Press Releases

1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has released the Annual Report on Japan’s ODA Evaluation 2015 (Japanese and English versions) on Friday, November 20.

2. This report outlines the ODA evaluation trends of Japan and the international community, and provides an overview of the ODA evaluations conducted by MOFA, other ODA related ministries and agencies, and JICA, etc., in FY 2014. This is the 33rd annual publication since its first publication in 1982.

3. The objectives of this report are to fulfill accountability to the public and to promote public understanding of ODA by showing a clear overall picture of ODA evaluation and by presenting the roles and achievements of the ODA evaluation as well as the follow-up efforts on response measures to the recommendations of the previous fiscal year. This report will be distributed to experts, NGOs, universities, libraries, and other related organizations, and will also be published on the ODA homepage of MOFA (English / Japanese).

Individual evaluation reports conducted by MOFA are also available on the ODA homepage of MOFA.