Asian Economy

This course deals with the development challenges that Asian economies are facing. Challenges in the financial sector will be a focus theme in the spring semester in 2021 academic year. Participating students are expected to become familiar with the current status and key challenges that developing countries in Asia need to address to sustain their economic development.

Students are expected to deepen thir understanding about current development issues in developing Asia.

Lecture 1:Introduction
Lecture 2:Current economic situations and growth outlook of developing Asian economies
Lecture 3:Roles of the financial sector development and the current development status in Asia
Lecture 4:Financial stability in Asia
Lecture 5:Asian financial crisis: causes and lessons learned
Lecture 6:Financial inclusion in Asia
Lecture 7:Development of digital finance and its implications for financial inclusion in Asia
Lecture 8:Roles of foreign direct investments in developing Asia
Lecture 9:Infrastructure needs in developing Aisa
Lecture 10:Infrastructure development and finance in Asia (i)
Lecture 11:Infrastructure development and finance in Asia (ii)
Lecture 12:Rise of China's economy and its impacts on Asian economies (i)
Lecture 13: Rise of China's economy and its implications on Asian economies (ii)
Lecture 14: Climate change and finance in Asia
Lecture 15: Wrap-up

An appointed student will make a short presentation on the assigned topics in class and the class will discuss the topics based on the presentation. Relevant reading materials are provided by the lecturer to promote the students' understanding on the updated issues on development challenges in developing Asia.

An appointed student is expected to deliver a presentation on the assigned topic in class in power point presentation.

Grades are evaluated based on (i) attendance and quality of outputs of assignments/presentations during the course (65%) and (ii) the final report(35%).

As this is an introductory course, there are no requirements for entry to the course.

No single textbook is used.

Under the stay-home situation, participating students can access all reading materials as these will be uploaded at Toyo-Ace or downloadable from publushers' homepages.

In case there are no foreign students who prefer having the course in English, the course may be conducted in Japanese language. However, some presentation and reading materials may be in English.