Development Co-operation Reviews: Japan 1999 [electronic resource] / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

Development Co-operation Reviews, 20743688 ; no.34.

Development Co-operation Reviews, 20743688 ; no.34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance--Japan.

Economic assistance.

Japan--Economic policy.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Japan is the leader in volume among DAC donors, but it ranks 19th out of 21 bilateral Members in terms of ODA as a percentage of GNP. Compared to other Members, its aid programme has a higher proportion of loans, with preference towards Asia and lower middle-income countries, and a heavy emphasis on assistance for economic infrastructure as opposed to the social sectors. Japan is making major efforts to improve its aid programme through an administrative reform, piloting the new international development strategy, a country-focused approach, and a push towards increased quality, transparency, and efficiency. The DAC encourages these developments and recommends that Japan should: - strengthen staffing and decentralisation; - enhance NGO involvement; - mainstream cross-cutting issues such as poverty, gender, and governance; - design and evaluate projects with a view towards cost-efficiency, sustainability, technological appropriateness, and socio-economic impact; - and ensure policy dialogue with recipient countries.

Contents:

Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 1. Overall Framework and New Developments

Overview

ODA Charter and Japan’s philosophy on aid

ODA reforms

Administrative reform

Support for the international development strategy (IDS)

Country strategy approach

Council on ODA Reform

Transparency and efficiency

OECF/JEXIM merger

Asian crisis

The Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development

Chapter 2. Organisational Structure and Aid Management

Overall structure

Economic Co-operation Bureau (ECB) of MOFA

Implementing agencies

JICA

OECF

Aid co-ordination with other donors

NGOs

MOFA support to NGOs

Postal Savings for International Voluntary Aid (POSIVA)

Situation of Japanese NGOs

Information and public opinion

Public information efforts

Information disclosure

Local governments

Japan Overseas Co-operation Volunteers (JOCV)

Public opinion

Chapter 3. Sectoral, Cross-Cutting and Effectiveness Issues

Health

Education

Environment

Water and sanitation

Basic human needs

Poverty

Gender equality

Governance and corruption

Evaluation and effectiveness

Chapter 4. Policy Coherence

Introduction

Institutional framework

Trade patterns

Market access for developing countries

Agriculture

Fisheries

Manufactured products— Footwear and Textiles

The Generalised System of Preferences

Investment flows

Policies

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Basic Profiles

ODA volume

Contribution to multilaterals

Main categories of the programme

Instruments

Geographical distribution

Income distribution

Sectoral distribution

Tying and procurement

Debt relief

ANNEX I.  EXCERPTS FROM JAPAN’S OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CHARTER ADOPTED BY THE CABINET IN 1992

ANNEX II CHINA REPORT

ANNEX III GHANA REPORT

ANNEX IV COUNCIL ON ODA REFORMS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (EXCERPTS FROM SUMMARY OF FINAL REPORT)

ANNEX V THE OUTLINE OF THE MEMORANDUM ON ENHANCEMENT OF TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY OF ODA(27 NOVEMBER 1998)

ANNEX VI JAPAN’S NEW ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR AFRICA IN LINE WITH THE TOKYO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT (TICAD) II AGENDA FOR ACTION

ANNEX VII STATISTICS OF AID AND OTHER FLOWS

PRESS RELEASE OF DAC PEER REVIEW OF JAPAN

DESCRIPTION OF KEY TERMS

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9789264173576 (PDF)

9786610030583

92-64-17357-9

OCLC:

1024285292