JETRO
- 2-1. Community Development
- 2-2. Education
- 2-3. Health
- Consolidation of Peace, Good Governance
- Addressing Environmental/Climate Change issues
- Broadening the Partnership
1-2. Trade,Investment and Tourism [ Boosting Economic Growth ]
Annual Progress Report 
1-2-1．Promote and expand trade
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [2]Scale up “Aid for Trade” to increase the global competitiveness of African countries by accelerating assistance including Japan’s “Development Initiative for Trade” and support the early, fair and balanced conclusion of the WTO Doha development Agenda negotiations. [3]Assist product development and export promotion in Africa, by further promoting One Village One Product (OVOP) initiative. |
● Promote “One Village One Product” initiative, based on the “Development Initiative for Trade”, by establishing a new comprehensive framework to improve African products’ market access to Japan by (i) providing consultation on African products, (ii) dispatching experts from Japan to Africa, (iii) inviting African people for marketing research, (iv) holding business seminars, (v) supporting African companies participation in trade fairs in Japan, (vi) implementing Development and Import Schemes to assist Japanese companies in commercializing African products |
GoJ（METI）/JETRO | Expand JETRO budget on the “One Village One Product” (OVOP) initiative |
1-2-2．Encourage foreign investment
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [1]Provide assistance to improve investment climate including the legal and regulatory frameworks in African countries. [2]Support the establishment of an information and consultation platform on the business climate for private companies intending to enter into African markets. |
● Support improvements in legal system and investment climate (i) Establish or promote an information and consultation platform on the business climate in Africa, (ii) Contribute to achieve self-reliance development of competitive local industries and improve economic and corporate governance |
GoJ(MOFA)/JETRO/JBIC/UNCTAD/WBG | GoJ/JETRO: Regularly offer information on the business climate of Africa for Japanese private companies |
| GoJ/JBIC/UNCTAD: Provide policy recommendations | |||
| GoJ: Considering providing support for the NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative (*) and promote African efforts in investment policy reform | |||
| WBG: Scale up support to presidential investor councils in African countries, expand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) programs, promote Asia-Africa technical assistance and learning on role of FDI in fostering African enterprises |
●Concrete projects will be selected through consultations between Japan/Implementing Partners and African countries.
●MDB projects are to be decided.
●$ = US dollars
●Assistance measures written on a yellow ground are those embodied in 2008 (JFY) after TICAD IV.
●Assistance measures written on a pink ground are those embodied in 2009 (JFY) after TICAD IV.
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