1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Co-operative research in the present situation of hunger, poverty and environmental disruption of developing countries and the positive role of Japanese ODA in solving these problems
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04301075
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
経済事情及び政策学
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| Research Institution | RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
MORINO Katsuyoshi Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (80066612)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANAKA Yuhgi Hokkaido University of Information Sciences, Faculty of Management and Informati, 経営情報学部, 助教授 (40217089)
OKANOUCHI Tadashi Housei University, Faculty of Sociology, Associate Professor, 社会学部, 助教授 (60185460)
SATOH Makoto Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of International Relations, Associate Professor, 国際関係学部, 助教授 (70205962)
NISHIGUCHI Kiyokatsu Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (20039465)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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| Keywords | Development Economics / Primary Commodities / ODA (Official Development Assistance) / Debt Crisis / Dependent Development / Environmental Disrutption / Informal Sector / Multinational Corporation |
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| Research Abstract |
The main purpose of this co-operative research is to investigate the causes of hunger, poverty and environmental disruption and their causial relation with economic development in Asian, African and Latin American developing countries. According to the results of our investigation, we have examined the positive role of Japanese ODA (Overseas Development Assistance) in solving these problems. Our co-operative research is consisted of the following two parts and eleven items.
A.Theoritical researches ; 1. Methodology, 2. Recent trend of development economics, 3. Multinationall corporations and developing countries, 4. Primary commodities and the theory of international value and 5. International aid policy- focusing on the role of Japanese ODA.
B.Empirical researches ; 6. South Korea-formation and development of business groups (Chaebols), 7. The Philippines-debt crisis and poverty, 8. Mynmar-struggle for market economy, 9. The Middle East- urbanization and migration, 10. Brazil-dependent development and environmental disruption and 11. South Africa-evolution of informal sector
For more details, please see K.Morino and K.Nishiguchi (eds.), The Economics for Developing Countries, Minerva-Shobo, Kyoto, Japan, 1994.
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