Japan's Development Cooperation

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  • #Literature Reviews

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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Role of Social Capital in International Volunteering: Evidence From Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers

  • ONUKI Mayuko
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  • OKABE Yasunobu
This study analyzed panel survey data from 1,330 Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers collected before,...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年06月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Managing Institutional Multiplicity: A Case of a Bilateral Development Agency’s Regional Office

  • Fushimi Katsutoshi
Drawing on institutionalism supplemented by a micro-political perspective, this study explores how a bil...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年01月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.29 Zambia’s Media Perspective on China, the US, Japan, and South Africa: Comparative Exploration through Private Online Media

  • IMAI Natsuko
This paper examines Zambia’s private online media perspectives on bilateral relations with China, Japan,...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年11月
  • Research area｜ Politics and Governance
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No.28 Japanese Emigration, Nikkei Communities, and Forced Migration: A Study from the Perspective of Human Security and International Cooperation

  • MUTO Ako
Using a human security perspective, this article examines support provided by Japan to Japanese emigrant...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年11月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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  • #Books and Reports

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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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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  • #Policy Notes

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.11 Sustainable Infrastructure: How Can We Promote “Sustainability” in Infrastructure Projects in Developing Countries?

  • ENDO Kei
The development community has shown increasing interest in the concept of sustainable infrastructure ove...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年03月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.19 Mapping JICA-supported Works on Japan’s Development Experience in Development Studies: Their Particularities and Potentials

  • Nikolay MURASHKIN
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  • MARUYAMA Takao
Japan’s experience of development and modernization occupies a particular place in the study of developm...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年03月
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Introducing Foreign Models for Development: Japanese Experience and Cooperation in the Age of New Technology

  • OHNO Izumi
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  • Jin Kimiaki
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  • Amatsu Kuniaki
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  • Mori Junichi
This open access book studies how foreign models of economic development can be effectively learned by a...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2023年10月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.12 Yosei-shugi (要請主義): The Mystery of the Japanese Request-based Principle

  • SATO Jin
It is intriguing how the request-based principle, which started as little more than a name for project f...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2023年07月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Oral History of Development Cooperation: Beyond Crises (Reconsidering the History of Japan’s Development Cooperation Series, Vol. 6)

  • MINE Yoichi
One of the fundamental principles of Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) has been to support t...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2023年03月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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A History of Japan’s International Cooperation in Education: Principles, Policies, and Practices Crossing Borders (Reconsidering the History of Japan’s Development Cooperation Series, Vol. 4)

  • KURODA Kazuo
Education in modern times has been provided in the form of national education by nation-states. How, the...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2023年03月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Japan’s Rise to Top Donor and Its Aftermath (Policy History II: 1990s-) (Reconsidering the History of Japan’s Development Cooperation Series, Vol. 2)

  • Yasutami Shimomura
Japan became the world’s largest donor of official development assistance (ODA) in 1989. However, from a...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年11月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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New Challenges to Japan’s Indo-Pacific Vision: COVIDtivity and the 2020s ‘Kindleberger Moment’

  • Nikolay MURASHKIN
Connectivity infrastructure and its financing, as well as relevant regional visions and initiatives have...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年10月
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The Role of Development Models in Japan’s and Korea’s Relations With Central Asia: Discourses and Practices

  • Nikolay MURASHKIN
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  • Eriks Varpahovskis
This article examines the policies of development cooperation promoted by Japan and Korea in Central Asi...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年08月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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  • #Working Papers

No.229 What Determines the Time Efficiency of the Purchasing Phase of Public Procurement in Developing Countries: Evidence from Japanese ODA Loans

  • KATSURAI Taro
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  • Sasaki Daisuke
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  • Fujikura Ryo
Many countries spend more than 10% of their GDP on public procurement. It is, therefore, of vital import...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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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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