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Quantifying the impact of Opium to Living Standard and Government Fiscal Behavior in British Malaya, British North Borneo and British Burma

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K01800
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07070:Economic history-related
Research InstitutionSoka University

Principal Investigator

Sugimoto Ichiro  創価大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (50546364)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords生活水準 / 阿片 / 英領期シンガポール / 英領期マラヤ / 英領期ボルネオ / 貧困ライン / GDP / 長期経済統計推計 / 植民地政府財政行動 / 英領期ビルマ / 数量経済史 / 政府財政行動
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究の目的は東南アジア地域の旧英国植民地マラヤ、北ボルネオ、ビルマにおいて「阿片」が植民地経済に与えた影響を、長期的経済統計の推計と関連史料の検証を通じて2つの視角から分析することにある。第1に、阿片を生活必需物品リストに含めた場合、消費者層の生活水準はどのように変化をするのか標準的な分析手法に当該地域の特殊性を加えた長期的趨勢を明らかにする。第2に植民地財政の基盤形成段階で主要歳入項目であった阿片と1920年代以降のORRRF等の財政投融資として機能した阿片の役割の変遷を通じて植民地行財政、更には英国本国、植民地間の資金の流れを分析し、植民地政府の財政行動について明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a result of this initiative, we were able to achieve the publication of a paper titled "Opium consumption and living standard of Singapore, 1900-1939" in the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, a journal from Cambridge University Press. This paper enables us to develop an interpretation that includes opium as an essential item for survival, which underlies the Welfare Ratio that Allen and others have adapted until now.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

実質GDPと生活水準の推計とそれを用いた研究は、英領期マラヤの経済成長の軌跡と他地域との比較研究を可能にした。しかし標準化されたフォーマットを用いた比較だけではなく、歴史的背景に基づいた地域独自の「特殊性」を注視すると、異なる結果や、方法論自体への再検討といった可能性が生まれることがわかる。東南アジア地域の特に英領植民地期において、OECD諸国や他地域と比べ異なる側面の1つとして挙げられるのが「阿片」であった。本研究を通じて阿片の常習者は生存レベルを下回っており、彼らが購入する阿片が重要な政府歳入となるという植民地行財政の本質に接近することができた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Opium consumption and living standards in Singapore, 1900 to 19392023

    • Author(s)
      Choy Keen Meng、Sugimoto Ichiro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

      Volume: 54 Issue: 1 Pages: 116-131

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0022463423000139

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Ichiro Sugimoto: Rezension zu: Kim, Diana S.: Empire of Vice. The Rise of Opium Prohibition Across Southeast Asia. Princeton 20202022

    • Author(s)
      Ichiro Sugimoto
    • Journal Title

      A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists

      Volume: 50555 Pages: 1-2

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Opium Consumption and Living Standard in Singapore, 1900-19392021

    • Author(s)
      Choy Keen Meng, Ichiro Sugimoto
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 英領期シンガポールの生活水準に関する考察: 生存水準倍率推計に阿片消費を含めた場合2023

    • Author(s)
      杉本一郎
    • Organizer
      京都大学東南アジア地域研究研究所 GCRプログラム 「海峡植民地年次報告書資料のデータベース化とオンライン公開のこころみ」研究会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Opium Consumption and Living Standards in the Colony of Singapore, 1900-1939: An alternative approach for investigating the socioeconomic history of Southeast Asia2022

    • Author(s)
      Ichiro Sugimoto
    • Organizer
      Asian Historical Economic Conference (AHEC) 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Opium Consumption and Living Standards in Singapore2022

    • Author(s)
      Ichiro Sugimoto
    • Organizer
      Seminar Series with Alumni 2022, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Living Standards of Chinese Opium Smokers in Colonial Singapore2021

    • Author(s)
      Ichiro Sugimoto
    • Organizer
      World Bank East Asia & Pcific Chief Economist Research Center
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Opium Consumption and Living Standards in Singapore, 1900-392021

    • Author(s)
      Ichiro Sugimoto
    • Organizer
      ENIUGH: Sixth European Congress on World and Global History
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Living Standards of Chinese Opium Smokers in Colonial Singapore2021

    • Author(s)
      Ichiro Sugimoto
    • Organizer
      World Bank East Asia & Pcific Chief Economist Research Center 主催の Kuala Lumpur World Bank Research Seminar
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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