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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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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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Effectiveness of the Mobile-Money-Shop Approach in Reaching Unmarried Adolescents to Increase Condom Use in Uganda: A Quasi-Experimental Study

  • KOMASAWA Makiko
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  • SATO Miho
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  • HONDA Sumihisa
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  • Rachana Manandhar Shrestha
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  • SAITO Kiyoko
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  • Robert Ssekitoleko
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  • Peter Waiswa
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  • Sheba Gitta
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  • Richard Mugahi
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  • TSUJI Taishi
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  • Myo Nyein Aung
This study evaluated the effectiveness of mobile-money-shops (vendors) in delivering sexual and reproduc...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年07月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism: A Complex Systems Perspective on Sustaining Peace

  • Cedric de Coning
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  • Rui SARAIVA
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  • MUTO Ako
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the complex drivers of violent extremism, along with recomm...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年07月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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Homecoming and educational trajectories of Rwandan returnees

  • Miho Taka
This qualitative study is based on seven life stories of Rwandan exiles who were born and/ or raised in ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年07月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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Improved access to safe water: effects on adult health and time allocation in rural Zambia

  • SHIMAMURA Yasuharu
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  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • TAGUCHI Shimpei
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  • YAMADA Hiroyuki
This paper examines the short-term impact of improved access to safe water on adult health and time allo...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年06月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.22 Studies on Japanese Aid for International Student Programs: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Future Research on the ABE Initiative and other JICA-Supported Scholarship Programs

  • KAIZUKA James
JICA’s international scholarship programs have invited future leaders from numerous low- and middle-inco...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年06月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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