JANCPEC / Social Resilience Project 2011 TeamthAs of 8 of June, 2011
【Project Term】From January 2011 to December 2011…
Meeting schedule: Non-regular Discussion Meetings
Mid-Term Presentation Workshop in Tokyo, Japan in July 2011
20th PECC General Meeting in Washington, D.C in September 2011

【Macro Analysis】
Coordinator: Dr. Charles Yuji HORIOKA (Professor,Institute of Social and Economic Research, OsakaUniversity)【 Informationsharing/cooperation with JICA】
We will consider specificsupport measures leading up toECOTEC on the basis oforganic information sharingand cooperation with JICA’s
accumulated
researchandassistance【Supervisors】
Dr. Takashi OMORI (Professor, Tokyo City University, Faculty ofEnvironment and Information Studies)Dr. Masahiro KAWAI (Director, ADBI),
Dr. Yoshihisa INADA (Director, KISER),
Dr. Akira KOHSAKA (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University)
Dr. Hiroshi YOSHIKAWA (Professor, Tokyo University)
Dr. Tatsuo HATTA (Visiting Research Fellow, Gakushuin University)
Dr. Yoshio HIGUCHI (Dean, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio【Team members】
Dr. Wataru SUZUKI (Professor, Gakushuin University)
Dr. ZHOU Yanfei (Research Fellow, Japan Institute for LabourPolicy and Training)

University)【Pension System Research Team】
Coordinator:Dr.
Noriyuki
Takayama(Professor Emeritus & Research Chair
Professor, Hitotsubashi University)【Medicare System Research Team】
Coordinator: Dr. Masako II (Professor, School ofInternational and Public Policy, HitotsubashiUniversity)【Unemployment Insurance Research Team】
Coordinator: Dr. Naoki MITANI (Professor, Graduate
School of Economics, Kobe University)【Team members】
Dr. Mukul ASHER (Professor, Lee Kuan Yew Schoolof Public Policy, National University of Singapore)【Team members】
Dr. Miho SEKIMOTO (Researcher, Graduate School of
Public Policy, the University of Tokyo)
Ms. Hiroko UCHIMURA (Research Fellow, IDE-JETRO)
Mr. Yuji YAMAMOTO (Fellow, Center for Research andDevelopment Strategy)
Haruhisa FUKUDA (Research Fellow, Institute for
Health Economics and Policy)【Team members】
Dr. Yasuhiro KAMIMURA (Associate Professor, Graduate
School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University)
Dr. Yukari SAWADA （ Prof. Tokyo University of ForeignStudies）
Dr. Giang Thanh LONG（Vice Dean, School of Public Policyand Management, Vietnam National Economics University）
Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan THUY (Fellow, Vietnam DevelopmentForum)

・We will conduct research on the suitability and status of Asia's pension, medical insurance, andunemployment insurance systems.
・The countries to be studied will be PECC member countries (emerging and developed countries,
medium- and high-income countries).
・We will share good practices and bad practices, and offer knowledge in support of future APEC
discussions on social policy.
・We will also address as topics the mobilization of savings for consumption, the issues faced byaging societies, and re-employment education.

・ We will examine policies for the development of socioeconomic infrastructure
resilient to crises, and urge the Asia-Pacific region to recognize the importance ofsuch infrastructure.
・We will consider sustained growth, future creation of secure societies and new
economic models from a medium- to long-term perspective.
・We will cooperate with, and provide support to, the Human Resources Development
Working Group (HRDWG) studying social policy within APEC.