Organization
Faculty of Economics Professor
Title
Professor
External link
GOTO,Kenta
Degree
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Doćtor oƒ Area Stùdies ( 2005.3 Kyoto University )
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Master in Public Policy ( 1998.6 Harvard University(U.S.A.) )
Research Interests
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Development Ećonomićs, Ećonomić Development, International Cooperation, Area Stùdies, Vietnam, Asia;
Research Areas
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Area studies
Education
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Kyoto University
2000.4 - 2005.3
Country： Japan
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Harvard University
1996.9 - 1998.6
Country： United States
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Keio University Faculty of Commerce
1989.4 - 1993.3
Country： Japan
Research History
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Kansai University Faculty of Economics Professor
2014.4
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Kansai University Faculty of Economics Associate Professor
2008.4 - 2014.3
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Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Management Associate Professor
2007.4 - 2008.3
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International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Technical Officer in Development Economics
2005.4 - 2007.3
Country：Thailand
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2002.4 - 2005.3
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mongolia Country Office Governance and Economic Transition Programme Associate Expert
1998.8 - 2000.3
Country：Mongolia
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Itochu Corporation
1993.4 - 1996.6
Professional Memberships
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アジア政経学会
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Japan Society for International Development
Committee Memberships
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Asia Pacific Institute of Research Senior Research Fellow
2016.4 - Present
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・2011- アジア経済研究所 外部研究員（「ポストMFA期における低所得国の縫製産業」研究会）
2011
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・2010- アジア経済研究所 外部研究員（「東南アジア移行経済の経済政策と経済構造：ミャンマーとベトナムの比較研究」研究会）
2010
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・2009- 日本・ベトナム経済交流センター 理事
2009
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・2007- 京都大学 東南アジア研究所 学外研究協力者
2007
Papers
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Agricultural modernisation and rural livelihood strategies: the case of rice farming in Laos
Kenta Goto, Bounlouane Douangngeune
Canadian Journal of Development Studies 38 ( 4 ) 467 - 486 2017.10
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Labor-intensive industries in middle-income countries: traps, challenges, and the local garment market in Thailand
Kenta Goto, Tamaki Endo
JOURNAL OF THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMY 19 ( 2 ) 369 - 386 2014.4
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Upgrading, Relocating, Informalising? Local Strategies in the Era of Globalisation: The Thai Garment Industry
Kenta Goto, Tamaki Endo
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA 44 ( 1 ) 1 - 18 2014.1
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STARTING BUSINESSES THROUGH RECIPROCAL INFORMAL SUBCONTRACTING: EVIDENCE FROM THE INFORMAL GARMENT INDUSTRY IN HO CHI MINH CITY
Kenta Goto
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 25 ( 4 ) 562 - 582 2013.5
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Social networks, informal trade credit and its effects on business growth: evidence from the local garment trade in Vietnam
Kenta Goto
Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 18 ( 3 ) 382 - 395 2013
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Implications for Laos' development of its increasing regional integration and Chinese influence
Kenta Goto
ASIAN-PACIFIC ECONOMIC LITERATURE 25 ( 2 ) 68 - 88 2011.11
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Competitiveness and decent work in Global Value Chains: Substitutionary or complementary?
Kenta Goto
Development in Practice 21 ( 7 ) 943 - 958 2011.9
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Meeting the challenge of China: the Vietnamese garment industry in the post MFA era
Kenta Goto, Kaoru Natsuda, John Thoburn
GLOBAL NETWORKS-A JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL AFFAIRS 11 ( 3 ) 355 - 379 2011.7
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Challenges to the Cambodian Garment Industry in the Global Garment Value Chain
Kaoru Natsuda, Kenta Goto, John Thoburn
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH 22 ( 4 ) 469 - 493 2010.9
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The Development Strategy of the Vietnamese Export Oriented Garment Industry: Vertical Integration or Process and Product Upgrading?
Kenta Goto
Asian Profile 35(5), 521-529 2007.12
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The Production and Distribution Structure of Ho Chi Minh City’s Domestic Apparel Industry: Interfirm Relationships of Personal Networks and Subcontracting Arrangements
GOTO,Kenta
Ajia Keizai 第46巻 第10号、2-25頁 2005.10
Books
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The Asian economy : contemporary issues and challenges
Kenta Goto, Tamaki Endo, Asei Ito（ Role： Joint editor）
Routledge 2020.7 （ ISBN:9780367203719 ）
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What is the Asian Economy? Its growth dynamism and Japan’s future
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Chuo-Koron Shinsha Publishers 2019.12
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“Labor issues in Vietnam and future challenges”
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Rodo-Chosa (Labor Research), Labor Research Council 2019.5
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“Catch-up Industrialization” in Japan Society for International Development (eds.) Encyclopedia of International Development
GOTO,Kenta
Maruzen Publishers 2018.12
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Book Review. Industrial Organization in Iran: The Weakly Organized System of the Iranian Apparel Industry by Yoko Iwasaki, Singapore, Springer, 2017, vii + 102 pp.
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Developing Economies 2018.6
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The Electronics Industry of Vietnam and Global Supply Chains: Improving Competitiveness and Socially Responsible Management and Employment Strategies
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
DIO 2018.4
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The Asian Economy in the 21st Century
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Joint translator）
Yuhikaku Publishing (Co-edited with T.Endo, A.Ito, and K. Oizumi) 2018.3 （ ISBN:9784641184428 ）
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"The State and Enterprise under Globalization" (in Japanese)
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Weekly Economist (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing) 2017.3
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“Development Through Innovation: The Case of the Asia“Chapter 6. Development Through Innovation: The Case of the Asian Apparel Value Chain” in Little, Stephen E.; Go, Frank M.; and Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon (eds.) Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship: C…
Kenta Goto（ Role： Sole author）
Springer Intenational Publishing - Palgrave Macmillan 2017.1 （ ISBN:9783319438580 ）
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"Vietnam's Minimum Wage in Globalization and Industrial Upgrading" Work & Life (in Japanese)
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Japa Association for Advancement of ILO Activities 2016.10
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Book Review on the economy of Myanmar (in Japanese)
Kenta Goto（ Role： Sole author）
Asian Studies (Aziya Kenkyu - Journal of the Japan Association for Asian Studies) 2014.10
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"Vietnam: Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market" in Fukunishi, Takahiro and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds) The Garment Industry in Low-income Countries: An Entry Point of Industrialization
Kenta Goto（ Role： Sole author）
Palgrave Macmillan 2014.5
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"Designing and Implementing a Policy Proposal Project -‘KUILO’and the International Labour Organization" in Iwasaki, Chihiro (ed) The Design of Learning Environment for Active Learning: The Challenge of Kansai University.
Kenta Goto（ Role： Sole author）
Kansai University Press 2014.3
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"The Evolution of International Production and Distribution Networks in Post-War Asia" in Miyagi, Taizo (ed) The Creation of Post-War Asia and Japan
Kenta Goto（ Role： Sole author）
Chuo-Koron Publishers 2014.2 （ ISBN:9784120045745 ）
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“The Garment Industry in Myanmar and Vietnam: A Performance Gap and Its Causes” in Kubo, Koji (eds) Myanmar and Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis of Transition Strategies and Economic Policies (with Toshihiro Kudo, in Japanese).
Kenta Goto, Toshihiro Kudo（ Role： Joint author）
IDE Research Series 606, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies 2013.3
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The Vietnamese Garment Industry: Functional upgrading and the domestic market
Kenta Goto（ Role： Sole author）
Textile Trends (Seni-Torendo) 2012.5
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The garment industry of Vietnam: Its current situation and challenges
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Textile Trends 2011.7
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Laos, the Chinese Economy and Economic Development: A Preliminary Analysis
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
2011
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Globalization and Development Strategies of Vietnamese Garment Suppliers: Production - Distribution Networks and Enterprise Performance, in Sakata, Shozo eds. Vietnam's Economic Entities in Transition. (Translated into English and published from Palg…
Kenta Goto（ Role： Sole author）
IDE Research Series 579, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo. （English version：Palgrave Macmillan in 2013） 2009.10
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The Vietnamese Garment Industry - Upgrading and Development
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Kagaku Keizai 2009.6
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Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2006: Progress towards Decent Work
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Edit）
International Labour Organization 2006.9
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The Organization of Production and Distribution in the “Original Brand” Apparel Industry of Ho Chi Minh City: Knowledge-Intensive Functions and the Internalization of Production and Distribution" in Fujita, Mai eds. The Transformation of Vietnam’s Indu…
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
IDE Research Series 552, Institute of Developing Economies 2006.7
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Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2005
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Edit）
International Labour Organization 2005.10
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"The Textile and Garment Industry: An Analysis of the Underdeveloped Distribution Systems" in Ohno, Kenichi and Nozomu Kawabata (eds) Vietnam's Industrialization Strategy in the Age of Globalization
GOTO,Kenta（ Role： Sole author）
Nihon Hyoronsha Publishers 2003.3
MISC
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“SDGs and global value chains” Kansai Economy White Paper 2019
GOTO,Kenta
Asia Pacific Institute of Research (Maruzen Planet) 75-80 2019.9
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New Asian Dynamisms and Japan’s Development Strategy” Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2018-2019
GOTO,Kenta
Asia Pacific Institute of Research 45-55 2019.5
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"The New Asian Dynamisms and Japan's Development Strategy" Kansai Economy White Paper 2018
GOTO,Kenta
Maruzen Planet 80-85頁. 2018.10
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"New developments of middle-income economies in a diverse and multipolar Asia" in Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2017-2018
GOTO,Kenta
Maruzen Planet pp.87-91. 2018.7
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"Economic Integration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities in light of the Asian Experience"
GOTO,Kenta
The Keizai Ronsyu: The Economic Review of Kansai University, 67(4), 627-644頁. 2018.3
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"The New Dimensions of the Asian Economy and Japan: A preliminary Study on 'Multi-Polarization' and 'Connectivity'"
GOTO,Kenta
Doshisha Policy and Management Review 19(2), 1-10頁. 2018.3
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More and Better Jobs through Socially Responsible Labour and Business Practices in the Electronics Sector of Viet Nam
Kenta Goto, Yukiko Arai
International Labour Organization, ILO 1-55 2018.2
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"Chapter 3 Changing Asian Economy and Japan" (in Japanese)
GOTO,Kenta
Asia Pacific Institute of Research (Maruzen Planet Publishing) 2017.10
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"Socially Responsible Labour Practices and Competitiveness in Global Supply Chains" (in Japanese).
GOTO,Kenta
The Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University 30-39 2017.4
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"Enterprises and Nations in Globalization" Kansai Economy White Paper 2016
GOTO,Kenta
Asia Pacific Institute of Research 12-16頁 2016.10
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Agricultural Modernization and Rural Livelihoods in Rice Farming Villages of Laos
GOTO,Kenta, Bounlouane Douangngeune
Kansai University Working Paper Series F-72 2014.11
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“The value chain of the textile and apparel industry” in Kansai Economic White Paper (in Japanese).
Kenta Goto
Asia Pacific Institute of Research 71-75頁 2014.9
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"Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Textiles and Apparel" WTO/OECD/IDE-JETRO
Kenta Goto, Takahiro Fukunishi, Tatsufumi Yamagata
Aid for Trade Global Review 2013.7
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"Is the Vietnamese Garment Industry at a Turning Point?: Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market"
Kenta Goto
IDE Discussion Paper No.373, IDE-JETRO. 2012.12
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What can the Myanmar garment industry learn from Vietnam’s experience?
Kenta Goto, Toshihiro Kudo
Policy Review on Myanmar Economy No.2 2012.7
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Is the Vietnamese Garment Industry at a Turning Point? Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market
GOTO,Kenta
Fukunishi, Takahiro (eds) Dynamics of the Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries: Experience of Asia and Africa. IDE Research Report 2011-IV-10 pp. 1-23. 2012.4
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Industry Performance Differences and its Determinants
GOTO,Kenta
Kubo, Koji (eds) Economic Policies and Economic Structures of Transition Economies in Southeast Asia: a Comparative Study of Myanmar and Vietnam, Research Report 4-24, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies 103-123頁 2011.4
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Industrialization strategies in a Globalizing World: The cases of Vietnam and Cambodia
GOTO,Kenta
2011.3
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The Changing Global Trading Environment and the Garment Industry
GOTO,Kenta
Institute of International Studies and Training pp. 1-12 2008.11
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The Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Post MFA Era: Upgrading, Relocating, or Moving Out?
GOTO,Kenta
Kansai University Economic Society pp. 1-23 2008.6
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Enterprise Strategies of Garment Firms in the Post MFA Era
GOTO,Kenta
Institute for Developing Economies pp. 89-117 2008.3
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Industrial Upgrading of the Vietnamese Garment Industry: An Analysis from the Global Value Chains Perspective
GOTO,Kenta
Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies (RCAPS) Working Paper No.07-1 pp. 1-15 2007.6
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Coordinating Risks and Creating Value: The Challenges for the Vietnamese Textile and Garment Industry
GOTO,Kenta
Discussion Paper Number 5、Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic University 2003.3
Presentations
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Responsible Business Practices in Global Supply Chains
GOTO,Kenta
JEITA and ILO 2019.11
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Mainstreaming SDGs in Business Practices
GOTO,Kenta
APIR and ILO 2019.11
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Responsible Business Practices (Labor CSR) and Productivity
GOTO,Kenta
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and ILO 2019.9
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SDGs Talk Session
GOTO,Kenta
Junior Chamber International Japan 2019.5
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Global Value Chains and SDGs
GOTO,Kenta
Global Compact Network Japan 2019.1
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Business in the era of SDGs: Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness
GOTO,Kenta
2018.10
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Sustainable competitveness strategy and labor CSR in globalization
GOTO,Kenta
Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions-JCM ALL 2018.7
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Sustainable Development Strategies in the Asian Century – Competition and Cooperation (unofficial translation)
GOTO,Kenta
Osaka Prefectural Manufacturing and Industrial Association 2018.7
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Businesses in the era of SDGs: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sourcing – how to responding to the evolving business opportunities through responsible sourcing practices (unofficial translation)
GOTO,Kenta
Kansai SDGs Platform 2018.7
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The Electronics Industry in Vietnam and Global Value Chains: Competitiveness and Socially Responsible Business and Employment Strategies (unofficial translation)
GOTO,Kenta
Non-partisan Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of ILO Activities 2018.6
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Changemakers Change the World - SDGs and What We Can Do (unofficial translation)
GOTO,Kenta
Pacific Resources Exchange Center (PREX) 2018.5
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“The New Dynamism in Asia and the Kansai Economy: A “Symbiotic” Strategy for a Sustainable 21st Century”
GOTO,Kenta
56th Kansai Economic and Management Summit 2018.2
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"Country Assistance Evaluation of Vietnam (Third Party Evaluation)" (with Tatsufumi Yamagata and KPMG AZSA LLC).
GOTO,Kenta
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2016.2
Works
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南アフリカ共和国縫製産業予備調査
2010.9
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東南アジアの自動車産業調査
2010 - 2011
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タイ・ラオスのインフォーマル経済研究
2010 - 2011
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ベトナム・ホーチミン市の内需向けアパレル産業調査（科学研究費補助金）
2009.4
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ベトナム・国民経済大学（NEU）-国際協力機構（JICA） 共同研究プロジェクト
2001 - 2003
Awards
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Asia-Pacific Award (Special Prize)
2020.10 Mainichi Newspapers, Asian Affairs Research Council What is the Asian Economy? Its Growth Dynamism and Japan's Future
Kenta Goto
Research Projects
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Empirical Microeconomics Research for Sustainable Water Governance
Grant number：21H05180 2021.9 - 2026.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
Grant amount：\129870000 （ Direct Cost: \99900000 、 Indirect Cost：\29970000 ）
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Informalizing Asia: Dynamics and dilemma of global mega cities
Grant number：19H00553 2019.4 - 2024.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Grant amount：\44980000 （ Direct Cost: \34600000 、 Indirect Cost：\10380000 ）
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Nation states and enterprises in the era of globalization: the creation of international economic orders and global value chains
Grant number：26590056 2014.4 - 2017.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
GOTO Kenta
Grant amount：\2600000 （ Direct Cost: \2000000 、 Indirect Cost：\600000 ）
While the international economic order in the past mostly evolved out of formal institutions created by nation states, or "public actors", those in the twenty-first century are primarily results of global value chains generated by "private actors" including multinational enterprises. These value chains now span at a magnitude that can not be captured and controlled by single nation states. These suggest that the relative power balance between private actors and public actors have changed in the recent years, favouring the former over the latter. This will induce nation states to review and revise their policy options as they have become increasingly irrelevant.
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The informal economy in Vietnam and its potentials for labor intensive industrialization under globalization
Grant number：21530281 2009.4 - 2014.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
GOTO Kenta
Grant amount：\4420000 （ Direct Cost: \3400000 、 Indirect Cost：\1020000 ）
The informal economy is the largest provider of non-agricultural jobs in may developing countries, and how this sector has been affected by the globalizing trend in production and distribution has become one of the key concerns of its policy makers and development professionals. In line with this, this research focused on how the ongoing globalization has affected the informal economies in developing countries, by looking at the case of the Vietnamese domestic market oriented garment industry, using the global value chain (GVC) framework. In light of upgrading possibilities of local informal industries in developing countries, and also in terms of its overall industrialization prospects, it has been argued that while export markets remain important avenues for industrial upgrading, there should be more emphasise on domestic market oriented policies to realize further sustainable growth.
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Industrial Upgrading and Competitiveness of the Export Oriented Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Post MFA Era
Grant number：19830112 2007 - 2008
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
GOTOU Kenta
Grant amount：\1510000 （ Direct Cost: \1330000 、 Indirect Cost：\180000 ）
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NEU-JICA 共同研究プロジェクト
2001 - 2003
Grant type：Competitive
Devising educational methods
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演習科目（ゼミ）：鹿児島県曽於市との連携協定の中で、地場経済振興にかかわる政策提言プロジェクトを、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）の実装化を軸に実施している。詳細は https://gotoken.wixsite.com/skima
Teaching materials
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2018年3月．『現代アジア経済論―「アジアの世紀をまなぶ」―』 有斐閣、352頁．（遠藤環、伊藤亜聖、大泉啓一郎と共編）.
2020. The Asian Economy: Contemporary Issues and Challenges, London, and New York: Routledge (edited with Tamaki Endo and Asei Ito).
Teaching method presentations
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Special notes on other educational activities
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