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Industrial Reform in China

Past Performance and Future Prospects

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Deqiang Liu,Naoki Murakami

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Industrial Reform in China

Past Performance and Future Prospects

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Deqiang Liu,Naoki Murakami

Industrial Reform in China is the first major attempt to explore the success of China's economic reform using studies of specific industries: the clothing, machine tool, and iron and steel industries, supplemented by analysis of official statistics. Particular emphasis is placed on thecomparison of management and production efficiency between township-village enterprises (TVEs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The authors discover that the efficiency of TVEs has been enhanced by the transfer of technology, know-how, and marketing capacity from SOEs. In contrast, reform ofstate enterprises was found to have had limited impact. Given the enormous differences in efficiency between private and public ownership, it is clear that TVEs will continue to overwhelm SOEs, a process which will in time transform the Chinese economy into a true market-based system.

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Oxford University Press

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0198294085

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Moving Out of Poverty

An inquiry into the inclusive growth in Asia

By: Jonna P. Estudillo,Keijiro Otsuka

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Moving Out of Poverty

An inquiry into the inclusive growth in Asia

By: Jonna P. Estudillo,Keijiro Otsuka

The words of US President John F. Kennedy, "the rising tide lifts all boats," can be applied to inclusive growth in contemporary Asia, where the poor are able to participate in and benefit from economic growth. Moving Out of Poverty explores three channels through which economic growth confers gains to the poor and improves the status of women. The first is creation of productive employment, as labor is typically the most abundant asset of the poor, and economic growth has created jobs in labor-intensive sectors. The second is investment in schooling which, coupled with increased opportunities to earn income, has elevated womens' status in society. The third is increased availability of improved infrastructure, which directly impacts increasing household income from wage work and self-employment activities. This book will be of great value to development economists, students and researchers interested in rural economies in Asia, and policymakers engaged in poverty reduction.

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Routledge

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131737648X

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9781317376484

Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world

By: Otsuka, Keijiro, ed.,Fan, Shenggen, ed.

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Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world

By: Otsuka, Keijiro, ed.,Fan, Shenggen, ed.

Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World is the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change. In this four-part volume, top experts offer the latest research in the field of agricultural development. Using new lenses to examine today’s biggest challenges, contributors address topics such as nutrition and health, gender and household decision-making, agrifood value chains, natural resource management, and political economy. The book also covers most developing regions, providing a critical global perspective at a time when many pressing challenges extend beyond national borders. Tying all this together, Agricultural Development explores policy options and strategies for developing sustainable agriculture and reducing food insecurity and malnutrition. The changing global landscape combined with new and better data, technologies, and understanding means that agriculture can and must contribute to a wider range of development outcomes than ever before, including reducing poverty, ensuring adequate nutrition, creating strong food value chains, improving environmental sustainability, and promoting gender equity and equality. Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World, with its unprecedented breadth and scope, will be an indispensable resource for the next generation of policymakers, researchers, and students dedicated to improving agriculture for global wellbeing.

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Intl Food Policy Res Inst

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0896293831

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9780896293830

Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management

A Comparative Study of Agrarian Communities in Asia and Africa

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Frank M. Place

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Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management

A Comparative Study of Agrarian Communities in Asia and Africa

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Frank M. Place

The devastating environmental effects of deforestation and the exploitation of other natural resources in the developing world have been well documented, yet their impact on local communities has received far less attention. This volume fills this gap by looking at how land degradation and deforestation are being addressed at the local level, where households have experienced the reduction of farm size and the decline of natural resources. Through a comparison of Asia and Africa, Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management examines the evolution of land tenure institutions within diverse cultural, natural, and policy environments. Specific topics include the evolution of customary land tenure, the impacts of land tenure policies, and common property management. The editors conclude that the best strategy for managing land and forest resources lies in promoting the establishment of property rights and investment in the improvement of the natural resource base. Topics Include: Issues and Theoretical Framework; Quantitative Methodology; Agroforestry Management in Ghana; Agroforestry Management in Sumatra; Tree and Cropland Management in Malawi; Customary and Private Land Management in Uganda; Management of State Land and Privatization in Vietnam; Common Property Forest Management in the Hill Region of Nepal; Timber Forest Management in Nepal and Japan Toward New Paradigms of Land and Tree Resource Management.

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Intl Food Policy Res Inst

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0801867479

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9780801867477

Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Kaoru Sugihara

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Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Kaoru Sugihara

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book addresses the issue of how a country, which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery, could make a transition to the emerging state, capable of undertaking the task of economic development and industrialization. It offers historical and contemporary case studies of transition, as well as the international background under which such a transition was successfully made (or delayed), by combining the approaches of economic history and development economics. Its aim is to identify relevant historical contexts, that is, the 'initial conditions' and internal and external forces which governed the transition. It also aims to understand what current low-income developing countries require for their transition. Three economic driving forces for the transition are identified. They are: (1) labor-intensive industrialization, which offers ample employment opportunities for labor force; (2) international trade, which facilitates efficient international division of labor; and (3) agricultural development, which improves food security by increasing supply of staple foods. The book presents a bold account of each driver for the transition. Keijiro Otsuka is Professor of Economics, Kobe University and Kaoru Sugihara is Specially Appointed Professor of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. .

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9811331324

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9789811331329

Cluster-Based Industrial Development:

KAIZEN Management for MSE Growth in Developing Countries

By: T. Sonobe,K. Otsuka

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Cluster-Based Industrial Development:

KAIZEN Management for MSE Growth in Developing Countries

By: T. Sonobe,K. Otsuka

This book attempts to provide an effective strategy for industrial development based on the KAIZEN management training experiments conducted in Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Tanzania. We focus on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in industrial clusters, because clusters consisting of MSEs are ubiquitous and have high potential to grow.

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Springer

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1137385111

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9781137385116

Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa

Markets, Soil, and Innovations

By: Takashi Yamano,Keijiro Otsuka,Frank Place

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Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa

Markets, Soil, and Innovations

By: Takashi Yamano,Keijiro Otsuka,Frank Place

Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations. Farmers in Uganda have quickly learned the management of NERICA rice (a new upland rice variety), which is being disseminated in a limited way in the region. Also in Uganda, farmers living in more remote areas have improved access to markets due to the expansion of mobile phones. In Kenya, improved milk marketing systems have increased efficiency and led to tangible increases in the adoption of dairy production technologies. And the adoption of intensive dairy production systems in Kenya and Uganda are providing significant amounts of manure and positively impacting yields of maize and banana.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400712014

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9789400712010

Applying the Kaizen in Africa

By: Tetsushi Sonobe,Kimiaki Jin,Keijiro Otsuka

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Applying the Kaizen in Africa

By: Tetsushi Sonobe,Kimiaki Jin,Keijiro Otsuka

At present, how to develop industries is a burning issue in Africa, where population growth remains high and economic development has thus far failed to provide sufficient jobs for many, especially young people and women. The creation of productive jobs through industrial development ought to be a central issue in steering economic activity across the continent. The authors of this book, consisting of two development economists and five practitioners, argue that the adoption of Kaizen management practices, which originated in Japan and have become widely used by manufacturers in advanced and emerging economies, is decisively the most effective first step for industrial development in Africa. This open access book discusses what Kaizen management is, why it is applicable to Africa, and why it can provide Africa with a springboard for sustainable economic growth and employment generation. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

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1013276175

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Industrial Reform in China

Past Performance and Future Prospects

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Deqiang Liu,Naoki Murakami

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Past Performance and Future Prospects

By: Keijiro Otsuka,Deqiang Liu,Naoki Murakami

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Book's by Keijiro Otsuka

Industrial Reform in China

Industrial Reform in China

Moving Out of Poverty

Moving Out of Poverty

Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world

Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world

Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management

Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management

Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa

Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa

Cluster-Based Industrial Development:

Cluster-Based Industrial Development:

Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa

Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa

Applying the Kaizen in Africa

Applying the Kaizen in Africa

Industrial Reform in China

Industrial Reform in China

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