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World Bank paper & Prof. Ishikawa paper
(November 2006) World Bank has recently
released a report on Africa titled "Challenges of African Growth:
Opportunities, Constraints and Strategic Directions." What makes this
report unique and special is that it shows World Bank's focus has
shifted from the BHN (basic human needs)-oriented aid strategies to
business-oriented strategies such as how to create FDI-friendly
environment and how to initiate economic growth and integrate the
poor into Markets.
Prof. Shigeru Ishikawa, Emeritus Professor at Hitotsubashi, wrote a piece
of paper which captures the recent trend of World Bank and throws a
question about the lack of policy coherence of WB. Moreover, he compare
the WB's growth strategy with DFID's policy proposal, and then discusses
the similarities and differences between the two. Please have a look at
this intriguing paper.
MORE (Ishikawa
paper, pdf file, 110KB )
LINK (WB's paper @ WB website, pdf file)
Recruit of Research Assistant
(November 2006) We have open positions for 6
month full time research assistants who support our research activities
in the field of Japanese ODA policy, industrial development, aid
management, network building of UK-Japan relations, etc. Candidates
should have a master's or higher degree and can conduct research both in
English and Japanese. For more details, please see our recruiting
announcement on our Japanese website.
MORE (announcement in Japanese)
GRIPS
Development Forum Seminar Week
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<8
Nov. 2006 (Wed)>
Feedback seminar on GRIPS study--Managing the Development Process
and Aid (Invitation only)
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<9 Nov.
2006 (Thu)>
Seminar on FDI promotion in African countries--Strategic Action
Initiatives for Economic Development
(October 2006) GRIPS Development Forum will
hold two seminars in the week of Nov. 6. The purpose of the first
seminar is to share the interim findings of the GRIPS study on “Managing
the Development Process and Aid” that examines the East Asian
experiences on the institution building and enhancement of development
administration. There we shall receive two honored guests, Mr. J.
Jegathesan, former Deputy director general of MIDA, and Lt. Nophadol
Bhandhugravi, President of NEDA, Thailand. The second seminar, to be
held on Nov. 9, is a special session given by Mr. J. Jegathesan. He will
present his recent experiences on the investment promotion initiatives
to Africa. Both seminars are open to public. If you
intend to participate, please have a look
here to
see how to register.
UK Government News Report June 2006
(August 2006) JICA UK office has issued this
month's UK Government News Report. It covers a wide range of development
news in UK, from speeches by ministers to the summary of recent press
releases. MORE (pdf
file, 44KB)
UK Government News Report May 2006
(June 2006) UK Government News Report issued
by JICA UK office has been now up. Let's check the latest news from
England. MORE
(pdf file, 36KB)
Managing
the development process and aid (VDF
workshop)
(June 2006) On 13-6-2006 at a VDF workshop,
Prof. Izumi Ohno and Prof. Masumi Shimamura reported their ongoing
research on Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. Policy making
functions, actors and their coordination were analyzed with concrete
examples such as Thailand's Eastern Seaboard project. Leadership and
central economic agencies as well as diverse country perspective were
emphasized. Participants asked about the risk of relying too much on one
leader, wisdom of excessive decentralization in aid management, and
general applicability to Vietnam. Total of 25 people attended from MPI,
MOT, Japanese, Danish and Swiss embassies and aid agencies, UNDP, IDE
and academia. This research is part of GRIPS' international comparative
studies on development management.
Slide1,
Slide2,
Handout,
Summary (VDF website)
New
website set up -- "Managing the Development Process and Aid" Study
(June 2006) GRIPS Development Forum has been conducting
research since July 2005, focusing on Thailand, Malaysia and the
Philippines to examine their experiences in managing the development
process and aid. Through analysis, we endeavor to draw implications for
the institution building and capacity development efforts by today’s
developing countries. We conduct the analysis from developing countries’
perspectives and to come up with some concrete policy proposals that
would serve as useful references for today’s developing countries
including Vietnam. At the same time, we attempt to draw some policy
recommendations to donors aiming for enhanced aid effectiveness.
Please check our new website! We will put up
updated information in the course of our research process, including
documents distributed at feedback seminars and dissemination workshops.
We welcome your comments and feedback.
MORE
UK Government News Report April 2006
(May 2006) We received UK Government News
April 2006 from UK JICA office. Let's review what happened in UK
last month. MORE
(pdf file, 51KB)
EFA seminar minutes
(April 2006) On March 24, 2006, GRIPS
Development Forum held a seminar where Dr. Shoko Yamada (Associate
professor at GDF) and her research colleague, Dr. Fatuma Chege
(Professor at Kenyatta Univ.) made a
presentation on their interim research results on the process and ways
of adopting the Education for All development goals (EFA goals). Now the
seminar report is available online.
MORE
(pdf file, 75KB)
UK Government News Report March 2006
(April 2006) JICA UK office has just released UK Government News March
2006. It covers a wide range of news in UK from a speech made by UK
officials to DFID press release. Please check it out.
MORE (pdf file,
58KB)
 The
Economic Development of Japan
(April 2006) GRIPS published
The Economic Development of Japan: The Path Traveled by Japan as a
Developing Country, a book about Japanese history with an emphasis
on political and socio-economic change. In the book, linkage between
domestic/foreign forces and Japan's structural/institutional evolution
as a response to environmental change, is highlighted. In so doing, the
author, Prof. Kenichi Ohno, is attempting to draw implications for
today's developing countries. The full text of this book is now
available online! MORE
(pdf
file, 1.5MB)
VDF-Tokyo Conference
(March 2006) Vietnam
Development Forum (VDF)-Tokyo will hold its 2nd annual conference at the
GRIPS campus in Tokyo on July 15, 2006 (Saturday). The conference
committee seeks proposals that address challenges that Vietnam faces,
VN's development agenda, and so on. Prospective authors are expected to
present their paper at the conference. For more detail, please check the
conference website!
Link (VDF-Tokyo website)
UK
Government News Report February 2006
(March 2006)We
received UK Government News Report for February 2006 from JICA UK office. Please check last month's UK news.
MORE
(  , 64KB)
Website renewal
(February 2006) The GDF
website has undergone a renewal to improve usability and enhance the
content information. However, some areas of this website are still in
progress. Our apologies for this
inconvenience. We do our best to complete the website and provide frequent
updates........
UK Government News Report January 2006
(February 2006)
UK Government News Report for
January 2006 has been released from JICA UK office. Let's check last month's UK news.
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