Japan - DAC Peer Reviews of Development Co-operation

Japan’s net official development assistance (ODA) was USD 9.3 billion in 2002, making it the world’s second largest donor. Japan was the largest aid donor for almost a decade, from 1992 to 2001, until economic pressures led the government to reduce the size of its ODA

The impacts of the SOx charge and related policy instruments on technological innovation in Japan

This study attempts to clarify what sort of impact was exerted by policy instruments on the development and spread of SOx reduction technology from the 1960s up to the present.

Tax Expenditures in OECD Countries - OECD publication

This book sheds light on the use of tax expenditures, mainly through a study of ten OECD countries: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. It highlights key trends and successful practices.

Reducing Barriers to International Trade in Non-hazardous Recyclable Materials, Part 2: Case Studies

Country case studies of China, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa and the United States in measures that may hamper trade in steel scrap, recovered paper and plastic scrap, and if and how they could be removed without compromising environmental protection.

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A study of water pricing in Japan and Korea, a background report to the book Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture (OECD, 2010).

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2010 - Japan Country Note

This note is taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2010.

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この冊子は、日本の将来にとって重要な九分野、すなわち内需主導の成長戦略、雇用、環境と気候変動、教育、税制改革、医療・介護、年金、地域政策と地方分権、そしてパブリック・ガバナンスにおけるＯＥＣＤの政策展望を紹介している.

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Reforms in nine key areas - a strategy for domestic demand-led growth, the labour market, environment and climate change, education, taxes, health and long-term care, pension reform, regional policy and decentralization and public governance, could bring about a lasting improvement in Japan’s economic prospects, according to OECD analysis.

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This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in Japan in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.

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