JANCPEC International Project Proposal-Social Resilience Research ProjectPart 1: Project Overview
Project Title:

Social Resilience-Crisis-Resilient Socioeconomic
Infrastructure Development-Project Director

Name: Amb. Yoshiji Nogami, President , JIIA and formerly
Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan
Title: Coordinator JANCPEC
Address: 11th Floor, Kasumigaseki Bldg.
3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6011 Japan
Phone/Fax Numbers:
Phone: 81-(0)3-3503-7744
Fax: 81-(0)3-3503-6707
Email Address: peccjp3503@jiia.or.jp

ProjectTime frame

From: October 2009
To: October 2010

Project Objective(3 working groups& 1 macroanalysis)
Refference:
Social Resilience
Project TeamIn the recent 20 years, economic crisis has attacked oureconomies almost every ten years. Now we must consider not
only the economic rescue policy in the short term, but also theresilient infrastructure against frequent economic crisis in thelong term.
What resilient infrastructures against economic crisis canwe establish in Pacific region’s economies? We would like todiscuss it and make policy proposals toward next APEC 2010
holding in Japan. Four (3 group research & 1 macro analysis)
subjects that we would like to research and discuss are thefollowing below.
1. Macro Analysis Theme
More resilient economic society against crisis toward thedemand-led and sustainable growth – Social Safety net andIncome zzzzzz

Does the sense of safety for the future create demandboost?
What main reason to stimulate the Private
Consumption? : The level of income, the sense ofsafety for the future, and the growth rate
The adequacy of Social Safety Net
Does the social safety net alleviate the anxiety for thefuture?
Does the sufficiency of social safety net expand thedomestic demand?
The influence on Global Imbalance :High dependence on export = Low private demand→ Global Imbalance1

2.

Micro Analysis ( 3 groups )z The adequacy of Social Safety Net in Asia-PacificRegions (PECC members)z Pension,
Healthcare,Unemployment+Re
employment education and Aging societyz The survey of previous studies: OECD, UNESCAP,
JICA, ADB, World Bank etc.
z The target on developed and medium-developed
economies not the reduction of poverty
z The share of good practices and bad practices in AsiaPacific Regions

Working group no.1 Modality of Pension system in AsiaPacific Regions
Coordinator: Dr. Noriyuki TAKAYAMA(Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi
University)【Team members】
Dr. Mukul ASHER (Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, National University of Singapore)
Dr. John PIGGOTT (Director, Australian Institute forPopulation Ageing Research, Australian School of Business,
University of New South Wales)
Dr. Hyungpyo MOON (Senior Fellow, Department of Public
Economics and social Development, Korean Development
Institute)
Working group no.2 Modality of Medicare system in AsiaPacific Regions
Coordinator: Dr. Masako Ii (Professor, School ofInternational and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University)【Team members】
Ms. Miho SEKIMOTO (Lecturer, Graduate School ofMedicine, Kyoto University),
Ms. Hiroko UCHIMURA (Research Fellow, IDE-JETRO),
Dr. Etsuji OKAMOTO ( Doctor and Chief of management
science, National Institute of Public Health),
Dr. Yasuo UCHIDA (Emeritus Professor of Kobe University,Dean, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University),
Mr. MARUYAMA (Lecturer, University of New South Wales),Dr. Rouselle Lavado（Research fellow, Philippine Institute forDevelopment Studies）,
Mr. SHIGEOKA (Graduate student of Columbia University）
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Working group no.3 Modality of Unemployment insurance
system in Asia-Pacific Regions
Coordinator: Dr. Naoki MITANI (Professor, Graduate Schoolof Economics, Kobe University)【Team members】
Dr. Yasuhito ASAMI (Professor, Graduate School of Social
Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)
Dr. Wen-Chi Grace CHOU (Associate Professor, Departmentof Labor Relations and the Institute of Labor Studies,
National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan)
Dr. Yasuhiro KAMIMURA (Associate Professor, Graduate
School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University)
Dr. Myoung-Jung KIM (Research Fellow, NLI ResearchInstitute)
Dr. Ke-Jeng LAN (Associate Professor, Department of Labor
Relations and the Institute of Labor Studies, National ChungCheng University, Taiwan)
Marco Analysis no.4 “Saving propensity and Consumption
toward a demand lead and sustainable economic growth:
Japan, USA and China”
Dr. Charles Yuji HORIOKA (Professor, Institute of Social andEconomic Research, Osaka University)
Dr. Wataru SUZUKI (Professor, Gakushuin University)

3Part 2: Project Budget
Estimate of Total Non-PECC Sources:
Project Cost
Meetings(Including hotel expense for invited speakers,luncheon, dinner reception)
Publication of Executive Summary
Publication of Policy Proposals toward APEC 2010 in Japan
Publication of Book (full papers)
Session expenses at the General Meeting (Includinghonorarium, travel expense, hotel expense for panelists)
Administrative expenses like shipping cost of materials andbooks to PECC economies, printing cost, communication cost,etc.
All of these expenses are supported by the JapaneseGovernment.
PECC Committees:
Travel Expenses of PECC member representatives from theirrespective countries to Tokyo in Japan.
Meetings will be held 2 times during this term in Tokyo.
In the beginning of March in 2010 and in October 2010 jointhosted at the 19th General Meeting of PECC Tokyo4

Part 3: Project DescriptionOutline of the objectives of the proposed project, detailing how it (1) conforms to thePECC principles and values, (2) is of regional significance, (3) is relevant to thebusiness community, (4) will produce policy recommendations, (5) will entail
collaboration with academic or other regional institutions to achieve its objectives.
(1) conforms tothe PECC
principles andvalues

Toward the APEC 2009 in Singapore, the main issue in PECC
October conference in Singapore is “Enhancing Resilience,
Structural Reform, and Freer Trade in the Asia-PacificRegion”. Especially the idea of regional resilient as “TheRegion’s Longer Term Response” is very important foreconomic recovery. JANCPEC’s special project theme candeepen the discussions in Singapore and enlarge to APEC2010 in Japan.

(2) is of regionalsignificance

Next APEC 2010 will be held in Japan. For APEC 2010 wewill make a policy proposal.

(3) is relevant tothe business
community

The reinforcement of Social Safety Net becomes even more
attractive as an investment destination for business
communities. In addition, it can give the sense of safety fornations. It leads domestic demand explosion and sustainableeconomic growth not only relying on export led growth.

(4) will produce
Time has come to discuss a good balance between the trade
policyliberalization and welfare state in APEC toward sustainable,
recommendations demand-led economic growth and more resilient economy
against crisis in Asia-Pacific Regions. We could show thelessons for it, sharing good/bad practices in social safety net of
Asia-Pacific Regions.
(5) will entail
collaboration
with academic orother regional
institutions toachieve itsobjectives.

This research needs extensive collaboration with academicand/or regional institutions, including inviting a few
specialists, and their inputs into our research as well as
information gathering and exchanging views with the help ofregional institutions.
These are: JICA’s specialists, PEO and some supervisors,
Dr. Takashi OMORI (Chair,Economic Committee, APEC),
Dr. Masahiro KAWAI,(Director of ADBI),
Dr. Masaaki HOMMA (Director of KISER),
Dr. Hiroshi YOSHIKAWA (Professor of Tokyo University) ,Dr. Tatsuo HATTA (President, National Graduate Institutefor Policy Studies)
Dr. Yoshio HIGUCHI (Professor, Dean of Commerce Faculty,Keio University) and etc…
5Part 4: Project Team
Name*Coordinator
1.Prof. Noriyuki

EconomyAffiliation:

JANCPEC

JANCPEC

PECC
Member

TAKAYAMA
2.Prof. Masako Ii
3.Prof. Naoki
MITANI
4.Prof. Charles Yuji
HORIOKA
Part 8: Project Outcomes and deliverables (including communications plan)
Outline of theexpected
July 2009 Organization of this project at the National General
Meeting of JANCPEC in Tokyo
outcomes/deliver
ables of theSeptember 2009 1st Social Resilience Project Specialist Meeting inproject
Tokyo
October 2009 Proposal of this project and its authorization atthe PECC conference in Singapore.
February 2010 2nd Social Resilience Specialist Meeting andJANCPEC National General Meeting in Tokyo
March 2010 1st International Conference on Social Resilience inTokyo
July 2010 3rd Social Resilience Specialist Meeting andJANCPEC National General Meeting in Tokyo
October 2010 Publication of the policy proposals
2nd International Conference on Social Resilience Presentation of the outcomes at the PECC General Meetingin Tokyo, October 2010 and other PECC related meetings
November 2010 APEC in Yokohama, Japan6