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No.5 Public health-oriented response to COVID-19 in Bhutan: Addressing the shortage of human resources for health and medical facilities

  • WATANABE Kozo
Following the detection of the first case of novel coronavirus (hereafter referred to as COVID-19) in th...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action: Operational Challenges and Solutions for Supporting People on the Move

  • Lorenzo Guadagno
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  • Lisette R. ROBLES
Forced population movements are a defining feature of almost any humanitarian crisis, shaping the design...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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State-Managed International Voluntary Service: The Case of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers

  • OKABE Yasunobu
Since its establishment in 1965, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCVs) have believed that they s...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.26 How Mental Accounting, and Financial Literacy Shape the Financial Situation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs): A Multinomial Logistic Regression Study

  • MURATA Akira
This study explores the factors affecting the financial situation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), u...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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The Impact of Urban Transportation Investment on Property Values: Evidence from the Jakarta’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

  • SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi
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  • Suzuki Tomoyoshi
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  • YAMADA Eiji
Urban transportation infrastructure remains underdeveloped in many low- and middle-income countries and ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年09月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Translative Adaptation of Foreign Skills Formation Models: Cases of Japanese Development Cooperation in Southeast Asia

  • Mori Junichi
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  • OHNO Izumi
Skill development is one of the standard policy measures to support industrial development, together wit...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年09月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Finance Arrangements and Governance Modes Toward Sustainable Infrastructure: The Case of Urban Railway Projects in Manila, the Philippines

  • ENDO Kei
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  • Jurian Edelenbos
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  • Alberto Gianoli
In recent years, the concept of sustainable infrastructure has gained popularity and is widely utilized ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年09月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.23 Occupational Credentials and Migrants’ Return Aspiration: Evidence from the Foreign Elderly Care Workers in Japan

  • NAKAMURA Nobuyuki
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  • SUZUKI Aya
While temporary migrants, especially in labor-intensive industries, are expected to contribute to econom...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年08月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Impacts of Study Abroad on Higher Education Development

  • KAYASHIMA Nobuko
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  • SUGIMURA Miki
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  • KURODA Kazuo
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  • KITAMURA Yuto
This edited volume is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning fields of higher education developme...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年08月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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No.13 Impact of Faculty Study Abroad Experiences on Subsequent Academic Activities and the Internationalization of the University —Findings of the Empirical Research Project on Leading Universities in Southeast Asia—

  • KAYASHIMA Nobuko
The JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development conducted an empirical study to deter...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年08月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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No.12 Ensuring more women-inclusive development of transport infrastructure: Adopting a human security approach in project formulation

  • Lisette R. ROBLES
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  • Sandy Mae Gaspay
Women’s everyday movement continues to be a highly gendered experience, with the disparity in mobility p...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年08月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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Barriers to Saving for Retirement: Evidence from a Public Pension Program in Mongolia

  • Tomoaki Tanaka
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  • Junichi Yamasaki
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  • SAWADA Yasuyuki
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  • Khaliun Dovchinsuren
We study constraints to pension participation using a large-scale randomized control trial (RCT) and adm...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年05月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.22 Acquisition of Microfinance Institutions by Commercial Investors: Evidence on Its Impacts on Outreach of the Cambodian Microfinance Institutions

  • AIBA Daiju
Recent developments in the microfinance sector have attracted a large inflow of capital investment. At t...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.21 Synthesizing the Empirical Evidence on the Productivity of Public Capital in Japan: A Meta-Analysis

  • ISHIZUKA Fumiaki
Over the past few decades many attempts have been made to measure the output elasticity of public capita...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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A Survey of Cambodian Households in Rural Villages: An Assessment of Living Standards Using Kakeibo and its Impact as a Financial Education Tool

  • AIBA Daiju
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  • Noguchi Yoshinari
Kakeibo is a method of household bookkeeping designed to efficiently save money. In the field of social ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.20 Examining Women’s Commuting Experience in Urban Philippines: A Photovoice Exercise on Human Security

  • Lisette R. ROBLES
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  • Sandy Mae Gaspay
Human security is easily associated with examining disasters and other catastrophic events. However, our...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年03月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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China’s Foreign Aid as a Proxy of ODA: Preliminary Estimate 2001-2022

  • KITANO Naohiro
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  • Miyabayashi Yumiko
By establishing the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) in 2018, China has attemp...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年03月
  • Research area｜ Politics and Governance
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China-Zambia Engagements: Is There Change, What Has Changed and Why?

  • Godfrey Hampwaye
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  • Pádraig Carmody
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  • Phoebe Mokgadi Ramaloko
This paper examines China-Zambia bilateral relations from a historical perspective. In particular, it lo...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年01月
  • Research area｜ Politics and Governance
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How Do Smaller Countries in the Indo-Pacific Region Proactively Interact With China? An Introduction

  • TAKAHARA Akio
What factors have contributed to the evolution of bilateral relations between the smaller states in the ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年01月
  • Research area｜ Politics and Governance
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How Does the Development Frontline View the Major Powers? A Perception Survey Toward China in Zambia

  • ASADA Ray
In general, perception surveys toward foreign countries tend to focus on urban populations with consiste...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年01月
  • Research area｜ Politics and Governance
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