This volume, arising from a PSE-CEPREMAP-DIMeco conference, includes contributions by the some of the best-known researchers in happiness economics and development economics, including Richard Easterlin, who gave his name to the 'Easterlin paradox' that GDP growth does not improve happiness over the
Economic and Policy Lessons from Japan to Developing Countries
β Scribed by Toshihisa Toyoda, Jun Nishikawa, Hiroshi Kan Sato (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 305
- Series
- IDE-JETRO Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Macroeconomic Policy with Particular Reference to Rapid Economic Growth....Pages 19-40
Industrial and Trade Policy....Pages 41-61
Land and Infrastructure Management....Pages 62-76
Resource Policy and Domestic Origins of Foreign Aid....Pages 77-97
Income Distribution and the Standard of Living....Pages 98-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
The Japanese Experience and Endogenous Development....Pages 119-133
Rural Development β The Role of Rural Livelihood Improvement....Pages 134-142
Educational Development Experience....Pages 143-158
Public Health Policies and Health Services....Pages 159-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Opening of the Economy and Structural Reforms....Pages 181-198
Integration of Global Concerns into ODA....Pages 199-216
The Evolution of Environmental Policy....Pages 217-235
Disaster Management and Policy....Pages 236-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Human Security and the Peace-Building Paradigm: A Japanese Experience and Perspective....Pages 255-268
NGO Experiences....Pages 269-287
Back Matter....Pages 289-298
β¦ Subjects
Economic Policy; International Economics; Development Economics; Political Economy; Economic History; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
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