GOTO,Kenta - Faculty of Economics Department of Economics International Economics

GOTO, Kenta

Faculty, Department/Institute

Faculty of Economics Department of Economics International Economics

Academic status (qualification)

Professor Apr. 1,2014

Undergraduate Degrees・University

Keio University Faculty of Commerce1993 Graduated

Graduate Degrees・University

Kyoto University Doctor's Degree Program 2005 Completed
Other Master's Degree Program 1998 Completed

Academic Degrees

Master in Public Policy Jun. 1998 Harvard University(U.S.A.)
Doćtor oƒ Area Stùdies Mar. 2005 Kyoto University

Homepage Address, E-mail Address

Homepage Address：https://www2.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp/~gotoken/index.html
Homepage Address2：https://gotoken.wixsite.com/skima

Research fields	keyword
	Development Ećonomićs, Ećonomić Development, International Cooperation, Area Stùdies, Vietnam, Asia;

research topic	Indùstrial development and ùpgrading in developing ćoùntries
Study theme state	Individual Research
research duration	2007 ～ 2008
Research Programs	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
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Research field
Research Topics Overview

research topic	Global Value Chains, Clusters, Informal Sector, Labor Intensive Industries, Garment and Textile Industries
Study theme state	Individual Research
research duration	2009 ～ 2014
Research Programs	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
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Research field
Research Topics Overview

所属学会・団体名	役職名 (役職在任期間)
Japan Association for Asian Studies	Member, Editorial Board(2017/～2021/)
Japan Society for International Development

Research Publications

No.	Type of publication	Date of publication (Date of presentation)	Title	Type of research result	Jointly authored or single authored	Publisher and journal name	Volume number
1	Papers1	2017/11～2017,11,00,,,	Agricultural Modernization and Rural Livelihood Strategies: The Case of Rice Farming in Laos	Academic Journal	International coauthorship	Canadian Journal of Development Studies (Routledge)	38(4), 467-486. (online published Jan 11, 2017)
2	Papers1	2014/2～2014,02,,,,	Labor-Intensive Industries in Middle-Income Countries: Traps, Challenges, and the Local Garment Market in Thailand	Academic Journal	Co-authored	Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (Routledge)	19 (2), 369-386 (Online version Feb 5, 2014)
3	Papers1	2014/2～2014,02,,,,	Upgrading, Relocating, Informalising? Local Strategies in the Era of Globalisation: The Thai Garment Industry	Academic Journal	Co-author	Journal of Contemporary Asia (Routledge)	44(1), 1-18 (online version published on May 29, 2013)
4	Papers1	2013/8～2013,08,,,,	Social Networks, Informal Trade Credit, and its Effects on Business Growth: Evidence from the Local Garment Trade in Vietnam	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (Routledge)	18(3), 382-395 (online published on Dec 2012)
5	Papers1	2013/5～2013,05,,,,	Starting Businesses through Reciprocal Informal Subcontracting: Evidence from the Informal Garment Industry in Ho Chi Minh City	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Journal of International Development (Wiley)	25(4), 562-582 (online version published on May 2, 2011)
6	Papers1	2011/11～2011,11,,,,	Implications for Laos’ development of its increasing regional integration and Chinese inﬂuence	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (Wiley)	25(2), 68-88.
7	Papers1	2011/9～2011,09,,,,	Competitiveness and Decent Work in Global Value Chains: Substitutionary or Complementary?	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Development in Practice (Routledge)	21(7), 943-958
8	Papers1	2011/7～2011,07,,,,	Meeting the Challenge of China: The Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Post MFA Era	Academic Journal	International coauthorship	Global Networks (Wiley)	11(3), 355–379
9	Papers1	2010/9～2010,09,,,,	Challenges to the Cambodian Garment Industry in the Global Garment Value Chain	Academic Journal	International coauthorship	The European Journal of Development Research (Palgrave Macmillan - Springer)	22(4), 469 - 493
10	Papers1	2007/12～2007,12,,,,	The Development Strategy of the Vietnamese Export Oriented Garment Industry: Vertical Integration or Process and Product Upgrading?	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Asian Profile	35(5), 521-529
11	Papers1	2005/10～2005,10,,,,	The Production and Distribution Structure of Ho Chi Minh City’s Domestic Apparel Industry: Interfirm Relationships of Personal Networks and Subcontracting Arrangements	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Ajia Keizai	Vol.46 (10)
12	Edited book3	2020/7～2020,07,00,,,	The Asian Economy: Contemporary Issues and Challenges	Monograph	Co-editor	Routledge	266 pages
13	Book2	2019/12～2019,12,00,,,	What is the Asian Economy? Its growth dynamism and Japan’s future (The book won The 32nd Asia-Pacific Award, hosted by The Asian Affairs Research Council and Mainichi Newspapers).	Monograph	Single-Author	Chuo-Koron Shinsha Publishers	240 pages
14	Edited book3	2018/3～2018,03,00,,,	The Asian Economy in the 21st Century	Monograph	Co-editor	Yuhikaku Publishing (Co-edited with T.Endo, A.Ito, and K. Oizumi)	352 pages
15	Book2	2017/1～2017,01,00,,,	“Development Through Innovation: The Case of the Asia“Chapter 6. Development Through Innovation: The Case of the Asian Apparel Value Chain” in Little, Stephen E.; Go, Frank M.; and Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon (eds.) Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Experiences from East and West.n Apparel Value Chain” in Little, Stephen E.; Go, Frank M.; and Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon (eds.) Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Experiences from East and West.	Monograph	Single-Author	Springer Intenational Publishing - Palgrave Macmillan	pp. 95-111.
16	Book2	2014/5～2014,05,,,,	"Vietnam: Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market" in Fukunishi, Takahiro and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds) The Garment Industry in Low-income Countries: An Entry Point of Industrialization	Monograph	Single-Author	Palgrave Macmillan	105-131
17	Book2	2014/2～2014,02,,,,	"The Evolution of International Production and Distribution Networks in Post-War Asia" in Miyagi, Taizo (ed) The Creation of Post-War Asia and Japan	Monograph	Single-Author	Chuo-Koron Publishers	pp. 167-205.
18	Book2	2014/3～2014,03,,,,	"Designing and Implementing a Policy Proposal Project -‘KUILO’and the International Labour Organization" in Iwasaki, Chihiro (ed) The Design of Learning Environment for Active Learning: The Challenge of Kansai University.	Monograph	Single-Author	Kansai University Press	Pp. 313-327.
19	Book2	2013/3～2013,03,,,,	“The Garment Industry in Myanmar and Vietnam: A Performance Gap and Its Causes” in Kubo, Koji (eds) Myanmar and Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis of Transition Strategies and Economic Policies (with Toshihiro Kudo, in Japanese).	Monograph	Co-author	IDE Research Series 606, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies	pp. 101-135
20	Book2	2011～2011,,,,,	Laos, the Chinese Economy and Economic Development: A Preliminary Analysis	Monograph	Single-Author
21	Book2	2009/10～2009,10,,,,	Globalization and Development Strategies of Vietnamese Garment Suppliers: Production - Distribution Networks and Enterprise Performance, in Sakata, Shozo eds. Vietnam's Economic Entities in Transition. (Translated into English and published from Palgrave Macmillan in 2013)	Monograph	Single-Author	IDE Research Series 579, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo.　（English version：Palgrave Macmillan in 2013）	pp. 123-154.
22	Book2	2006/9～2006,09,,,,	Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2006: Progress towards Decent Work	Monograph	Co-authored chapter	International Labour Organization	1-115 pages
23	Book2	2006/7～2006,07,,,,	The Organization of Production and Distribution in the “Original Brand” Apparel Industry of Ho Chi Minh City: Knowledge-Intensive Functions and the Internalization of Production and Distribution" in Fujita, Mai eds. The Transformation of Vietnam’s Industry during the Period of Transition: Development Led by the Growth of Domestic Enterprises.	Monograph	Single-Author	IDE Research Series 552, Institute of Developing Economies	pp 105－136
24	Book2	2005/10～2005,10,,,,	Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2005	Monograph	Co-authored chapter	International Labour Organization	pp. 1-74
25	Book2	2003/3～2003,03,,,,	"The Textile and Garment Industry: An Analysis of the Underdeveloped Distribution Systems" in Ohno, Kenichi and Nozomu Kawabata (eds) Vietnam's Industrialization Strategy in the Age of Globalization	Monograph	Single-Author	Nihon Hyoronsha Publishers	pp 125-172
26	Article (non-refereed)99	2018/32018,03,00,0000,00,00	"Economic Integration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities in light of the Asian Experience"	In-house publication	Single-Author	The Keizai Ronsyu: The Economic Review of Kansai University,	67(4), 627-644.
27	Article (non-refereed)99	2018/32018,03,00,0000,00,00	"The New Dimensions of the Asian Economy and Japan: A preliminary Study on 'Multi-Polarization' and 'Connectivity'"	In-house publication	Single-Author	Doshisha Policy and Management Review	19(2), 1-10．
28	Paper (non-refereed)99	2017/4～2017,04,00,,,	"Socially Responsible Labour Practices and Competitiveness in Global Supply Chains" (in Japanese).	In-house publication	Single-Author	The Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University	30-39
29	Monograph99	2020/10～2020,10,00,,,	“The Asian Economy and Global Value Chains amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic” Kansai Economy White Paper 2020.	Monograph	Co-editor	Asia Pacific Institute of Research	50-57
30	Research Publication99	2020/5～2020,05,00,,,	"SDGs and Global Value Chains" in Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2019-2020	Monograph	Co-editor	Asia Pacific Institute of Research	71-79
31	Research Publication99	2019/9～2019,09,00,,,	“SDGs and global value chains” Kansai Economy White Paper 2019	Monograph	Co-editor	Asia Pacific Institute of Research (Maruzen Planet)	75-80
32	Research Publication99	2019/5～2019,05,00,,,	New Asian Dynamisms and Japan’s Development Strategy” Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2018-2019	Monograph	Co-editor	Asia Pacific Institute of Research	45-55
33	Research publication99	2018/10～2018,10,00,,,	"The New Asian Dynamisms and Japan's Development Strategy" Kansai Economy White Paper 2018	Monograph	Co-author	Maruzen Planet	80-85
34	Research Publication99	2018/72018,07,00,0000,00,00	"New developments of middle-income economies in a diverse and multipolar Asia" in Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2017-2018	Monograph	Co-authored chapter	Maruzen Planet	pp.87-91.
35	Research Publication99	2017/10～2017,10,00,,,	"Chapter 3 Changing Asian Economy and Japan" (in Japanese)	Monograph	Co-editor	Asia Pacific Institute of Research (Maruzen Planet Publishing)
36	Research Publication99	2016/10～2016,10,00,,,	"Enterprises and Nations in Globalization" Kansai Economy White Paper 2016	Monograph	Co-author	Asia Pacific Institute of Research	12-16
37	Research Publication99	2014/9～2014,09,,,,	“The value chain of the textile and apparel industry” in Kansai Economic White Paper (in Japanese).	Monograph	Co-authored chapter	Asia Pacific Institute of Research	pp. 71-75
38	Chapter or Section5	2018/12～2018,12,00,,,	“Catch-up Industrialization” in Japan Society for International Development (eds.) Encyclopedia of International Development			Maruzen Publishers	388-389
39	Magazine article15	2020/3～2020,03,00,,,	"Author's Note - What is the Asian Economy?"			Mita Hyoron, Keio University	March 2020, 93.
40	Magazine article15	2019/5～2019,05,00,,,	“Labor issues in Vietnam and future challenges”	In-house publication	Single-Author	Rodo-Chosa (Labor Research), Labor Research Council	9-13
41	Magazine article15	2018/42018,04,00,0000,00,00	The Electronics Industry of Vietnam and Global Supply Chains: Improving Competitiveness and Socially Responsible Management and Employment Strategies	In-house publication	Single-Author	DIO	31(4), 9-12.
42	Magazine article15	2017/3～2017,03,00,,,	"The State and Enterprise under Globalization" (in Japanese)	Other	Single-Author	Weekly Economist (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing)
43	Magazine article15	2016/10～2016,10,00,,,	"Vietnam's Minimum Wage in Globalization and Industrial Upgrading" Work & Life (in Japanese)		Single-Author	Japa Association for Advancement of ILO Activities
44	Magazine article15	2012/5～2012,05,,,,	The Vietnamese Garment Industry: Functional upgrading and the domestic market	In-house publication	Single-Author	Textile Trends (Seni-Torendo)	May-June 2012
45	Magazine article15	2011/7～2011,07,,,,	The garment industry of Vietnam: Its current situation and challenges	In-house publication	Single-Author	Textile Trends	July/August 2011, pp. 67-72
46	Magazine article15	2009/6～2009,06,,,,	The Vietnamese Garment Industry - Upgrading and Development	Other	Single-Author	Kagaku Keizai	pp. 58-64
47	Book review6	2020/6～2020,06,00,,,	Book review．Tran Van Tho and Shunji Karikomi The middle income trap and China and ASEAN	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Asian Studies	66(2), 98-100 (in Japanese).
48	Book review6	2018/62018,06,00,0000,00,00	Book Review. Industrial Organization in Iran: The Weakly Organized System of the Iranian Apparel Industry by Yoko Iwasaki, Singapore, Springer, 2017, vii + 102 pp.	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Developing Economies	56(2), 145-148.
49	Book review6	2014/10～2014,10,,,,	Book Review on the economy of Myanmar (in Japanese)	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Asian Studies (Aziya Kenkyu - Journal of the Japan Association for Asian Studies)	59(3/4), 84-87.
50	Survey report22	2016/2～2016,02,00,,,	"Country Assistance Evaluation of Vietnam (Third Party Evaluation)" (with Tatsufumi Yamagata and KPMG AZSA LLC).	Other	Co-author	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
51	WTO Report99	2013/7～2013,07,,,,	"Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Textiles and Apparel" WTO/OECD/IDE-JETRO		Co-author	Aid for Trade Global Review
52	Discussion Paper99	2012/12～2012,12,,,,	"Is the Vietnamese Garment Industry at a Turning Point?: Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market"	In-house publication	Single-Author	IDE Discussion Paper No.373, IDE-JETRO.
53	Policy paper99	2012/7～2012,07,,,,	What can the Myanmar garment industry learn from Vietnam’s experience?	In-house publication	Co-author	Policy Review on Myanmar Economy No.2
54	Technical Report (WP)99	2018/22018,02,00,0000,00,00	More and Better Jobs through Socially Responsible Labour and Business Practices in the Electronics Sector of Viet Nam		Co-author	International Labour Organization, ILO	1-55
55	Working Paper99	2014/11～2014,11,00,,,	Agricultural Modernization and Rural Livelihoods in Rice Farming Villages of Laos	Other	Co-author	Kansai University Working Paper Series	F-72
56	Discussion Paper99	2012/4～2012,04,,,,	Is the Vietnamese Garment Industry at a Turning Point? Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market	In-house publication	Single-Author	Fukunishi, Takahiro (eds) Dynamics of the Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries: Experience of Asia and Africa. IDE Research Report 2011-IV-10	pp. 1-23.
57	Research Report99	2011/4～2011,04,,,,	Industry Performance Differences and its Determinants	In-house publication	Co-author	Kubo, Koji (eds) Economic Policies and Economic Structures of Transition Economies in Southeast Asia: a Comparative Study of Myanmar and Vietnam, Research Report 4-24, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies	pp. 103-123
58	Research Report99	2011/3～2011,03,,,,	Industrialization strategies in a Globalizing World: The cases of Vietnam and Cambodia	In-house publication	Single-Author
59	Research Report99	2008/11～2008,11,,,,	The Changing Global Trading Environment and the Garment Industry	In-house publication	Single-Author	Institute of International Studies and Training	pp. 1-12
60	Research Report99	2008/3～2008,03,,,,	Enterprise Strategies of Garment Firms in the Post MFA Era	In-house publication	Single-Author	Institute for Developing Economies	pp. 89-117
61	Working Paper99	2007/6～2007,06,,,,	Industrial Upgrading of the Vietnamese Garment Industry: An Analysis from the Global Value Chains Perspective	In-house publication	Single-Author	Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies (RCAPS) Working Paper No.07-1	pp. 1-15
62	Working Paper99	2008/6～2008,06,,,,	The Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Post MFA Era: Upgrading, Relocating, or Moving Out?	In-house publication	Single-Author	Kansai University Economic Society	pp. 1-23
63	Discussion Paper99	2003/3～2003,03,,,,	Coordinating Risks and Creating Value: The Challenges for the Vietnamese Textile and Garment Industry	Other	Single-Author	Discussion Paper Number 5、Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic University
64	Lecture19	2021/3～2021,03,00,,,	Kankeiren ASEAN Management Seminar
65	Lecture19	2021/2～2021,02,00,,,	Seminar on how Lao MSMEs can capitalize on Value Chains. “Introduction to Global Value Chains”
66	Lecture19	2020/2～2020,02,00,,,	“Potential Textile and Clothing Exports from CLMV to Japan”			Seminar on export potential of textile and clothing products from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) to Japan and global value chain in textile industry.
67	Lecture19	2020/2～2020,02,00,,,	Enterprise Competitiveness and SDGs in Globalization			Competitiveness and SDGs for SMEs
68	Lecture19	2019/11～2019,11,00,,,	Mainstreaming SDGs in Business Practices			APIR and ILO
69	Lecture19	2019/11～2019,11,00,,,	Responsible Business Practices in Global Supply Chains			JEITA and ILO
70	Lecture19	2019/9～2019,09,00,,,	Responsible Business Practices (Labor CSR) and Productivity			The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and ILO
71	Lecture19	2019/5～2019,05,00,,,	SDGs Talk Session			Junior Chamber International Japan
72	Lecture19	2019/1～2019,01,00,,,	Global Value Chains and SDGs			Global Compact Network Japan
73	Lecture19	2018/10～2018,10,00,,,	Business in the era of SDGs: Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness
74	Lecture19	2018/72018,07,00,0000,00,00	Sustainable competitveness strategy and labor CSR in globalization			Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions-JCM ALL
75	Lecture19	2018/72018,07,00,0000,00,00	Businesses in the era of SDGs: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sourcing – how to responding to the evolving business opportunities through responsible sourcing practices (unofficial translation)			Kansai SDGs Platform
76	Lecture19	2018/72018,07,00,0000,00,00	Sustainable Development Strategies in the Asian Century – Competition and Cooperation (unofficial translation)			Osaka Prefectural Manufacturing and Industrial Association
77	Lecture19	2018/62018,06,00,0000,00,00	The Electronics Industry in Vietnam and Global Value Chains: Competitiveness and Socially Responsible Business and Employment Strategies (unofficial translation)			Non-partisan Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of ILO Activities
78	Lecture19	2018/52018,05,00,0000,00,00	Changemakers Change the World - SDGs and What We Can Do (unofficial translation)			Pacific Resources Exchange Center (PREX)
79	Lecture19	2018/22018,02,00,0000,00,00	“The New Dynamism in Asia and the Kansai Economy: A “Symbiotic” Strategy for a Sustainable 21st Century”			56th Kansai Economic and Management Summit

PapersAgricultural Modernization and Rural Livelihood Strategies: The Case of Rice Farming in LaosIn refereedAcademic JournalInternational coauthorshipKenta Goto;Bounlouane DouangngeuneCanadian Journal of Development Studies (Routledge)38(4), 467-486. (online published Jan 11, 2017)2017/11～http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2017.1263553This paper examines how agricultural households in Laos have been affected by policies designed to transform the agricultural sector from a subsistence-oriented sector into a dynamic and competitive one through intensification and commercialization, and how the livelihood strategies of these households have in turn affected the modernization goals established by the government. While overall rice output in Laos has grown significantly over the past few decades, market institutions related to the rice sector remain critically weak, constraining its modernization. Pervasive coordination failures exist amid imperfect market institutions, providing disincentives to farmers to commit themselves to livelihood strategies based on such modernized cultivation practices.

PapersLabor-Intensive Industries in Middle-Income Countries: Traps, Challenges, and the Local Garment Market in ThailandIn refereedAcademic JournalCo-authoredKenta Goto;Tamaki Endo;Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (Routledge)19 (2), 369-386 (Online version Feb 5, 2014)2014/2～DOI:10.1080/13547860.2014.880283How can labor-intensive industries in middle-income countries avoid the ‘middle-income trap’ and evolve as dynamic industries? This article addresses this question by focusing on the local garment industry in Thailand. Thailand’s garment industry became fully integrated into international production networks in the 1980s, and was once among the main drivers of its manufacturing-based export growth. However, with rising wages and labor shortages, there is strong need to upgrade and shift from labor-intensive assembly to higher value-added functions. In contrast to the export oriented sector, the local garment markets are primarily served by small informal garment suppliers. Nevertheless, some of the suppliers undertake functions that are typically more knowledge intensive, including designing and marketing. In this context, this paper discusses what implications this local-based industry has in overcoming possible middle-income traps, and suggests that domestic oriented policies could play key roles.

PapersUpgrading, Relocating, Informalising? Local Strategies in the Era of Globalisation: The Thai Garment IndustryIn refereedAcademic JournalCo-authorKenta Goto;Tamaki Endo;Journal of Contemporary Asia (Routledge)44(1), 1-18 (online version published on May 29, 2013)2014/2～EnglishDOI:10.1080/00472336.2013.794365The garment industry was once the leading manufacturing-based export sector of Thailand. While its international competitiveness has been diminishing since the 90s primarily due to increases in wage levels, it nevertheless remains an important source of income for a large number of workers. Given this, we look at what survival strategies garment suppliers have adopted. In particular, this paper will examine the Thai garment industry from a global value chains perspective, and determine whether upgrading in process, products, or functions has occurred. In this context, the paper shows that the Thai garment industry has been stagnating in terms of process and product upgrading. This in turn has induced suppliers to move to rural areas where cheaper labour, including migrant labour, is more readily available. We attempt to provide a more evidence based account of this industrial relocation, using unpublished data. Functional upgrading in more locally oriented production networks has occurred, however competition in such functions have also increased leading to price based competition, eroding economic rents of network coordinators. The paper further argues that informalisation is proceeding in production and employment relationships, and conclude that such strategies may not be viable in the long run.

PapersSocial Networks, Informal Trade Credit, and its Effects on Business Growth: Evidence from the Local Garment Trade in VietnamIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (Routledge)18(3), 382-395 (online published on Dec 2012)2013/8～EnglishDOI:10.1080/13547860.2012.742683This paper argues that while informal institutions in developing countries are effective in facilitating exchange, without complementing formal institutions it will constrain their prospects of business growth. Ample research suggest that social networks are one of the key determinants of informal credit supply. However, such network effects are limited simply because supplier-buyer relationships based on such networks are, in reality, quite rare. In an environment without effective formal sanction mechanisms, suppliers face significant risks in granting trade credit to buyers particularly in a competitive market with large numbers of suppliers and homogeneous products, as is the case in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Therefore, monitoring of buyers’ behaviour becomes important, but as such activities are costly to suppliers, it discourages and adversely affects suppliers to establish new trade relationships and expand businesses. As such, the development of formal institutions such as information sharing mechanisms and establishing formal sanctioning mechanisms, including effective courts, will prove effective to stimulate business opportunities and growth.

PapersStarting Businesses through Reciprocal Informal Subcontracting: Evidence from the Informal Garment Industry in Ho Chi Minh CityIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Journal of International Development (Wiley)25(4), 562-582 (online version published on May 2, 2011)2013/5～DOI:10.1002/jid.1780This paper addresses the question of how cash constrained and inexperienced people in developing countries can start their businesses by looking at the informal garment industry of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This industry caters primarily for the domestic local markets and produce garments through local subcontracting systems. These subcontracting systems are embedded in social networks, which are based on kinship and territorial relationships, and are reciprocal in nature. This paper argues that in the absence of formal institutions supporting business start‐ups, such reciprocal informal subcontracting could play major roles.

PapersImplications for Laos’ development of its increasing regional integration and Chinese inﬂuenceIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (Wiley)25(2), 68-88.2011/11～DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8411.2011.01306.xThis paper addresses the effects of regional integration on Laos, with a focus on China. Laos has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, but still remains one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. It is a small country which political and economic structures have been influenced and evolved from its relationships with neighbouring countries. This paper attempts to position and trace its changes within this, with a particular focus on its evolving relationship with China, by looking at its changing trade and investment relationships with China and the two other important neighbours, Thailand and Vietnam. Based on these, the paper draws implications on what these would mean in terms of Laos’ development trajectory.

PapersCompetitiveness and Decent Work in Global Value Chains: Substitutionary or Complementary?In refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Development in Practice (Routledge)21(7), 943-9582011/9～DOI:10.1080/09614524.2011.590886Global Value Chains (GVCs) serve as significant sources of employment for developing countries, with various impacts upon their labour markets and workers.While participation in GVCs is important for economic upgrading, there is concern about a ‘race to the bottom’ happening in global competition. This paper attempts to understand how economic upgrading and decent working conditions interact in the proliferating GVCs, by looking at the garment exporting countries in Asia. It argues that worker profiles as well as local economic and labour market conditions have important implications on how competitiveness plays out in terms of working conditions.

PapersMeeting the Challenge of China: The Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Post MFA EraIn refereedAcademic JournalInternational coauthorshipKenta Goto;Kaoru Natsuda;John Thoburn;Global Networks (Wiley)11(3), 355–3792011/7～doi:10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00330.xAlthough China has diversified into sophisticated, higher value-added exports, it is still a formidable competitor in global markets for basic labour-intensive products. It is the world’s largest exporting country of textiles and garments, the archetypical driver of industrial growth both in developed countries in the past and in most newly industrializing countries more recently. When the export restrictions under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) ended at the start of 2005, it was predicted that China would greatly increase its market shares at the expense of most competitors, except perhaps India. Vietnam has proved to be an effective competitor in the garment industry in markets where China is dominant. In this article, we investigate how key export-oriented garment suppliers of Vietnam have been coping with competitive challenges in the post MFA era at a time when global buyers have been reorganizing their international production networks. We emphasize the influence of different global value chains on upgrading since Vietnamese suppliers switched to the US market after the implementation of the US Bilateral Trade Agreement in 2001. We note the uneven performance of Vietnamese garment suppliers, with some lagging behind others in upgrading and competitiveness, and their different responses to Vietnam’s growing labour shortages. We base the article mainly on interviews conducted over the 2001–2008 period with garment companies and global buyers in Vietnam, Hong Kong and China.

PapersChallenges to the Cambodian Garment Industry in the Global Garment Value ChainIn refereedAcademic JournalInternational coauthorshipKenta Goto;Kaoru Natsuda;John Thoburn;;The European Journal of Development Research (Palgrave Macmillan - Springer)22(4), 469 - 4932010/9～doi:10.1057/ejdr.2010.21 This article examines the competitiveness of Cambodia’s garment export industry, on which the country’s recent and successful economic development has depended to an unusually heavy extent. Using primary interviews and drawing on a wide range of secondary sources, it documents how Cambodia was drawn into garment global value chains, based almost entirely on inward investment. Despite its expansion in the face of strong Chinese competition, since the end of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing in December 2004, the industry remains vulnerable as a result of deficient infrastructure, labour unrest, official corruption and the absence of an adequate domestic textile industry, all of which serve to diminish its attractiveness to global buyers.

PapersThe Development Strategy of the Vietnamese Export Oriented Garment Industry: Vertical Integration or Process and Product Upgrading?In refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;;Asian Profile35(5), 521-5292007/12～

PapersThe Production and Distribution Structure of Ho Chi Minh City’s Domestic Apparel Industry: Interfirm Relationships of Personal Networks and Subcontracting ArrangementsIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Ajia KeizaiVol.46 (10)2005/10～

Edited bookThe Asian Economy: Contemporary Issues and ChallengesIn refereedMonographCo-editorKenta GotoRoutledge266 pages2020/7～10.4324/97804292611699780367203719

BookWhat is the Asian Economy? Its growth dynamism and Japan’s future (The book won The 32nd Asia-Pacific Award, hosted by The Asian Affairs Research Council and Mainichi Newspapers).UnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaChuo-Koron Shinsha Publishers240 pages2019/12～

Edited bookThe Asian Economy in the 21st CenturyUnrefereedMonographCo-editorGOTO,KentaYuhikaku Publishing (Co-edited with T.Endo, A.Ito, and K. Oizumi)352 pages2018/3～978-4641184428

Book“Development Through Innovation: The Case of the Asia“Chapter 6. Development Through Innovation: The Case of the Asian Apparel Value Chain” in Little, Stephen E.; Go, Frank M.; and Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon (eds.) Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Experiences from East and West.n Apparel Value Chain” in Little, Stephen E.; Go, Frank M.; and Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon (eds.) Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Experiences from East and West.In refereedMonographSingle-AuthorKenta GotoSpringer Intenational Publishing - Palgrave Macmillanpp. 95-111.2017/1～10.1007/978-3-319-43859-7_6978-3-319-43858-0

Book "Vietnam: Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market" in Fukunishi, Takahiro and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds) The Garment Industry in Low-income Countries: An Entry Point of Industrialization In refereedMonographSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Palgrave Macmillan105-1312014/5～

Book"The Evolution of International Production and Distribution Networks in Post-War Asia" in Miyagi, Taizo (ed) The Creation of Post-War Asia and JapanUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Chuo-Koron Publisherspp. 167-205.2014/2～978-4-12-004574-5

Book "Designing and Implementing a Policy Proposal Project -‘KUILO’and the International Labour Organization" in Iwasaki, Chihiro (ed) The Design of Learning Environment for Active Learning: The Challenge of Kansai University. UnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Kansai University PressPp. 313-327.2014/3～

Book“The Garment Industry in Myanmar and Vietnam: A Performance Gap and Its Causes” in Kubo, Koji (eds) Myanmar and Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis of Transition Strategies and Economic Policies (with Toshihiro Kudo, in Japanese).In refereedMonographCo-authorKenta Goto;Toshihiro Kudo; IDE Research Series 606, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economiespp. 101-135 2013/3～

BookLaos, the Chinese Economy and Economic Development: A Preliminary AnalysisUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;2011～

BookGlobalization and Development Strategies of Vietnamese Garment Suppliers: Production - Distribution Networks and Enterprise Performance, in Sakata, Shozo eds. Vietnam's Economic Entities in Transition. (Translated into English and published from Palgrave Macmillan in 2013)In refereedMonographSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;; IDE Research Series 579, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo.　（English version：Palgrave Macmillan in 2013）pp. 123-154.2009/10～

BookLabour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2006: Progress towards Decent WorkUnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterGOTO,Kenta;International Labour Organization1-115 pages2006/9～International Labour Organization

BookThe Organization of Production and Distribution in the “Original Brand” Apparel Industry of Ho Chi Minh City: Knowledge-Intensive Functions and the Internalization of Production and Distribution" in Fujita, Mai eds. The Transformation of Vietnam’s Industry during the Period of Transition: Development Led by the Growth of Domestic Enterprises.In refereedMonographSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;IDE Research Series 552, Institute of Developing Economiespp 105－1362006/7～Institute of Developing Economies

BookLabour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2005UnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterGOTO,Kenta;;International Labour Organizationpp. 1-742005/10～International Labour Organization

Book"The Textile and Garment Industry: An Analysis of the Underdeveloped Distribution Systems" in Ohno, Kenichi and Nozomu Kawabata (eds) Vietnam's Industrialization Strategy in the Age of GlobalizationUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Nihon Hyoronsha Publisherspp 125-1722003/3～

Article (non-refereed)"Economic Integration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities in light of the Asian Experience"UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaThe Keizai Ronsyu: The Economic Review of Kansai University,67(4), 627-644.2018/3Economic Association of Kansai University

Article (non-refereed)"The New Dimensions of the Asian Economy and Japan: A preliminary Study on 'Multi-Polarization' and 'Connectivity'"UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaDoshisha Policy and Management Review19(2), 1-10．2018/3Doshisha University

Paper (non-refereed)"Socially Responsible Labour Practices and Competitiveness in Global Supply Chains" (in Japanese).UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaThe Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University30-392017/4～

Monograph“The Asian Economy and Global Value Chains amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic” Kansai Economy White Paper 2020.UnrefereedMonographCo-editorGOTO,KentaAsia Pacific Institute of Research50-572020/10～

Research Publication"SDGs and Global Value Chains" in Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2019-2020UnrefereedMonographCo-editorGOTO,KentaAsia Pacific Institute of Research71-792020/5～

Research Publication“SDGs and global value chains” Kansai Economy White Paper 2019UnrefereedMonographCo-editorGOTO,KentaAsia Pacific Institute of Research (Maruzen Planet)75-802019/9～

Research PublicationNew Asian Dynamisms and Japan’s Development Strategy” Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2018-2019UnrefereedMonographCo-editorGOTO,KentaAsia Pacific Institute of Research45-552019/5～

Research publication"The New Asian Dynamisms and Japan's Development Strategy" Kansai Economy White Paper 2018UnrefereedMonographCo-authorGOTO,KentaMaruzen Planet80-852018/10～Asia Pacific Institute of Research

Research Publication"New developments of middle-income economies in a diverse and multipolar Asia" in Kansai and the Asia Pacific: Economic Outlook 2017-2018UnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterGOTO,KentaMaruzen Planetpp.87-91.2018/7Asia Pacific Institute of Research

Research Publication"Chapter 3 Changing Asian Economy and Japan" (in Japanese)UnrefereedMonographCo-editorGOTO,KentaAsia Pacific Institute of Research (Maruzen Planet Publishing)2017/10～Asia Pacific Institute of Research

Research Publication"Enterprises and Nations in Globalization" Kansai Economy White Paper 2016UnrefereedMonographCo-authorGOTO,Kenta;Asia Pacific Institute of Research12-162016/10～

Research Publication“The value chain of the textile and apparel industry” in Kansai Economic White Paper (in Japanese).UnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterKenta Goto;Asia Pacific Institute of Researchpp. 71-752014/9～

Chapter or Section“Catch-up Industrialization” in Japan Society for International Development (eds.) Encyclopedia of International DevelopmentUnrefereedGOTO,KentaMaruzen Publishers388-3892018/12～

Magazine articleUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaSyosai no MadoJuly, 25-29.2020/7～Yuhikaku Publishing

Magazine article"Author's Note - What is the Asian Economy?"GOTO,KentaMita Hyoron, Keio UniversityMarch 2020, 93.2020/3～

Magazine article“Labor issues in Vietnam and future challenges”UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaRodo-Chosa (Labor Research), Labor Research Council9-132019/5～

Magazine articleThe Electronics Industry of Vietnam and Global Supply Chains: Improving Competitiveness and Socially Responsible Management and Employment StrategiesUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaDIO31(4), 9-12.2018/4JTUC Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards

Magazine article"The State and Enterprise under Globalization" (in Japanese)UnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaWeekly Economist (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing)2017/3～

Magazine article"Vietnam's Minimum Wage in Globalization and Industrial Upgrading" Work & Life (in Japanese)UnrefereedSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaJapa Association for Advancement of ILO Activities2016/10～

Magazine articleThe Vietnamese Garment Industry: Functional upgrading and the domestic marketUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Textile Trends (Seni-Torendo)May-June 20122012/5～

Magazine articleThe garment industry of Vietnam: Its current situation and challengesUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;Textile TrendsJuly/August 2011, pp. 67-722011/7～Toray Corporate Business Research

Magazine articleThe Vietnamese Garment Industry - Upgrading and DevelopmentUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Kagaku Keizaipp. 58-642009/6～

Book reviewBook review．Tran Van Tho and Shunji Karikomi The middle income trap and China and ASEANUnrefereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaAsian Studies66(2), 98-100 (in Japanese).2020/6～Japan Association for Asian Studies

Book reviewBook Review. Industrial Organization in Iran: The Weakly Organized System of the Iranian Apparel Industry by Yoko Iwasaki, Singapore, Springer, 2017, vii + 102 pp.In refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorGOTO,KentaDeveloping Economies56(2), 145-148.2018/6doi.org/10.1111/deve.12169

Book reviewBook Review on the economy of Myanmar (in Japanese)UnrefereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;Asian Studies (Aziya Kenkyu - Journal of the Japan Association for Asian Studies)59(3/4), 84-87.2014/10～

Survey report"Country Assistance Evaluation of Vietnam (Third Party Evaluation)" (with Tatsufumi Yamagata and KPMG AZSA LLC).UnrefereedOtherCo-authorGOTO,KentaMinistry of Foreign Affairs2016/2～Ministry of Foreign Affairs

WTO Report"Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Textiles and Apparel" WTO/OECD/IDE-JETRO UnrefereedCo-authorKenta Goto;Takahiro Fukunishi;Tatsufumi Yamagata;Aid for Trade Global Review2013/7～World Trade Organization (WTO)

Discussion Paper"Is the Vietnamese Garment Industry at a Turning Point?: Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market" UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorKenta Goto;IDE Discussion Paper No.373, IDE-JETRO.2012/12～Institute of Developing Economies

Policy paperWhat can the Myanmar garment industry learn from Vietnam’s experience?UnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorKenta Goto;Toshihiro Kudo;Policy Review on Myanmar Economy No.22012/7～Bangkok Research Center, Bangkok: IDE-JETROEnglish

Technical Report (WP)More and Better Jobs through Socially Responsible Labour and Business Practices in the Electronics Sector of Viet NamUnrefereedCo-authorKenta Goto;Yukiko AraiInternational Labour Organization, ILO1-552018/2International Labour OfficeILO, GenevaThis report seeks to contribute to the question of how enterprises can generate more and better jobs through socially responsible labour and business practices in the Vietnamese electronics sector, taking into account the evolving transnational production system as Viet Nam is further integrated in the global economy. Electronics has become the largest export-oriented industry in Viet Nam and is primarily led by major multinational enterprises (MNEs) producing in Viet Nam.

Working PaperAgricultural Modernization and Rural Livelihoods in Rice Farming Villages of LaosUnrefereedOtherCo-authorGOTO,Kenta;Bounlouane DouangngeuneKansai University Working Paper SeriesF-722014/11～This paper looks at how rice cultivating households in Laos have been affected by policies to transform and upgrade the subsistent oriented sector into a dynamic and competitive one through intensification and commercialization, and how livelihood strategies of these households in turn have affected such modernization goals set by the government. While overall rice output has grown significantly over the past few decades, market institutions pertinent to the rice sector remain critically weak, constraining modernization in the rice sector. Contract farming has been promoted within this context, which have led to some positive results for participating households. There has been, however, no significant evidence of a full-fledged sectoral transformation. This could be due to pervasive coordination failures amidst imperfect market institutions, providing disincentives to farmers to commit themselves to livelihood strategies based on such modernized rice cultivation practices.

Discussion PaperIs the Vietnamese Garment Industry at a Turning Point? Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic MarketUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;Fukunishi, Takahiro (eds) Dynamics of the Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries: Experience of Asia and Africa. IDE Research Report 2011-IV-10pp. 1-23.2012/4～Institute of Developing Economies

Research ReportIndustry Performance Differences and its DeterminantsUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorGOTO,Kenta; Kubo, Koji (eds) Economic Policies and Economic Structures of Transition Economies in Southeast Asia: a Comparative Study of Myanmar and Vietnam, Research Report 4-24, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economiespp. 103-1232011/4～Institute of Developing Economies

Research ReportIndustrialization strategies in a Globalizing World: The cases of Vietnam and CambodiaUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;2011/3～

Research ReportThe Changing Global Trading Environment and the Garment IndustryUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Institute of International Studies and Trainingpp. 1-122008/11～

Research ReportEnterprise Strategies of Garment Firms in the Post MFA EraUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Institute for Developing Economiespp. 89-1172008/3～

Working PaperIndustrial Upgrading of the Vietnamese Garment Industry: An Analysis from the Global Value Chains PerspectiveUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies (RCAPS) Working Paper No.07-1pp. 1-152007/6～Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies

Working PaperThe Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Post MFA Era: Upgrading, Relocating, or Moving Out?UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Kansai University Economic Societypp. 1-232008/6～

Discussion PaperCoordinating Risks and Creating Value: The Challenges for the Vietnamese Textile and Garment IndustryUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorGOTO,Kenta;;Discussion Paper Number 5、Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic University2003/3～Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic University

Research reportUnrefereedOtherCo-authorGOTO,Kenta;;;2021/7/21～

LectureKankeiren ASEAN Management SeminarGOTO,Kenta2021/3～Kansai Economic Federation (online)

LectureSeminar on how Lao MSMEs can capitalize on Value Chains. “Introduction to Global Value Chains”GOTO,Kenta2021/2～Laos (online)

LectureGOTO,Kenta2020/10～

LectureGOTO,Kenta2020/8～

Lecture“Potential Textile and Clothing Exports from CLMV to Japan”GOTO,KentaSeminar on export potential of textile and clothing products from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) to Japan and global value chain in textile industry.2020/2～Ministry of Industry of Cambodia and ASEAN Japan Centre. (Phnom Penh, Cambodia).Phnom Penh, Cambodia

LectureEnterprise Competitiveness and SDGs in GlobalizationGOTO,KentaCompetitiveness and SDGs for SMEs2020/2～Sakai International Business Promotion Council (Osaka)Sakai City, Osaka

LectureMainstreaming SDGs in Business PracticesGOTO,KentaAPIR and ILO2019/11～APIR and ILOOsaka

LectureResponsible Business Practices in Global Supply ChainsGOTO,KentaJEITA and ILO2019/11～JEITA and ILOTokyo

LectureResponsible Business Practices (Labor CSR) and ProductivityGOTO,KentaThe Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and ILO2019/9～The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and ILOUnited Nations University Headquarters, Tokyo

LectureSDGs Talk SessionGOTO,KentaJunior Chamber International Japan2019/5～Junior Chamber International JapanWakayama

LectureGlobal Value Chains and SDGsGOTO,KentaGlobal Compact Network Japan2019/1～Global Compact Network JapanTokyo

LectureBusiness in the era of SDGs: Corporate Social Responsibility and CompetitivenessGOTO,Kenta2018/10～Himeji Chamber of Commerce and Industry

LectureSustainable competitveness strategy and labor CSR in globalizationGOTO,KentaJapan Council of Metalworkers' Unions-JCM ALL2018/7Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions-JCM ALL

LectureBusinesses in the era of SDGs: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sourcing – how to responding to the evolving business opportunities through responsible sourcing practices (unofficial translation)UnrefereedGOTO,KentaKansai SDGs Platform2018/7Kansai SDGs PlatformOsaka

LectureSustainable Development Strategies in the Asian Century – Competition and Cooperation (unofficial translation)GOTO,KentaOsaka Prefectural Manufacturing and Industrial Association2018/7Osaka Prefectural Manufacturing and Industrial AssociationOsaka

LectureThe Electronics Industry in Vietnam and Global Value Chains: Competitiveness and Socially Responsible Business and Employment Strategies (unofficial translation)GOTO,KentaNon-partisan Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of ILO Activities2018/6Non-partisan Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of ILO ActivitiesMembers of the House of Councilors Hall

LectureChangemakers Change the World - SDGs and What We Can Do (unofficial translation)GOTO,KentaPacific Resources Exchange Center (PREX)2018/5Pacific Resources Exchange Center (PREX)Osaka

Lecture“The New Dynamism in Asia and the Kansai Economy: A “Symbiotic” Strategy for a Sustainable 21st Century”GOTO,Kenta56th Kansai Economic and Management Summit2018/256th Kansai Economic and Management Summit

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