Japan and Third World agricultural development

and Japanese experts. Two briefs examine the relevance to the Third World of Japan"s success in using agricultural development to transform its economy from one that was low income and primarily agricultural into a major industrial power. A third brief discusses the initiatives and goals of international institutions in promoting agricultural development in Asia and elsewhere in the Third World, while a fourth discusses constraints to agricultural development posed by foreign trade regimes that penalize the production of agricultural goods in favor of industrial-import substitutes. Another brief, more general in nature, reviews international trends in economic assistance over the past 20 years as well as changes in Japan"s assistance policies. It then presents general recommendations for reshaping the direction of Japan"s assistance strategy to promote imports from developing countries. Each brief is followed by comments from other experts.