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

Kawai, Masahiro ; Takagi, Shinji

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ADB;    AFFILIATE;    AGRICULTURE;    AID;    AIRPORTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2722
RP-ID  :  WPS2722

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Japan remains the world's largestnational donor of aid funds. But the Japanese government,facing prolonged economic stagnation and mounting publicsector debt, is under increasing public pressure to reduceaid budgets and to use official development assistance inmore explicit pursuit of Japan's own economic andpolitical interests. Internationally, Japan continues toattract criticism for its emphasis on infrastructureprojects and its limited willingness to participate inmultilateral partnerships. The authors argue that Japan canmeet these domestic and international challenges bydeveloping a coherent national strategy for officialdevelopment assistance, broadly designed to enhanceeffectiveness, accountability, and transparency.