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Promoting Quality and Productivity Improvement/ Kaizen in Africa

  • Jin Kimiaki
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  • OHNO Izumi
JICA began implementing various Kaizen projects in Africa in 2006 (starting with Tunisia). It has recent...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年02月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Policy Learning for Industrial Development and the Role of Development Cooperation

  • OHNO Izumi
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  • Amatsu Kuniaki
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  • HOSONO Akio
Industrialization is a key driver of structural transformation, and many developing countries prioritize...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年02月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Personal Intergroup Contact Between Different Groups of Ex-combatants and Civilians: Evidence From a Behavioural Experiment in Rwanda

  • ONUKI Mayuko
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  • Keitaro Aoyagi
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  • Takasaki Yoshito
Although personal intergroup contact is known to predict positive intergroup outcomes, little is known a...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年02月
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Economic Valuation of Safe Water From New Boreholes in Rural Zambia: A Coping Cost Approach

  • SHIMAMURA Yasuharu
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  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • TAGUCHI Shimpei
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  • YAMADA Hiroyuki
Many sub-Saharan African countries still have a long way to go to completely realize universal access to...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.226 The Importance of Farm Management Training for the African Rice Green Revolution: Experimental Evidence from Rainfed Lowland Areas in Mozambique

  • Kei Kajisa
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  • Vu Trang Thu
There remains an unsettled question regarding the achievement of the African rice Green Revolution (GR):...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年12月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Sport Events and Social Capital in Conflict-affected Country: A Case Study of National Unity Day in South Sudan

  • Mitsuaki Furukawa
In South Sudan, most conflicts take the form of ethnic conflicts. This paper examines the social capital...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年10月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Peace and Unity Through Sports: South Sudan’s First “National Unity Day” and Its Inaugural Olympic Participation

  • Mitsuaki Furukawa
Project History is a publication series by the JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Develo...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年08月
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No.223 Evaluating the Robustness of Project Performance Under Deep Uncertainty of Climate Change: A Case Study of Irrigation Development in Kenya

  • NARITA Daiju
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  • SATO Ichiro
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  • OGAWADA Daikichi
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  • MATSUMURA Akiko
While financing for climate adaptation projects is gaining prominence worldwide, the methods of performa...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年08月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.220 An Inquiry into the Process of Upgrading Rice Milling Service: The Case of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya

  • Yukichi Mano
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  • Timothy Njagi Njeru
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  • OTSUKA Keijiro
Countries in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) heavily rely on rice imported from Asia, partly because of rapidly ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Assessing Context-Specific Peacebuilding Approaches in Contemporary Armed Conflicts: From High-Level Mediation to Middle-Out Linkage in Syria and from Adaptive Mediation to Nationally-Owned Peacebuilding in Mozambique

  • MUTO Ako
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  • Rui SARAIVA
As contemporary armed conflicts become increasingly complex, international, regional, national, and loca...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年11月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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No.210 Help-seeking Pathways and Barriers of GBV Survivors in South Sudanese Refugee Settlements in Uganda

  • Chigumi Kawaguchi
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has been recognized as a significant challenge among communities forcibly di...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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No.206 Integrative Economic Evaluation of an Infrastructure Project as a Measure for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Irrigation Development in Kenya

  • NARITA Daiju
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  • SATO Ichiro
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  • OGAWADA Daikichi
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  • MATSUMURA Akiko
As climate change adaptation is becoming a recognized policy issue, the need is growing for quantitative...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.205 The Variety of People in Refugee Settlements, Gender and GBV: The Case of South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda

  • Tobinai Yuko
The aim of this paper is to show part of the actual situation in refugee settlements in Uganda. In parti...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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No.204 Does Learning the Social Model Improve Behavior towards Persons with Disabilities? A Randomized Experiment for Taxi Drivers in South Africa

  • IGEI Kengo
This study examines the impacts of a training program related to the social model of disability, called ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.200 Economic Viability of Large-scale Irrigation Construction in 21st Century Sub-Saharan Africa: Centering around an Estimation of the Construction Costs of the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya

  • Kikuchi Masao
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  • Yukichi Mano
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  • Timothy Njagi Njeru
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  • Douglas J. Merrey
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  • OTSUKA Keijiro
The main reason for the success of the 20th century Green Revolution in Asia was the development of larg...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2020年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.196 Technology Adoption, Impact, and Extension in Developing Countries’ Agriculture: A Review of the Recent Literature

  • Kazushi Takahashi
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  • Rie Muraoka
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  • OTSUKA Keijiro
Given the stagnant agricultural productivity and persistent food insecurity in low-income countries—nota...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年10月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures: Reflections on Africa

  • Hiroyuki Hino
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  • Arnim Langer
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  • John Lonsdale
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  • Frances Stewart
The ethnic and cultural diversity of African societies can be a source of enrichment, competitiveness, a...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年08月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Field Research Report “The Help-seeking Pathways and Barriers: Case of South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda”

  • Chigumi Kawaguchi
Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most prevalent risks to people affected by conflict. Though GB...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年08月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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The Quality of Growth in Africa

  • Ravi Kanbur
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  • Akbar Noman
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  • Joseph STIGLITZ
JICA Research Institute (JICA-RI) has been partnering with the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) at C...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年08月
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No.193 The Impact of Microcredit on Agricultural Technology Adoption and Productivity: Evidence from Randomized Control Trial in Tanzania

  • Yuko Nakano
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  • Eustadius F. Magezi
This paper examines the impact of microcredit on the adoption of technology and productivity of rice cul...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019年06月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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