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Managi, Shunsuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

The literature on trade openness, economic development, and the environment is largely inconclusive about the … environmental consequences of trade. This study review previous studies focusing on treating trade and income as endogenous and … estimating the overall impact of trade openness on environmental quality using the instrumental variables technique. The results …

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Myanmar's non-resource export potential after the lifting of economic sanctions : a gravity model analysis

Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Easing of economic sanctions by Western countries in 2012 augmented the prospect that Myanmar will expand its exports. On the other hand, a sharp rise in natural resource exports during the sanctions brings in a concern about the "Dutch disease". This study projects Myanmar's export potential by...

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Emergence of Asian GAPs and its relationship to global G.A.P.

Nabeshima, Kaoru; Michida, Etsuyo; Vu, Hoang Nam; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Global G.A.P. is a one of the most influential private standards in the area of food safety and sustainability. With increasing impacts of Global G.A.P., many Asian countries have introduced the country versions of GAPs; China GAP, Japan GAP, Viet GAP, Thai GAP and ASEAN GAP. Each has been...

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Response of local producers to agro-food port rejection : the case of Chinese vegetable exports

Yamada, Nanae; Sui, Shuyan - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

This paper analyzes the factors associated with the rejection of products at ports of importer countries and remedial actions taken by producers in China by taking as an example one of the most competitive agro-food products of China: frozen vegetables. This paper provides an overview of the...

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Food safety control system of Chinese eel exports and its challenges

Mori, Romio; Nabeshima, Kaoru; Yamada, Nanae - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

processed eels. This paper provides an overview of eel production and trade trends in China. In addition, it identifies the …

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Agricultural Policies and Development of Myanmar's Agricultural Sector: An Overview

Fujita, Koichi; Okamoto, Ikuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper reviews the development of the agricultural sector in Myanmar after the transition to an open economy in 1988 and analyzes the nature as well as the performance of the agricultural sector. The avoidance of social unrest and the maintenance of control by the regime are identified as...

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Structural Changes in Asparagus Production and Exports from Peru

Shimizu, Tatsuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

Asparagus is the star product among non-traditional agricultural exports (NTAXs) in Peru. The export of preserved asparagus has expanded since the end of the 1980s. Although there was some stagnation in the mid-1990s, exports of fresh asparagus have expanded rapidly since the end of the 1990s....

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Does Quality Matter in the Iron and Scrap Trade?

Michida, Etsuyo; Atici, Cemal; Kojima, Michikazu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

This paper sheds light on the iron and steel (IS) scrap trade to examine how economic development affects the quality … of trade due to comparative advantage. We find that economic development in both importing and exporting countries has a …

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The policy impact of product-related environmental regulations in Asia

Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

could work as trade barrier for manufacturing activities in the region. …

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Role of supply chains in adopting product related environmental regulations : case studies of Vietnam

Michida, Etsuyo; Nabeshima, Kaoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

This paper shows some findings how product related environmental regulations, especially those that relate to management of chemical substances affect firms in Asia. Interviews were conducted for some firms in Vietnam that are part of global supply chains of electrical and electronic, furniture,...

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