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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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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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Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism

  • 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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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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Promoting livelihood diversification among rural farming households in Kenya: What role does farm forestry farmer field school play?

  • 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
This study investigated the impacts of a farmer field school (FFS) programme focused on farm forestry in...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年06月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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Enhancing agricultural intensification through contract farming: evidence from rice production in Senegal

  • Francis E. Ndip
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  • Takeshi Sakurai
Agricultural intensification is important in increasing agricultural production and productivity. Especi...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年05月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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Heterogeneous Effects of Horticulture Commercialization and Gender-based Decision-making on Smallholder Farmers’ Income: Evidence From a Quasi-experimental Study in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

  • Asmiro A. Fikadu
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  • NOMURA Hisako
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  • Girma G. Gebre
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  • Payal Shah
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  • TAKAHASHI Yoshifumi
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  • YABE Mitsuyasu
This paper assesses the heterogeneous impact of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年03月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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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年02月
  • 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年02月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Applied to Planning and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Measures

  • SATO Ichiro
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  • NARITA Daiju
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  • OGAWADA Daikichi
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  • MATSUMURA Akiko
In recent years, a research field called “Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty” has been established, ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年02月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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Determinants maintaining healthcare personnel’s motivation during COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda

  • KOMASAWA Makiko
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  • Myo Nyein Aung
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  • Christopher Nsereko
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  • SAITO Kiyoko
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  • Robert Ssekitoleko
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  • Isono Mitsuo
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  • Yuasa Motoyuki
Maintaining the physical and psychological well-being of healthcare workers (HCWs) is crucial for health...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年01月
  • 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年01月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.10 Lagging Agricultural Development in Africa and the Way Forward: Progress and Challenges for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

  • AMAMEISHI Shinjiro
Agricultural development in Africa has been lagging for more than 20 years. While Africa has experienced...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年12月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.30 The Impact of Social-Economic Factors in the Rise of Violent Extremism―An Empirical Study in African Countries

  • Bin Ni
What roles do social-economic factors play in the process of violent extremism (hereafter VE)? Concernin...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年11月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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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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No.27 Analysis of the Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (“SHEP”) Intervention on Income and Food Security in Ethiopia

  • NOMURA Hisako
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  • Asmiro A. Fikadu
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  • Girma G. Gebre
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  • Payal Shah
Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) aims to change small-scale horticultural farme...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年11月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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