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We show that the impact of foreign aid on bureaucratic quality in recipient countries varies with the mode of delivery. Specifically, grants are found to impair the functioning of the bureaucracy, whereas loans are not. The negative impact of grants is larger when they are given as budget...
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perspective, some major donors including Japan have been as selective in delivering their aid as some countries well-known for … their selective aid delivery, such as Denmark. Japan has provided higher aid for the countries with better policy and … major donors in Asia, the Pacific, and Europe, including Japan, has proliferated less than the aid programs of most other …
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Japan has an impressive history when it comes to aid, industrial policy, and infrastructure development, both as a …, and recognizing the critical role it played in the development of Japan, is a vital step towards making the real gains aid … technical assistance to project preparation, it can help to provide the public goods that resonate most with Japan's vision of …
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This study focused on Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Philippines. Particularly, the overall …
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of positive changes e.g. Global Partnership Agreement 2000, Joint Statement towards India Japan Strategic Partnership … 2006, Indo-Japan Friendship Year 2007, Comprehensive Partnership Agreement between India and Japan 2011 etc. in Indo-Japan … economic relations have been observed. All these are exemplary in the history of Indo-Japan bilateral economic relations. In …
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guidelines is expected to produce a certain effect on Japan’s foreign aid policy. This paper examines Japan’s aid sanctions … policy toward Latin American countries as a case study. Since new ODA guidelines were introduced, Japan implemented three … introduced twice, i.e. in Haiti and Guatemala. The findings indicate that Japan apparently pledges to promote human rights and …
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In this paper, Japan’s positive and negative aid sanctions policy toward Asian countries since the introduction of new … aid guidelines will be examined and discussed. Japan can choose to impose negative aid sanctions (the suspension or a … increase in foreign aid) would be applied to aid recipients that conduct desirable polices in the light of Japan’s ODA Charter …
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The reinforcement of the Non-governmental organisations’ role in Japan’s ODA program is a challenging task. However, if … the government could help enhancing the transparency of Japan’s foreign aid policy. Under the current system, bureaucrats … dominate the policymaking process so that it is difficult for outsiders to access the information on Japan’s ODA program. …
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refrained from taking strict measures against countries that maintain strong economic and diplomatic relations with Japan … convenient pretext could be found. All this indicates that policymakers in Japanese government still give priority to Japan …
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or indirectly to developing countries. Japan’s ODA can be divided into the following four groups: 1) Bilateral Grants, 2 …) Technical Co-operation, 3) Multilateral Aid, and 4) Bilateral Loans. In 2001, Bilateral Grants made up 19.3 percent of Japan …
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