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The author provides an international comparison of the sources of aggregate economic growth and difference of levels of aggregate output in order to identify the role of productivity growth in the course of economic growth. The countries included in this study are Japan, Singapore, Hongkong, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and India. A positive relationship is found for the period 1970-80 between growth rate of output and percentage contribution of total factor productivity in these countries except in Japan, Singapore, Hongkong and Malaysia. (DÜI-Sen)

After analysing the structure and trend of income distribution and the incidence of poverty in 1957/58, 1970 and 1979, the author scrutinizes the inequality of income distribution between races (Malays, Chinese and Indians) with regard to the imbalance in the allocation of labour among races by industry and occupation. According to the findings of the paper, the income inequality between races decreased through the NEP (New Economie Policy), but the total inequality remained unchanged and the incidence of poverty also decreased.(DÜI-Sen)

Chapter 1 Theory of Solidarity Economy and Social Business (Ikemoto, Y) -- Chapter 2 Microcredit, Inclusive Finance and Solidarity (Matsui, N. & Tsuboi, H) -- Chapter 3 Grameen Model Microcredit in Spain (Tsuboi, H. & Nuzrul Chowdhury) -- Chapter 4 Renewable Energy for Off-Grid Villages: Grameen Shakti (Tsuboi, H) -- Chapter 5 Yogurt for the Poor: Grameen Danone Foods (Tsuboi, H) -- Chapter 6 Distributing Clean Water in Communities: Grameen Veolia Water (Tsuboi, H) -- Chapter 7 Local Currency and Regional Revitalization (Matsui, N) -- Chapter 8 System of Solidarity in Organic Agriculture (Kim, K. & Ikemoto, Y) -- Chapter 9 Certified Coffee and Solidarity Economy (Ikemoto, Y) -- Chapter 10 Social Business Promotion Law in Korea (Kim, K). .

Using the distribution of household income, not of individual income, the authors present measurements of income distribution and regional income disparity in Thailand. The results of the study reveal that income inequality in the country was stable until 1975 after which it increased significantly and also that regional disparity and disparity between areas declined during the 1960s and 1970s. Income inequalities in some other Asian countries are briefly mentioned. (DÜI-Sen)

AbstractSubjective information about people's quality of life has always received bad press in the human development paradigm and the capability approach, despite their influence in the promotion of human‐centred policies. But, there are arguments put forward by their founders, Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, that subjective information, or happiness, can play several important roles in thinking about human development policies. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine how happiness can be part of human development and capability strategies. For this aim, Sen and Nussbaum's views on happiness will be reviewed and compared to understand the value of subjective information in their work. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.