Topical and Sectoral Studies

The Study Report (PDF/460KB)

With the end of the Cold War, there was a steady development of movements towards democratization, liberalization and marketization throughout the world. Developing a foundation of democracy encourages citizen participation in development and governance, enhances and protects human rights, and secures mid to long term stability of the State. International community recognizes the importance of democratization and tries to support democratization in developing countries.

With the aim of proposing desirable direction of democracy assistance, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized the Study Group on Democracy Assistance, which consists of political researchers, experts in the field of democracy assistance, and JICA staffs who are concerned with democracy assistance. This report is a summary edition of the study report (the report is originally made in Japanese).

The report is composed of three chapters. Chapter 1 presents the analytical framework of democracy assistance in this study and summarizes current state and issues of democratization by region, and considers desirable assistance measures for democracy. Chapter 2 analyzes trends in aid for democracy and governance, comparing the assistance policies and characteristics of major donors, which support democratization. Chapter 3 highlights basic views of democracy assistance, and recommends JICA's important assistance measures for democracy, categorizing developing countries by their states of democratization.

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Research Group,
Institute for International Cooperation,
Japan International Cooperation Agency
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