Summary of Other ODA Evaluations
ODA Evaluation Based on the Government Policy Evaluations Act (GPEA)
With the entry into force of the GPEA in 2002, each ministry and agency is required to conduct self-evaluations of policies under its jurisdiction. ODA evaluations based on the GPEA have been conducted since then.
MOFA conducts ex-post evaluations of the overall policy on economic cooperation, ex-post evaluations on pending projects and incomplete projectsNote 1, and ex-ante evaluations on projects exceeding a certain valueNote 2 in accordance with the GPEA and its Order for Enforcement.
● MOFA website
https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/oda/shiryo/index_hyouka05.html 
Note 1: "Pending projects" are projects for which the loan agreement has not been signed or loan disbursement has not begun after five years have elapsed following the decision to implement the project. "Incomplete projects" are projects for which loan disbursements have not been completed after ten years have elapsed following the decision to implement the project.
Note 2: Ex-ante evaluations are conducted on grant aid projects, in which the maximum amount of aid offered through an Exchange of Notes (E/N) is 1 billion yen or more, and on loan aid projects, in which the maximum amount of loan offered through an E/N is 15 billion yen or more.
Other ministries and agencies of the Government of Japan also evaluate ODA-related policy planning and project implementation under their jurisdiction based on the GPEA. For details, please refer to the website of each ministry or agency.
● Financial Services Agency
Training for officials in charge of financial administration/supervision in developing countries (Seminar for financial administrators/supervisors)
https://www.fsa.go.jp/common/budget/kourituka/03_R2/saishu/019.pdf
(See Project 1, FY 2020 Administrative Project Review Sheet)
● Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Promotion of global strategy in the ICT sector
http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_seisakuhyouka/kekka.html
(See the evaluation report for the main policies [implemented in FY 2019]; the programs include non-ODA projects)
● Ministry of Justice
Promotion of international cooperation in legal affairs (Target period: August 2019)
http://www.moj.go.jp/hisho/seisakuhyouka/kanbou_hyouka_hyouka01-03.html
(See pages 124–161 of the FY 2018 Ministry of Justice Ex-Post Evaluation Results Report)
● Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Promotion of international exchanges
http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kouritsu/detail/1419500.htm
(See the FY 2018 Review Sheet for Projects; the programs include non-ODA projects)
● Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Establishment of comprehensive food security that is compatible with various risks
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/assess/hanei/sougo/h30/h30.html
(The programs include non-ODA projects)
● Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Promotion of international cooperation and coordination
http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001303481.pdf
(The programs include non-ODA projects)
● Ministry of Finance
Promotion of a wide variety of international cooperation, including financial and intellectual assistance to help developing countries stably develop their economies and societies
https://www.mof.go.jp/about_mof/policy_evaluation/mof/fy2019/evaluation/index.html
(See pages 222–236 of the FY 2019 Ministry of Finance Evaluation Report; the programs include non-ODA projects)
● Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Participation in and contribution to the international community
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/wp/seisaku/hyouka/keikaku-kekka.html#hyouka
(See the preliminary analysis chart of the policy evaluation)
● Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Support for overseas market penetration
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/policy_management/seisaku_hyoka/2019/index.html
(See ex-post evaluation 4-2 of the FY 2019 policy evaluation report; the programs include non-ODA projects)
● Ministry of the Environment
International coordination and cooperation for global environmental conservation
http://www.env.go.jp/guide/seisaku/index.html
(FY 2019 ex-post policy evaluation report; the programs include non-ODA projects)
Evaluations by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
JICA conducts evaluations (external evaluations by external third-party evaluators based on the project cost and internal evaluations by JICA overseas offices, etc.) on individual projects under the three development assistance schemes of Technical Cooperation, ODA Loans, and Grant Aid (implemented by JICA). In addition, JICA implements comprehensive and cross-sectoral evaluations under specific themes (e.g., by region, sector, or assistance methodology), impact evaluations for evidence-based practices, and process analysis with a focus on the processes through which projects' effects are produced.
From the perspective of learning, JICA aims to utilize evaluation results for the further improvement of project implementation and to fulfill its accountability by, for example, ensuring the objectivity and transparency of evaluations and publicizing the evaluation results.
● Evaluations on the JICA website
https://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/evaluation/index.html
Partner Country-led Evaluations
MOFA implements partner country-led evaluations once a year, aiming to enhance the partner country's evaluation capacity, where a governmental and/or private consulting organization evaluates programs under specific themes, such as health, transportation and disaster risk prevention.