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No.52 How Signboards on the Trained Farmers’ Plot Facilitate Farmer-to-Farmer Extension (F2FE): A New Approach to Remove Demand-Side Constraints from Rice Management Training in Rainfed Mozambique

  • Hassan Sulaiman
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  • KAJISA Kei
Low agricultural productivity and persistent yield gaps continue to constrain food security in Sub-Sahar...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年10月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Adaptive Peacebuilding Guidebook

  • Cedric de Coning
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  • TSUCHIYA Tsunetaka
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  • MUTO Ako
When we hear the word “peace”, we often think of the end of a war, a peace agreement, or large-scale rec...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年10月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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No.20 Japan's Experience in Industrial Development and Development Cooperation from the Perspective of Translative Adaptation: Learning for Development and Sharing Development Experiences

  • OHNO Izumi
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  • YAMADA Minoru
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  • AMATSU Kuniaki
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  • JIN Kimiaki
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  • MORI Junichi
Japan has experienced development both as a learner and a provider of development knowledge. A distincti...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年08月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Engaging Great Powers: Smaller States’ Agency in the Belt and Road Initiative

  • ASADA Ray
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  • IMAI Natsuko
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  • SHIGA Hiroaki
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  • KITANO Naohiro
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  • TAKAHARA Akio
This book is a meticulously edited collection of 11 papers originally published in English in The Journa...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年05月
  • Research area｜ Politics and Governance
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An Oral History of Development Cooperation: Experiences of Japan and its Partners

  • MINE Yoichi
This Open Access book offers a comprehensive oral history of Japan’s development cooperation, based on n...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年04月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Introduction to Quality Growth: Concept, Theoretical Background, Policy and Measurement

  • HIROTA Koki
The “quality growth” addressed in this volume is a forward-looking paradigm of development that transcen...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年04月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.51 At-Risk Youth as a Source of Peacebuilding: Findings from a Field Survey in Liberia

  • ASANO Rui
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  • TANAKA-SAKABE Yukako
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  • NAGATSUJI Takashi
At-risk youth, who are disconnected and marginalized from others, are considered a threat to national se...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年04月
  • Research area｜ Politics and Governance
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No.50 Mazrui’s Pan-Africanism: A Post-TICAD 9 Commentary

  • Seifudein ADEM
Pan-Africanism has a long pedigree. It has meant many things for varied people at different times. But i...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年03月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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The Future of Work in Developing Countries

  • Arjun Jayadev
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  • Akbar Noman
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  • Joseph STIGLITZ
One of the most pressing issues in development today is the employment challenge in low- and middle-inco...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.14 Food Security and Rice Production Potential in Africa: The Future of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD)

  • AMAMEISHI Shinjiro
Food security has been a longstanding challenge facing Africa. Concerns are growing that food security w...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年02月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Rethinking Cost–Benefit Analysis for Infrastructure Projects: Insights from Japan’s Official Development Assistance Loan Projects

  • ENDO Kei
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  • HIJIKATA Yuji
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  • MIWA Yuto
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  • TAKAYAMA Akihiro
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  • TAIRA Yasushi
Cost–benefit analysis (CBA), particularly the economic internal rate of return (EIRR), continues to play...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年02月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.47 Land Reform and Rural Transformation: Linking Land Tenure Security to Labour Reallocation, International Migration, and Nutritional Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • TEKLEHAYMANOT Solomon Haddis
This study examines whether land-tenure reforms—specifically rural land certification—facilitate labour ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年02月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.44 Impacts of Management Training of Rice Millers on their Business Performance: Evidence from the Senegal River Valley

  • KAKINUMA Shota
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  • SAKURAI Takeshi
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  • Aliou Diagne
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  • OTSUKA Keijiro
This study examines the impact of a management training program implemented by a JICA project on the per...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2026年01月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Factors associated with unintended pregnancies among unmarried adolescents in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

  • KOMASAWA Makiko
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  • SATO Miho
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  • SAITO Kiyoko
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  • HONDA Sumihisa
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  • Robert Ssekitoleko
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  • Peter Waiswa
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  • Kharim Mwebaza Muluya
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  • Sheba Gitta
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  • Myo Nyein Aung
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights remain critical public health issues in low- and mi...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年12月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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Senegal’s Policy Response to Cancer Epidemics

  • IDA Akiko
Cancer incidence is rising across Africa, and Senegal is no exception. This study examines Senegal’s pol...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年11月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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No.43 Can Teacher Training Improve Teacher Competence and Student Learning? Evidence from Ethiopia

  • Eiji Kozuka
Teacher quality is a critical factor in student learning. However, little is known about how low- and mi...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年10月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Assessing the Contribution of Farm Forestry Farmer Field Schools to Climate Resilience in a Mixed Crop–Livestock System in Dryland Kenya

  • Kubo Hideyuki
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  • SATO Ichiro
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  • Josiah Mwangi Ateka
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  • Robert Mbeche
This study examines the role of farm forestry Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) in strengthening climate resil...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年09月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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A longitudinal study examining determinants of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in regional referral hospitals across Uganda

  • KOMASAWA Makiko
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  • TSUJI Taishi
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  • Robert Ssekitoleko
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  • SAITO Kiyoko
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  • Myo Nyein Aung
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  • Yuasa Motoyuki
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted essential health services worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, lockdowns in...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年08月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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Developing Collective Impact to Improve Foundational Learning: Evidence from Madagascar

  • MARUYAMA Takao
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  • IGEI Kengo
To address the severe learning crisis in Africa, the improvement of foundational learning is a priority ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年07月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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Kilimanjaro and the Waves of Rice Stalks: Half a Century of Rice Production in Tanzania

  • ASAI Makoto
"Golden stalks of rice are still swaying in the wind as they await harvest in the Lower Moshi scheme. Be...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年07月
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