IDEAS

1. International Trade・Investment・Finance
This course provides an introduction to the theories and current practices of international trade and international finance. In addition, it reviews the current situation of regional integration and pays particular attention to issues involving the WTO and FTAs. Lecturers will discuss industrial development in East Asian countries with reference to the “Economic Integration” and the “Value Chain concept.”

• Theory of International Trade and Investment, and the Asia Pacific Economy
• Current State of World and Japan's Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
• JETRO’s Assistance to Developing Countries and Some Hints for Expanding Exports to Japan
• International Finance and Economy

2. Industrial Development in East Asia
This course analyzes the important factors (technology, infrastructure, SMEs, and so on) in the economic development of East Asia based on a demonstrative examples, and considers guidelines concerning the development policy of the LLDCs.

• Case Studies of Industrial Development
• Towards Technology & Industry Development in Developing Countries
• Infrastructure Development and Finance
• Introduction to Input-Output Analysis
• Agricultural Policies for Agricultural Development

3. Development Experience of Japan
This course identifies the major characteristics of Japan’s development process, and discusses current topics in the Japanese economy. It then examines a number of strategic areas; economy, agriculture, industrial policy (including issues such as SMEs, R&D and industrial clusters), social development and environmental issues.

• Japanese Agricultural Development
• Japanese Industrial Policy
• Japanese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
• Social Development and Poverty Reduction

4. Contemporary Issues of Development
This course provides an introduction to the theory and application of valuable and practical project appraisal techniques for carrying out actual development projects. In addition, important and contemporary issues of development not covered by other core courses are given here.

• Project Planning and Management
• Development and Education
• Population and Development in Asia
• Human Environment at Risk and the Food Security
• Energy Demand Supply Analysis
• Environmental Policy in Japan
• Social Issues and Political Conflicts in Development

5. International Cooperation
In this course, students are expected to gain a comprehensive understanding of current economic theories and trends in development assistance from the point of view of international cooperation.

• Economy and Politics in Postwar Japan
• International Development Cooperation by Japanese NGOs and NGOs in Asian Countries
• Development and Law, Governance
• Recent Trend of Ideas and Modalities of Development Cooperation

6. Development Experience of Asian Countries

• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• South Asia (Politics, Economics)
• South Asia (Present Condition, Afghan Issue)

7. Japanese Industry and Organization

• Japanese Economic Development: Features and Problems
• Japanese Style Management
  Economic Theory and Practice of Public Finance
• Idiosyncrasy of Japanese Company Facing a Challenge of Globalization

8. International Cooperation of Japan

• JICA’s Cooperation, History, Role and its Activities

9. Intensive Lectures (2 sets)
One-week intensive lectures on specific topics on development will be given by professors from overseas universities or experts from international organizations.

• Evolutionary Economic Geography and International Economic Integration (Dr.
  Miroslav Jovanovic, Lecturer, European Institute of University of Geneva)
• Finance, Development and Economic Crisis (Dr. Alfredo Saad-Filho, Head,
  Department of Development Studies, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

10. Development Economics
In this course students will deepen their understanding of various problems facing developing countries from the viewpoint of economics.

11. Occasional / Special Lectures by Guest Speakers

• Method to Study Rural Dynamics: Experiences from Tamil Nadu(Dr. J. Jeyaranjan, President, Institute of Development Alternative)
• Islam and the Secular State: Turkey in Comparison to France and the United States (Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru, Assist. Prof., Department of Political Science and Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies, San Diego State University)

International Exchange
Overseas Fellows are expected to deepen their understanding of Japan through visits to high schools and home-stays (one night) in Chiba Prefecture. The international exchanges for the previous year were as follows;