The Indonesian dairy industry has been viewed by the Indonesian government as an industry that has the potential to improve the welfare of low income and landless farmers through providing them with an additional source of farm income. As well, the government sees the industry as a vehicle for...

Books Reviewed include: Agriculture, Trade and the Environment: the Impact of Liberalization on Sustainable Development by John M. Antle, Joseph N. Lekakis and George P. Zanias; Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh by R. Ahmed, S. Haggblade and T....

Books Reviewed include: Readings in Development Economics: Volumes I and II by Pranab Bardhan and Christopher Udry; Agriculture, Trade and the Environment: The Impact of Liberalization on Sustainable Development by John M. Antle, Joseph N. Lekakis, George P. Zanias; Tradeoffs or Synergies?...

The Large Scale Retail Store Law has been a feature of the Japanese distribution system in one form or another for almost 40 years. It has been viewed by critics as a form of non-tariff barrier and an impediment to imports. Others view the Large Scale Retail Store Law as just another part of a...

From its postwar ruins, the Japanese economy has developed to the stage where decisions taken in Japan on economic matters have a major policy implications for the global economy. This is particularly true of Japanese foreign investment decisions. It is also true, but perhaps to a lesser degree,...