Review of Japan's ODA Policies Underway
June 27, 2003, Tokyo, Japan
by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
The Cabinet annoucement cites four major changes in the policy environment surrounding development assistance:
* Heightened attention to globalization, intensified by the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001;
* Tthe increasing dominance in the development agenda of concepts such as sustainable development, poverty reduction, human security, and peacebuilding;
* Domestic budgetary pressures requiring greater program efficiency; and
* The proliferation of non-state actors in international affairs since enactment of the Charter.
See http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/reform/review0303.html for more information.