Annual Report on Japan's ODA Evaluation 2019

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24Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has recently been striving to expand the “evaluation from diplomatic viewpoints” in the ODA evaluation. It has been implemented in all evaluations since FY 2015. We interviewed four experts regarding the following points in ODA evaluations: the significance of the evaluation from diplomatic viewpoints; the differences when considering “national interests” in ODA from the perspectives of both ODA evaluation and development cooperation; expected synergies to improve the transparency and accountability as the evaluation’s goals.Special InterviewKeiichi Muraoka, DirectorJoji Miyamori, Senior Deputy DirectorInterviewersODA Evaluation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan“Considerations on ODA Evaluations”