Pan-Asia

Staff

Ikemoto Yukio, Professor

Outline

Various countries in Asia have various problems of its own and are striving for “development”. Here, “development” does not simply refer to "economic development", but rather to broader concepts such as "human development" and "sustainable development". Pursuing only "economic development" and "industrial development" ignoring "human development" and "sustainable development" is no longer suited to the trend of the times.
"Human development" or "human-centered development" is a major theme of this laboratory. For the purpose of human development to improve human livelihood, the economy is placed in the means. In theory, it is based on Amartya Sen's capability approach. When evaluating development, poverty and inequality, the capability approach is trying to capture the advantages of people not directly from income and utility, but from the ways people live. Such a theoretical study is one of the pillars of this laboratory.
Another pillar is an empirical research on how to apply it to real problems. The problem currently being addressed in the laboratory is the "poverty" problem of ethnic minorities in the central plateau of Vietnam, mainly from the viewpoint of the coffee industry and tourism development. Another topic is rural development such as the king's "knowledgeable economy" in the northeastern Thailand, organic agriculture in Japan and South Korea, research on chronic poverty in Bangladesh.

Education Policy

This laboratory places emphasis on field survey. Even if you study mainly on statistical analysis, the results need to be confirmed in the field survey. In the laboratory, we encourage students to go Asia to conduct field survey. The field surveys like this aims to develop the ability to think about problems from the viewpoint of local people.

Research Topic

• Statistical study on empowerment of women in Bangladesh
• Organic farming in Japan, Korea, Thailand and others
• Green tourism for sustainable development

Publications

• Matsui, Noriatsu and Yukio Ikemoto, eds. Solidarity Economy and Social Business: New Models for a New Society: Springer, 2015.3.
• Ikemoto, Yukio, Koji Domon and Tran Dinh Lam, eds. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: The Way to Success: VNU-HCM Publishing House, 2014.6.
• Yukio, Ikemoto and Matsui Noriatsu. "Solidarity and Social Business: theoretical Background." Solidarity Economy and Social Business New Models for a New Society, Springer Briefs in Economics: Springer, 2015.3 : 1-11.
• Yukio, Ikemoto. "Certified Coffee and Solidarity." Solidarity Economy and Social Business New Models for a New Society, Springer Briefs in Economics: Springer, 2015.3 : 81-94.
• Kim Ki-Hueng, and Ikemoto Yukio. "Role of Solidarity in Organic Agriculture." Solidarity Economy and Social Business New Models for a New Society, Springer Briefs in Economics: Springer, 2015.3 : 73-80.
• Kokubun Keisuke, Kurata Masamitsu, Ikemoto Yukio. "World Income Distribution: Inequality between Countries and within Country." Toukei 66, no. 2 2015.2: 17-25. (in Japanese)