●Development Viewpoints(1) Relevance of Policies●Diplomatic Viewpoints(1) Diplomatic Importance(2) Effectiveness of ResultsBackground, Objectives, and Scope of the EvaluationSummary of Evaluation Results(3) Appropriateness of ProcessesChief EvaluatorAdvisorConsultantEvaluation PeriodPeriod of the Evaluation StudyAugust 2021 to March 2022Field Survey CountryPeru was the first country that Japan established diplomatic relations with in the Latin America region in 1873. In 1899, Peru became the first country to which Japanese people immigrated to in the South American continent, and today there are approximately 100,000 people Japanese-Peruvians. The country has a long history of friendly relations with Japan. In addition, Peru is the largest recipient of Japanese ODA in Latin America on a cumulative basis.The objective of this evaluation is to evaluate assistance policies for Peru over the past 10 years and to obtain recommendations and lessons learned for the planning and implementation of assistance policies for Peru by Japan in the future. In addition, this report also aims to ensure accountability to the general public by publishing evaluation results, and to provide feedback on the evaluation results to relevant governments and other donors.Japan’s assistance policies for Peru are consistent with Japan’s high-level ODA policies, such as the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Charter (2003), Development Cooperation Charter (2015), as well as with Peru’s mid- to long-term and sector development plans. In addition, the policies are consistent with the MDGs, SDGs and other international priority issues, as well as with the direction of assistance provided by other donors to Peru. Furthermore, policies are being formulated focusing on areas where Japan has a comparative advantages. (Evaluation Result: Highly Satisfactory)The amount of Japan’s ODA to Peru has been declining because Peru is classified as a upper-middle-income country (UMIC), however, Japan has been providing assistance to Peru, which has diverse aid needs in its mountainous and Amazonian regions, by focusing on projects in the three priority areas (Improvement of socio-economic infrastructure and narrowing disparities, environmental measures, and * Ratings: Highly Satisfactory; Satisfactory; Partially Satisfactory; UnsatisfactorySHIMIZU TatsuyaGroup Manager, Latin American Studies Group, Area Studies Center Director, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)ISODA SaoriAssistant Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Spanish Major, Kanda University of International StudiesJapan Techno Co., Ltd.FY2011 to FY2020Peru (online survey)disaster prevention and recovery measures) and utilizing the comparative advantages of Japan in these areas. In the field of Improvement of Socio-Economic Infrastructure and Narrowing Disparities, improvements have been made to alleviate poverty in Peru; in the field of Environmental Measures, irrigation facilities have been developed in mountain regions and the harvest volume of farmers has been increased; and in the field of Disaster Prevention and Recovery Measures, the knowledge and experience of Japan have been used to develop infrastructure resistant to disasters and strengthen the alert/warning system, and the government has proactively implemented disaster drills which have resulted in a certain degree of disaster awareness at the national level. (Evaluation Result: Highly Satisfactory)Appropriate discussions are held between relevant stakeholders in Japan and Peru in order to formulate the Country Development Cooperation Policies for Peru, and Rolling Plans are updated every year. During the implementation process, the following activities are being carried out: development of the implementation structure, identification of needs, and implementation of individual projects based on the ODA priority areas in Peru, monitoring, and public relations activities. (Evaluation Result: Highly Satisfactory)From the perspective of diplomatic importance, Japan is promoting the overseas business deployment of Japanese companies and working to strengthen economic relations through EPA, investment agreements, promotion of the establishment of tax treaties and other legal frameworks, and discussions based on this type of framework which contribute to creating a business environment that promotes trade and deployment of companies. In addition, Japan and Peru are cooperating and working together on a number of international common issues, such as disaster prevention including earthquakes and tsunami, environmental and climate change issues, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, reform of the United Nations Security Council, Evaluation of Japan’s ODA to the Republic of Peru11Annual Report on Japan’s ODA Evaluation 2022
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