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November/December 2017 Issue

November/December 2017 Issue

Infrastructure - Key to Revitalizing the World Economy

Contents : November/December 2017 Issue (No. 216)
Infrastructure - Key to Revitalizing the World Economy
Publisher's Note
What Kind of Society Do We Want to Create? - The Role of Elections
By Kazumasa Kusaka
Cover Lead
Infrastructure - Key to Revitalizing the World Economy
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Cover Story 1
Overview of Global Infrastructure Investment - Estimating Needs, Investment-Friendliness & Efficient Achievement
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 2
(Interview with Dr. Juzhong Zhuang, Deputy Chief Economist and Deputy Director General, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank)
Academic Overview of Asia's Infrastructure Needs - ADB Expert Discusses 2017 Report
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 3
Investing in Social Infrastructure for Larger Dividends: Way Forward to Stimulate Indian Economy
By Sachin Chaturvedi
Cover Story 4
Infrastructure in Indonesian Economic Development: Potentials & Issues
By Yose Rizal Damuri
Cover Story 5
(Interview with Yoshiro Abe, Managing Director, Overseas Business Division, Environmental Solutions Sector, JFE Engineering Corporation)
Promoting Urban Amenities in the Philippines
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 6
(Interview with Takeshi Kawakami, President of IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd.)
Building Izmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge in Turkey - a Project by IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd.
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 7
Chinese Infrastructure Initiatives, the AIIB & "One Belt, One Road" - Roundtable on the Global Implications
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 8
Infrastructure for Global Value Chains in ASEAN & East Asia
By Fukunari Kimura
Special Article 1
JEEPA & Its Strategic Potentials in Asia
By Martin Schulz
Special Article 2
International Trade & Income Inequality in Japan
By Ayumu Tanaka
Economic History
The History & Significance of Japan's Trade & Industrial Policy - a Case Study of Trade Friction at the End of the 20th Century
By Takeshi Abe
Recent JEF Activity - Analysis on Rising Global Risk - 1
Rising Global Risks, Growing Concerns About the Future, Nations Facing Unprecedented Social Disruption - How Can We Break the Bottleneck?
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Recent JEF Activity - Analysis on Rising Global Risk - 2
Brexit: Causes & Consequences
By Matthew J. Goodwin
Recent JEF Activity - Analysis on Rising Global Risk - 3
Mitigating Geopolitical Risks in Africa: Focus on the Complementarity with Asia & the Strategic Role of the Indian Ocean Zone
By Ramiarison Herinjatovo Aimé
Recent JEF Activity - Analysis on Rising Global Risk - 4
The Analysis of Risk Factors from the Korean Peninsula
By Yong Sueng Dong
Economic Indictors for Japan
Japan's Current Account Surplus Continues
By Nobuo Iizuka

Japan SPOTLIGHT