Research on the Local Exchange Trade System (LETS)

在经济地理学会的研究研讨会上，日本大阪燃气公司能源文化研究所的Toyota Shogo先生、宝冢Npo中心的Yamamoto Reiko女士和神户商业大学的Noma Katsutoshi先生讨论了日本和海外let的现状。论述的结果表明，城市和地方经济的变化以及社区传导对社会经济部门的扩张和地方产业积累的重组产生了影响。在泰国雅顿省的纳索村进行了试验性let的实地研究。作为实地调研的结果，明确了以下三点。(1)程序流程：LETS是村民与Ngo合作编写的。(2)实现的条件：该村有持续的自主发展活动，与非政府组织有较强的联系，有一位佛教僧人作为精神核心。(3)获得的：村民获得了有关自然环境、卫生问题、当地经济体系和社区成员综合实力的知识。通过以上分析，可以得出let可以成为日本社会经济的有效工具的结论。

During the research seminar at the Society of Economical Geography with LETS research specialists, Mr. Toyota Shogo (Energy Culture Research Institute of Osaka Gas), Ms Yamamoto Reiko (Takarazuka Npo Center), and Mr. Noma Katsutoshi (Kobe University of Commerce), discussed the present situation of LETS in Japan and overseas. As the result of the discussion, it has been clarified that the change of urban and local economy and the community transmission effect the expansion of social economy sector and reorganization of local industry accumulation.The field research on the experimental LETS was conduced at Naso village of Yathoton province in Thailand. As the result of the field research, following three points has been clarified. (1) The process of procedure: the LETS was prepared by the collaboration of villagers with the Ngo. (2) The conditions of realized: the village had sustained self-reliable development activities, strong network with the Ngo, and leadership of a Buddhist monk as the spiritual core. (3) The obtained: the villagers gained knowledge pertaining to the natural environment, the health problem and the system of local economy and the combined strength of the community members.From the analysis mentioned above, it is concluded that LETS can be an effective tool for the social economy in Japan.