This chapter compares Japan and the US as they provide different types of capital to the developing world, focusing especially on foreign aid and, to some extent, also on remittances and the role of NGOs. The main focus is on the quality of aid and on past conceptual differences and on an...

This paper compares Japan and the US as they provide different types of capital to the developing world, focusing especially on foreign aid and, to some extent, also on remittances and the role of NGOs. The main focus is on the quality of aid and on past conceptual differences and on an emerging...

Although some theoretical models support the need to protect infant industries, empirical research finds no evidence that such a policy is effective and mainstream economics does not embrace the idea. Empirical research may not be robust, however, and ideology may account for some economists’...

In this paper, we take up the Index of Donor Performance (IDP) constructed by the Center for Global Development (CGD), especially, discussing issues of selectivity and project proliferation in the IDP index. We argue theoretical issues of the Index from the aspect of the aid data characteristics

This paper considers the impact that the Vietnam War had on the economic growth of East Asia. Somewhat inexplicably, most of the existing research on the economic growth of East Asia fails to address the influence of the Vietnam War. However, the war demonstrably had a major impact on the...

This paper analyzes the elements affecting the transformation of Japan's comparative advantage in the cotton spinning industry from 1868 to 1897. Econometric analysis supports the notion that the economies of scale due to learning-by-doing and externalities influenced the productivity of the...

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the degree of importance of governance, which has in recent years been emphasized in the field of development economics as a factor contributing to economic development, in Japan's postwar reconstruction during the period 1945 to 1955. In addition, in...

There are two datasets, one compiled by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the other by the World Bank, containing data on Official Development Assistance (ODA). After examining them closely, we found that there are discrepancies between the two. This article...

This chapter compares Japan and the US as they provide different types of capital to the developing world, focusing especially on foreign aid and, to some extent, also on remittances and the role of NGOs. The main focus is on the quality of aid and on past conceptual differences and on an...