Regional development from a financial perspective and public-private partnerships

　This course is an omnibus program that will feature guest lecturers, including staff from the Development Bank of Japan (“DBJ”), with which this university has a friendly relationship regarding investigative research, as well as professional staff from the finance field such as some from regional financial authorities and securities firms. By interacting with a variety of entities such as corporations, governments and citizens and being active in wide variety of areas, financial institutions create, accumulate and, ultimately, transmit the know-how to be shared with all of society and should be the corporate entity that acts as the lubricating oil of economy and society. Financial institutions also serve an important role for provincial regions since they advance public-private partnerships that aim to revitalize provincial regions by making use of their wide range of information, know-how and networks through their relationship banking. Of these financial institutions, the DBJ has an abundant amount of experience and accomplishments as a general policy financial institution and has high-quality, top-class, professional know-how regarding regional development through public-private partnerships and the financial services that support them after it privatized in October 2008.
　In an omnibus-style, this course will feature a variety of lecturers that include specialists that plan regional development and public-private partnerships as well as regionally connected financial institutions and securities firms. (This year, we are planning for the renowned regional economist, Kosuke Motani, the author of “The Real Identity of Deflation” to give a lecture again.)
　In this course, students will obtain the valuable know-how of analyzing and evaluating regional society from the perspective that can only be obtained from these financial institutions and the public-private partnerships that develop as a result, and the hope is for students to fully take advantage of the results from the class in their own work and research by building a network with the guest lecturers that are working in the front lines of financial business.

Be able to perform regional analysis and evaluation from your own perspective. Be able to understand the role of finance in community-building.

By understanding and organizing the specific trends of regional public-private partnerships, students will study methods of analysis and evaluation of regional economy and society and examine the nature of supporting financial functions from a broad perspective with specific cases.
The specific issues for the course are tentatively as follows.
　　1. Orientation (structure of the program and a summary of the DBJ)
　　2. Issues regarding regional economy and society (decreasing population and regional society)
　　3. Theory of PPP finance (Regional development using PPP)
　　4. Management of public assets (the nature of public facilities and the compact city)　
　　5. Regional development with sports facilities at the core (summary and development of smart venues)
　　6. The current state of affairs and the issues regarding our country’s water business and PPP
　　7. The current state of affairs and the issues regarding regional public transportation and PPP
　　8. The role of PPP and finance (theoretical analysis)
　　9. Environment and finance
　10. Crisis prevention and finance
　11. Collaboration between government and regional financial institutions
　12. Financing of local governments
　13. Analysis and evaluation of regional economy and society
　14. The direction forward for regional society
　15. Summary　
　(If a cutting-edge topic not listed above is to be included in the course, there is a possibility that the issues above will partially change. Also, the order may change as well.)

Lectures and discussion will be the focus.

Preparation for class: Search for questions and issues that will be useful to each of your businesses and activities for the next class.
Post-class study: Consider the influences and effects of the results gained from each of the business practices and activities of the lecture.
Each of these should take around 30~60 minutes in total. It is recommended that graduate students in regular employment use and examine actual activities and business practices done in working hours.
The lecture materials will be posted on the bulletin board of ToyoNet-ACE in advance so each student can independently review before or after class.

While grading will be centered around the final paper, discussions during class and attendance will also be partially considered.
(Attendance record as well points for class participation for the status of participating in class discussions will be 40 points, the final paper will be 60 points, and a total of 60 points or more are needed to pass)
Report assignment (tentative) “Students should select a topic that they are interested in from this course and discuss an issue that they learned from the content of this course regarding public-private partnerships on one sheet of A4 paper” (the deadline of the paper will be a few days before the last day of the class)

None.

Will be posted as necessary according to each lecture.

Will be posted as necessary according to each lecture.