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🌏 Research Fellow Recruitment at IDE-JETRO | Deadline Approaching We welcome applications from researchers interested in: ▪ Developing and emerging economies  ▪ International economics  ▪ Resource & environmental economics 🎓 Ph.D. in Economics required (or expected by Sept. 2027) ✔ Tenured Research Fellow position ✔ Overseas research opportunities may be available 📅 Apply by October 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. JST 👇 Learn more & Apply: https://lnkd.in/gGBUw4PW #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #DevelopmentStudies #DevelopmentEconomics

● Apology and Website Service Resumption ● Unauthorized access to the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) website resulted in the leakage of personal information. To prevent further damage and ensure security, the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) temporarily took its website offline as well. Following an investigation into the cause and a security assessment of the website, a temporary version of the IDE website resumed operation on October 23, with certain functions restricted. We sincerely apologize for the concern, inconvenience, and disruption this incident may have caused.

【📢New IDE Research Column】 How can rice farmers in Vietnam adapt to a changing climate? This column investigates the relationship between climate-smart agricultural practices, rice productivity, and the risk of crop losses in Vietnam. Drawing on household-level evidence from Central Vietnam and the Red River Delta, the analysis highlights the importance of considering regional and seasonal contexts when assessing adaptation strategies. 📝Masanori Matsuura, "Can Climate-Smart Agriculture Increase Rice Productivity?" 🔗Read more: https://lnkd.in/gtJC7UfB #ClimateSmartAgriculture #ClimateChange #RiceProduction #Vietnam #DevelopmentStudies

📢 New Discussion Paper! Why have imports of upstream machinery products from China risen sharply in Southeast Asia? Using quarterly trade data from Q1 2023 to Q1 2026 for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, Kazunobu Hayakawa examines three possible drivers: transshipment to the US, China’s growing supply capacity, and cross-border production linkages between upstream imports from China and downstream exports to the US. 📄 https://lnkd.in/ew7M7iEv #InternationalTrade #China #SoutheastAsia #GlobalValueChains #Economics

🌏 ESCAP-IDE Online Workshop on Trade and SDGs 2026 Is export-oriented industrialization still a viable pathway for emerging economies? Explore the future of export-oriented manufacturing and its implications for trade, sustainable development, global value chains, geoeconomics, and more. 📅 Sep 17–Nov 1, 2026 — Registration required 💻 Online | Free | English 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gdzpNjMa

🌏 Interested in research on developing & emerging economies? IDE-JETRO invites researchers specializing in: ▸ Developing and emerging economies ▸ International economics ▸ Resource & environmental economics 🎓 Ph.D. in Economics required (or expected by Sept. 2027) ✔ Tenured Research Fellow position ✔ Overseas research opportunities may be available 📅 Apply by October 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. JST 👇 Learn more & Apply: https://lnkd.in/gGBUw4PW #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #DevelopmentStudies #DevelopmentEconomics

🌏 Looking for primary sources on Asia and developing regions? The IDE Library’s Digital Archives provide online access to a wide range of digitized resources, including 📜 rare historical documents, 🗺️ map collections, 📷 fieldwork photo archives, and 📚 IDE publications. Explore approximately 4,000 rare historical materials, information on around 55,000 maps of developing countries, digitized publications on “the Japanese Experience,” and photo archives from IDE field research. Discover the Digital Archives: 🔗https://lnkd.in/gWTrkNfb #IDELibrary #DigitalArchives #DigitalCollections #ResearchResources #OpenAccess Some collections are currently available in Japanese only, but the materials themselves offer valuable resources for international research.

How can libraries preserve and connect knowledge from regions where publishing and preservation infrastructures are often fragile? The IDE Library: ✅ Collects materials in dozens of Asian and African languages ✅ Creates multilingual metadata ✅ Digitizes rare collections ✅ Provides open access through digital archives and repositories Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gTS9uisv  #Libraries #DigitalHumanities #Metadata #Archives #OpenScience (IDE Library creates bibliographic records in original scripts, including Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Thai, and Burmese, helping researchers discover materials across languages.)

📚 Nearly 800,000 items. 🌐 Around 80% in languages other than Japanese. For more than 60 years, the IDE Library has collected local and primary sources from developing regions—including government publications, statistics, journals, newspapers, and research reports. Discover one of the world's most distinctive collections on developing regions: 🔗https://lnkd.in/gTS9uisv #IDELibrary #LibraryCollections #ResearchLibrary #DevelopmentStudies #KnowledgeSharing

🌏 Connecting the world through knowledge of developing regions. The IDE Library is a special library open to everyone, bringing together regional expertise, unique resources, and digital technologies to support research and learning. Explore our newly renewed library page: 🔗https://lnkd.in/gTS9uisv #IDELibrary #AcademicResearch #DevelopmentStudies #ResearchResources #Library