Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Japan's Official Development Assistance White Paper 2012
Japan's International Cooperation

July 30, 2013
Japanese

  1. Foreword [PDF] (39KB)
  2. Table of Contents [PDF] (322KB)

Part I
International Cooperation – Moving Forward and Growing Together

  1. Chapter 1 ODA for Moving Forward Together [PDF] (0.99MB)
    1. Section 1 ODA for Achieving a Free, Prosperous, and Stable International Community – Assistance for democratization and national reconciliation
    2. Section 2 ODA for Building up Trust in Japan – Growth for poverty reduction
    3. Section 3 Various Aspects of Growth through Human Resource Development
    4. Section 4 New Areas of Cooperation
    5. Section 5 Assistance for Developing Countries with the Participation of All the People – New actors in international cooperation

  2. Chapter 2 ODA for Growing Together [PDF] (722KB)
    1. Section 1 Inflow of Private Capital and Growth in Developing Countries
    2. Section 2 Overseas Expansion of SMEs and ODA for Developing Countries
    3. Section 3 Contributing to Development by Exporting Infrastructure
    4. Section 4 Mekong, India, and Africa – Regions with rich potential

Part II
Building Resilient Societies – Japan's Disaster Risk Reduction Cooperation

  1. Chapter 1 Transmitting Disaster Risk Reduction to the World [PDF] (483KB)
    1. Section 1 Sharing the Lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake with the World
    2. Section 2 Towards the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015
    3. Section 3 Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction and ODA

  2. Chapter 2 Disaster Risk Reduction Cooperation in Practice [PDF] (441KB)
    1. Section 1 Cooperation with ASEAN
    2. Section 2 Disaster Aid and Disaster Risk Reduction Measures – Responding to the flood damage in Thailand
    3. Section 3 Cooperation with International Organizations for Disaster Risk Reduction and Post-Disaster Reconstruction
    4. Section 4 Disaster Risk Reduction Cooperation for Island Countries

Part III
Official Development Assistance in FY2011

  1. Chapter 1 Japan's Official Development Assistance in Terms of Disbursement [PDF] (405KB)
  2. Chapter 2 Specific Initiatives of Japan’s Official Development Assistance
    1. Section 1 Initiatives Relating to the Basic Policies of the ODA Charter [PDF] (201KB)
    2. Section 2 Measures for Each Priority Issue

      1. Poverty Reduction [PDF] (1.04MB)
      2. Sustainable Growth [PDF] (451KB)
      3. Addressing Global Issues [PDF] (990KB)
      4. Peacebuilding [PDF] (602KB)
    3. Section 3 Assistance for Each Region [PDF] (46KB)
      1. East Asia [PDF] (387KB)
      2. South Asia [PDF] (246KB)
      3. Central Asia and the Caucasus [PDF] (214KB)
      4. Middle East and North Africa [PDF] (256KB)
      5. Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] (331KB)
      6. Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF] (309KB)
      7. Oceania [PDF] (268KB)
      8. Europe [PDF] (187KB)
    4. Section 4 Operational Status of the Principle of Assistance Implementation [PDF] (59KB)
    5. Section 5 Formulation and Implementation of ODA Policy [PDF] (949KB)

Part IV
Statistics and Reference Materials

  1. Chapter 1 Japan's ODA Budget [PDF] (158KB)
  2. Chapter 2 Japan's ODA Disbursements [PDF] (209KB)
  3. Chapter 3 List of Bilateral Assistance Projects [PDF] (104KB)
  4. Chapter 4 ODA Disbursements through Multilateral Institutions [PDF] (71KB)
  5. Chapter 5 Reference Materials on Japan's ODA [PDF] (233KB)
  6. (Reference) Other Countries' ODA Disbursements [PDF] (164KB)

Projects presented in the ODA White Paper 2012 [PDF] (33KB)

Abbreviations [PDF] (115KB)


Stories from the field (Columns)

  1. Fish Culture in Rice Fields Improves Livelihood of Rural Community [PDF] (1.32MB)
    —Small-Scale Aquaculture Extension Project in Myanmar—
  2. Malaysian "Umizaru" Divers Protect International Shipping Routes [PDF] (1.28MB)
    —Capacity Building in Maritime Safety and Security—
  3. Collaboration Helps Improve Nutrition in Africa [PDF] (1.25MB)
    —Ajinomoto Promotes New Baby Food—
  4. NGO Promotes Physicals for Mothers and Children in Timor-Leste [PDF] (1.22MB)
    —SHARE (NGO) Supports Training of Family Health Promoters—
  5. From Our Island to Yours: Clean Water Technology [PDF] (1.22MB)
    —Miyakojima City Supports Samoa Public Waterworks—
  6. Charcoal, Vinegar and Compost Heal Philippine Farmlands! [PDF] (1.30MB)
    —Growing Safe Vegetables While Caring For the Soil—
  7. Japanese Serve on Mongolian Bill Drafting Committee [PDF] (1.19MB)
    —Supporting Mediation System Legislation—
  8. Satellite Data and Surveys in the Depths of the Amazon Reveal Carbon Stock [PDF] (1.21MB)
    —Cooperation Toward Brazilian Tropical Forest Conservation—
  9. Solar Power Runs on Original Technology [PDF] (1.22MB)
    —Senior Volunteer Finds Niche in Ghana—
  10. Improving Quality of Nurses Through National Examination System [PDF] (1.21MB)
    —Japanese Introduces Nepal’s First Testing System—
  11. Understanding of Culture and Lifestyles Will Save Endangered Wetlands [PDF] (1.16MB)
    —Ecological Management of Anzali Wetland in Iran—
  12. "Made in Botswana" Handicrafts Improve Lifestyles [PDF] (1.40MB)
    —Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Works in Minority Settlements—
  13. Upgrades of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Improve Health and Lives in Lima [PDF] (1.30MB)
    —ODA Loan Supports Waterworks in Peruvian Capital—
  14. Improving Lifeline of Kiribati, a Remote Island Country in the Pacific [PDF] (1.35MB)
    —Enabling Large Ships to Berth at Betio Port—
  15. Project Aims to Reduce Infant and Child Mortality Rate in Zambia [PDF] (1.24MB)
    —AMDA-MINDS Works on Project for Strengthening Child Health Promotion System—
  16. Affordable Refrigerators for the People at the Base of the Pyramid Made in India "ChotuKool" [PDF] (1.15MB)
    —Developing Manufacturing Industry Leaders—
  17. Teaming Up With Viet Nam to Improve Rice Cultivation in Mozambique [PDF] (1.21MB)
    —Project for Improvement of Techniques for Increasing Rice Cultivation Productivity—

ODA Topics

  1. Assistance for Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar through ODA [PDF] (312KB)
  2. Japan and Thailand Confronting the Flooding through Public-Private Cooperation [PDF] (99KB)
    —Disaster relief activities for the flood damage in Thailand
  3. Rio+20 and Sustainable Development [PDF] (254KB)
  4. Employing Japanese Environmental Technology in ODA [PDF] (161KB)
  5. Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan [PDF] (0.99MB)
  6. African Development: Current Status and Challenges towards TICAD V [PDF] (796KB)
  7. Post Busan and Emerging Countries [PDF] (79KB)

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