Description: Japan's Official Development Assistance : Recent Issues and Future Directions

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Japan's Official Development Assistance : Recent Issues and Future Directions

Japan remains the world's largest national donor of aid funds. But the Japanese government, facing prolonged economic stagnation and mounting public sector debt, is under increasing public pressure to reduce aid budgets and to use official dev...

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Main Authors:	Kawai, Masahiro, Takagi, Shinji
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADB AFFILIATE AGRICULTURE AID AIRPORTS APPROPRIATIONS BANK OF JAPAN BILATERAL LOANS BONDS BORROWED RESOURCES BORROWING BUDGETARY SUPPORT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS COMMERCIAL CREDITS COMMITMENTS COMPETITIVENESS CONCESSIONAL LOANS CONCESSIONALITY COUNTERPART DAMAGES DEBT DEBT MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING DEPOSITS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANKS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DONOR COUNTRIES DONOR COUNTRY ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POWER ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIC STAGNATION EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL YEAR FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FUNDING SOURCES GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GRACE PERIOD INSTITUTION BUILDING INSURANCE INSURANCE PREMIUMS INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE LOAN MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MARKET DISCIPLINE MATURITY MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS MULTILATERAL FUNDS OPEN MARKETS OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIORITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC SECTOR REORGANIZATION ROADS SAVINGS SAVINGS DEPOSITS SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIED AID TRANSPARENCY TRUST FUNDS WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT BUDGETARY PROCESS ACCOUNTABILITY AID FLOWS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1643384/japans-official-development-assistance-recent-issues-future-directions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19435

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Summary:	Japan remains the world's largest national donor of aid funds. But the Japanese government, facing prolonged economic stagnation and mounting public sector debt, is under increasing public pressure to reduce aid budgets and to use official development assistance in more explicit pursuit of Japan's own economic and political interests. Internationally, Japan continues to attract criticism for its emphasis on infrastructure projects and its limited willingness to participate in multilateral partnerships. The authors argue that Japan can meet these domestic and international challenges by developing a coherent national strategy for official development assistance, broadly designed to enhance effectiveness, accountability, and transparency.