Project Leader's EM address, and project RA's (Vietnam desk at the Secretariat) EM address.

 

 

Project Secretariat

at GSID, Nagoya University, JAPAN

 

Head of the Secretariat: Shigeru T. OTSUBO (Project Leader)
Prof. Shigeru T. OTSUBO, Ph.D.
Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601
Phone&Fax.: +81-52-789-4966
E-Mail: sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Home Page: http://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo


Vice Head of the Secretariat: Tetsuo UMEMURA (Vice Dean of GSID)
Prof. Tetsuo UMEMURA, Ph.D.
Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601
Phone&Fax.: +81-52-789-4962
E-Mail: umemura@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Home Page: http://www.geocities.jp/umemurat2001/

 

Project Administrative Assistant to the Head:
Ms. Yuko TAKAHASHI
Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601
Phone&Fax.: +81-52-789-5066
E-Mail: takahashiyuko@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp

 

Research Assistants at the Project Secretariat:

Mr. Issifu IBRAHIM
Ph.D. Candidate, Research Assistant, GSID, Nagoya University
(From University of Ghana, Ghana)
ibizero@yahoo.com

Mr. Sai Seng Sai
Ph.D. Candidate, Research Assistant, GSID, Nagoya University
(Lecturer, Yangon Institute of Economics, Myanmar)
saisai73@gmail.com


Post Doctoral Fellow:

Dr. Christian OTCHIA
Post Doctoral Fellow, GSID, Nagoya University
(From DPR)
cotchia@gmail.com

 

 

E-mail:  sotsubo@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp takahashiyuko@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp