NIRA Review Winter 1997: Index

NIRA Review Winter 1997

Essays

Facing China's Limits
Christopher Flavin and Seth Dunn

China's 1.2 billion people are gobbling up the country's natural resources at staggering rates. At its recent pace of economic growth, the country's impending shortage of resources could soon begin to impede its development plans.

Japan's "Catch Up" Mentality: A Requiem
Akira Kojima

Institutional exhaustion has set in, and is the root cause of many of Japan's current problems. It's time to bury the catch-up model once and for all.

An Insider's Game
Yuri Kawakami

Regulators and dominant players in Japan have long held a shared interest in avoiding "excessive" competition. These insiders continue to write and apply the rules governing commerce, but a new modus operandi must emerge.
Interview

Whither the Yen? A Talk with Richard Koo

Why has the yen lost more than 50 percent of its value since April 95? Did the strong dollar help Bill Clinton get reelected? The Nomura Securities analyst has some surprising answers.
Researcher's Notebook

Gender and Development in Kerala
Yasushi Uchiyamada

Marginalized women everywhere need institutions that listen and respond to their suppressed voices, but this is especially true in India. The state bureaucracy must be transformed to better meet the needs of women.
Think Tank Trends

Raising the Bar: Redefining Relations Between the Individual and the State in Japan
Takahiro Suzuki

The Japanese people need to step back and reconsider the nature of their interactions with their elected officials and with their bureaucrats. Truly independent think tanks can help.

Staff:
Executive Editor: Hajime Ishida
Coordinator: Sayoko Itonaga Iizasa
Editor: Eric Gower
Translations: Tamami Inoue, Miyako Kawamata
Illustrations: Hiroyuki Doi
Computer Support: Hideki Nakae, Akio Kobayashi
Special Assistance: Madoka Nakamura, Tomochika Shimizu, Masako Takeda, Sachiko Hirano, Hiroko Yoshimura, Thomas Strutz
Production: Simul International, Inc. (ISSN 1340-5268)