How can Asia's Think Tanks Promote Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration? JICA-RI Deputy Director Talks about JICA-RI's Experience

In the session titled “the Role of Think Tanks to Support Asia’s Sustained, Inclusive, and Harmonious Development” with a focus on human and financial resources mobilization, Kitano presented “Mobilizing Human Resources through Collaboration and Partnership: JICA-RI’s experience.” He explained that JICA-RI has been conducting researches with a variety of operational and academic organizations and professionals, using an approach of the nexus of researchers and practitioners. He introduced a few good examples: the research collaboration with ADB and the World Bank on “Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Cities;” and the joint project with ASEAN-ISIS (ASEAN Institute of Strategic and International Studies), China, and Korea on “Human Security in Practice: East Asian Experiences.”

Kitano concluded that JICA-RI intends to share research outcomes among policy makers in Asia region, through participation in platforms of Asia Development Forum (ADF),IMF-JICA High-Level Conference , and the like.

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