Japan’s Development Assistance: Foreign Aid and the Post-2015 Agenda

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Japan’s ODA 1954–2014: Changes and Continuities in a Central Instrument in Japan’s Foreign Policy....Pages 1-18
Japan’s Engagement with Multilateral Development Banks: Do Their Professional Paths Really Cross?....Pages 19-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Origins of Japanese Aid Policy—Post-war Reconstruction, Reparations, and World Bank Projects....Pages 39-55
Japan’s Foreign Aid: Institutional Change and Shifting Policy Directions....Pages 56-71
The Political Economy of Japan’s Aid Policy Trajectory: With Particular Reference to the Changes and Continuity under the ODA Charter....Pages 72-87
The Benefits of Unification Failure: Re-examining the Evolution of Economic Cooperation in Japan....Pages 88-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
The East Asian Miracle and Development Policy: A Twenty-Year Retrospective....Pages 105-119
Japan, Korea, and China: Styles of ODA in East Asia....Pages 120-134
Policies and Practices of China’s Foreign Aid: A Comparison with Japan....Pages 135-148
Japan’s Official Development Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns, Dynamics, and Lessons....Pages 149-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Catalyzing Transformation for Inclusive Growth....Pages 169-187
Revisiting Policy-Based Financing: Experiences of Japan, Asia, and Other Countries, and Their Relevance to the Post-2015 Development Agenda....Pages 188-204
Embracing Human Security: New Directions of Japan’s ODA for the 21st Century....Pages 205-221
Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers: Its Genesis and Development....Pages 222-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Japan and the United Nations: Its Past, Present, and Future....Pages 239-254
The World Bank and Japan....Pages 255-275
OECD-DAC and Japan: Its Past, Present, and Future....Pages 276-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Lessons for Japanese Foreign Aid from Research on Aid’s Impact....Pages 295-309
New Actors, New Instruments, New Priorities: Toward a Sustainable Development Transformation....Pages 310-326
NGOs and Japan’s ODA: Critical Views and Advocacy....Pages 327-343
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Japan’s Foreign Assistance at 60: Reflecting on the Past and Looking to the Future....Pages 344-357
Back Matter....Pages 358-369