Policy Notes

Policy Notes summarize findings and recommendations from studies conducted primarily by the JICA Ogata Research Institute to provide evidence-based information for policymakers and practitioners and to contribute to international debates on development policy. The views expressed in this paper series are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official positions of either JICA or the JICA Ogata Research Institute. Note that Policy Notes replace the Policy Briefs that JICA-RI published up to 2014.

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No.16 Livelihood diversification through Farmer Field School: Exploring the way to advance climate resilience in arid and semi-arid lands of East Africa

  • SATO Ichiro
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  • Kubo Hideyuki
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  • Josiah Mwangi Ateka
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  • Robert Mbeche
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  • Mochizuki Ayaha
Arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) in East Africa are vulnerable to recurrent climate-related shocks, incl...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025.02
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.15 School Management to Develop and Sustain Community-wide Collaboration for Educational Development

  • MARUYAMA Takao
JICA “School for All” project developed a package of interventions that strengthens the capacity of the ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025.02
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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No.14 Lagging Agricultural Development in Africa and the Way Forward: Progress and Challenges for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

  • AMAMEISHI Shinjiro
Agricultural development has been subject to significant delays in Africa. Although a target of annual a...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025.01
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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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｜ 2024.08
  • 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｜ 2024.08
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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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｜ 2024.03
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.10 How Could the Benefits of Climate Change Adaptation Be Incorporated Into Economic Evaluation of Development Projects?

  • NARITA Daiju
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  • SATO Ichiro
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  • Date of issuance｜ 2022.11
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.9 Toward a Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Keijiro Otsuka
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  • Yukichi Mano
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  • Kazushi Takahashi
The time is ripe to pursue a Green Revolution in rice in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as a means of promotin...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2022.03
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.8 Interest Rate Cap Policy in Cambodia -Summary of Findings from a Survey and the Policy Implications-

  • AIBA Daiju
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  • SAMRETH Sovannroeun
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  • Vandy Phal
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  • Sothearoath Oeur
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  • Date of issuance｜ 2021.07
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.7 Understanding the Progress of Bangladesh

  • YAMADA Eiji
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  • Yasuo Fujita
Despite its start as one of the poorest countries in the world, Bangladesh has been observing a continuo...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2021.03
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.5 Evidence-Based Strategy for a Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa

It is urgent to increase productivity of staple crops per unit of land in order to improve food security...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2019.03
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.4 Effective Continuum of Care for every mother and child: Implementation research in Ghana

  • Shibanuma Akira
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  • Hagiwara Akiko
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  • Yamagata Ritsuko
Most maternal and child deaths occur during childbirth and in the first few days of life, and many of th...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2018.09
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.3 Revisiting Human Security: Recommendations from a Research Project Targeting Eleven East Asian Countries

  • MUTO Ako
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  • MINE Yoichi
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  • Ryutaro Murotani
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  • Kubokura Ken
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  • Rui SARAIVA
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  • KONO, Ayako
The concept and operationalization of human security are still controversial even after the intensive di...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2018.09
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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No.2 Toward a Strategic Partnership between “Emerging” and “Traditional” Donors

  • JICA Research Institute
The relationship between traditional and emerging donors can and should be a win-win-win relationship wh...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2018.09
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.1 Disability and Education Responding to the Diversity of all Students

  • JICA Research Institute
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  • Date of issuance｜ 2018.09
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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