From the 1970s through 1980s, during the period of rapid change in rice production and macro-economic conditions in Southeast Asia, the author conducted a series of village studies in major double-cropping areas in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. In this article, he puts the...

Using Simon Kuznet's reverse-U hypothesis, the study discusses the impact of economic policy on income distribution im East and Southeast Asian countries. Income distributions in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea greatly affected by land reforms. Comparison of agricultural pricing policies in these...

The educational composition of the adult population and that of the labour force are statistically analyzed in relation to the level of economic development and structural difference between Southeast and East Asia. The study finds the strategic significance of the diffusion of primary education...