WBG
- 2-1. Community Development
- 2-2. Education
- 2-3. Health
- Consolidation of Peace, Good Governance
- Addressing Environmental/Climate Change issues
- Broadening the Partnership
1-1. Infrastructure [ Boosting Economic Growth ]
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1-1-1.Regional transport infrastructure, including roads and ports
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1] Provide financial and technical assistance for the planning, construction and improvement of regional transport corridors and international ports. | ● Development/expansion of national and regional transport corridors | GoJ/JICA/WBG/AfDB/EC/ICA | WBG: Scale up co-financing, estimated financing of $ 600 million |
EC: € 5,6 billion in 10th EDF | |||
AfDB: $ 5 billion | |||
GoJ/WBG/AfDB/ICA: Use the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) as a platform to promote regional infrastructure development |
1-1-2.Regional power infrastructure
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1] Strengthen cooperation to provide a stable power supply for the whole region, and to build capacity to manage and maintain regional power networks. | ● Support development/expansion of power projects and transmission and distribution networks | GoJ/WBG/AfDB/Africa-EU Partnership on Energy/ICA/JICA | WBG: (i) Double annual lending to $ 2 billion and aim to mobilize another $ 2 billion in co-financing, (ii) Support to Southern Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and East Africa Power Pools in the order of $ 500 million per year, (iii) IFC to finance 15 + Public Private Partnership (PPP) in power sector FY 2008-2011, estimated financing of $400-500 million |
AfDB: $ 5.5 billion for power generation, transmission and distribution | |||
GoJ/WBG/AfDB/ICA: Use the ICA as a platform to promote regional infrastructure development | |||
EU: ca. € 300 million |
1-2. Trade,Investment and Tourism [ Boosting Economic Growth ]
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1-2-1.Promote and expand trade
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[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. | ● Promote trade of African countries, expansion of Aid for Trade programs, including by leveraging knowledge of Asian countries and provision of technical assistance | EC/EU Member Countries/GoJ/JICA/WBG/Asian countries and other partners | EU: € 2 billion per year out of which ○% for African countries in the framework of EU Aid for Trade (*) |
GoJ(MOFA): Provide financial assistance to trade-related technical projects in cooperation with international organizations | |||
JICA: Decuple the quota of trainees in the field of trade | |||
WBG: Promote South-South cooperation and knowledge sharing between Asia-Africa countries and provide technical assistance for trade policy capacity building |
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[5]Provide assistance to improve trading practices, and to build capacity in trade policy making and coordination of African countries and RECs. | ● Support capacity building in trading practice and trade finance ● Provision of seminars and training courses. Expand trade insurance and support membership of African countries in the Africa Trade Insurance Agency |
WBG | (i) Expand IFC trade financing program to $ 1 billion per annum, (ii) Support membership in African Trade Insurance Agency (ATIA) |
1-2-2.Encourage foreign investment
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[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 | |||
[3]Utilize more effectively official funding sources such as investment credit, trade and investment insurance to enhance PPP and leverage private capital flows to Africa. | ● Utilize other official flows (OOF) to encourage foreign investment to Africa | JBIC/NEXI/WBG | JBIC: Set up the JBIC Facility for African Investment (FAI) and provide financial support of $2.5 billion |
● Utilize actively investment credit, trade and investment insurance | JBIC/IFC: Enhance cooperation based on the Memorandam of Understandings (MOU), especially to strengthen the effectiveness of FAI |
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● Utilize actively investment credit, trade and investment insurance | NEXI: Enter into the MOU on cooperation with the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), and promote further trade and investment insurance |
1-2-3.Assist private sector development
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1]Support African countries to plan and implement industrial development strategies and policies, drawing on Asian experiences as appropriate. | ● Support African countries in policy making on industrial development strategies and provide technical support for improving industrial development | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/AOTS/WBG | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: Expand the quota of private sector development-related training programs for 1500 Africans |
AOTS: Provide training for Africa to promote facilitating trade and investment through transferring Japan’s technical skills(*) | |||
WBG: (i) Expand knowledge transfer between Asia and Africa on business climate, (ii) Engage in lending, technical assistance, and advisory work on investment climate reforms and cooperation in 40 Sub-Saharan African countries | |||
[4]Collaborate with international financial institutions and regional development banks to strengthen the financial sector, including through the development of local bond markets and local currency financing mechanisms. | ● Strengthen the financial sector, including developing local bond market and local currency financing mechanisms, facilitate sharing of experiences among countries, provision of technical assistance. Expand collaboration on Making Finance Work for Africa | WBG other partners |
WBG:(i) Launch partnership for making finance work in Africa (ii) Hold regional workshops to share experience of financial sector innovation and best practices |
1-2-4.Promote tourism
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[2]Support tourism operators to increase familiarization with African destinations and improve knowledge of the continent and what it has to offer. | ● Support tourism of non-African countries operators in developing familiarization measures of Africa and improving their knowledge of Africa and what it has to offer | WBG | Continue and expand tourism projects in at least 5 countries |
1-3. Agriculture and Rural Development [ Boosting Economic Growth ]
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1-3-1.Enhance capacity to increase food production and agricultural productivity
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1]Provide assistance to expand agricultural research, extension and advisory services including for adaptation to climate change, development of new crop varieties and improvement of soil fertility and other farming technologies, and increase the number of agriculture professionals through support for agriculture-related education and training in a gender sensitive manner. | ● Partners support Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) strategic planning and programming at national and regional levels, as well as scaled up interventions in land and water management, infrastructure (e.g. irrigation) and market development, and expansion and uptake of agricultural technology | GoJ(MOFA)/WBG | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: (i) Grants and technical assistance out of ¥26 billion mentioned above, (ii) Development and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, including small-scale irrigation schemes (100,000 ha) |
● Implementation of CAADP to increase food supply over medium-long term | WBG: (i) Estimated lending of $ 4 billion for agricultural growth, (ii) IFC target of $ 400 million by 2010 for support to agribusiness up to $ 1 billion in co-financing in five pilot countries | ||
● Strengthened community-based farmers organizations and water users associations, and expanded agricultural research and technology, for example through support for community-based initiatives and regional agricultural research programs | GoJ/WBG: (i) Support the establishment of CAADP trust fund (Japan’s contribution - $ 2 million), (ii) Scale-up co-financing especially in irrigation, (iii) Set up a special grant window of $ 20 million in the JSDF for rural development |
1-3-3.Support sustainable management of water resources and land use
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[2]Promote development, rehabilitation and maintenance of water resources management infrastructure to contribute to the joint efforts aiming at expanding the irrigated area by 20% in five years. | ● Partners support Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) strategic planning and programming at national and regional levels, as well as scaled up interventions in land and water management, infrastructure (e.g. irrigation) and market development, and expansion and uptake of agricultural technology | GoJ(MOFA)/WBG | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: (i) Grants and technical assistance out of ¥26 billion mentioned above, (ii) Development and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, including small-scale irrigation schemes (100,000 ha) |
● Implementation of CAADP to increase food supply over medium-long term | WBG: (i) Estimated lending of $ 4 billion for agricultural growth, (ii) IFC target of $ 400 million by 2010 for support to agribusiness up to $ 1 billion in co-financing in five pilot countries | ||
[3]Enhance water resources management capacity through better tillage methods and water harvesting and storage, introduction of new technologies and capacity building of local governments and farmers’ organizations. | ● Partners support Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) strategic planning and programming at national and regional levels, as well as scaled up interventions in land and water management, infrastructure (e.g. irrigation) and market development, and expansion and uptake of agricultural technology | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: (i) Grants and technical assistance out of ¥26 billion mentioned above, (ii) Development and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, including small-scale irrigation schemes (100,000 ha) | |
● Strengthened community-based farmers organizations and water users associations, and expanded agricultural research and technology, for example through support for community-based initiatives and regional agricultural research programs | GoJ/WBG: (i) Support the establishment of CAADP trust fund (Japan’s contribution - $ 2 million), (ii) Scale-up co-financing especially in irrigation, (iii) Set up a special grant window of $ 20 million in the JSDF for rural development |
1-3-4.Others
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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● Immediate interventions to address rising food prices: rapidly increased supply response for food staples; assistance to consumers; targeted interventions to address hunger | GoJ/WBG and other partners |
GoJ: Provide emergency food aid worth of $100 million between May and July 2008 (mainly targeting Africa) , and other measures to be identified | |
WBG: Launch Global Food Response Facility (GFRF) and implement short-term targeted measures |
2-2. Education [ Achieving MDGs-- Economic and Social dimension of human security ]
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2-2-1.Basic education - expansion of access and quality
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1]Support construction and rehabilitation of school buildings and related infrastructure [2]Provide assistance to train and ratain primary and secondary school teachers and support the establishment and expansion of teacher training systems and organizations. |
● Support to Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Fund | EC/WBG/EFA-FTI Donors including EC |
WBG: Expansion of primary education opportunities through EFA FTI (*) |
EC: Countribute € 22 million to the Catalytic Fund | |||
[3]Promote capacity development of local education administration and community-based school management through “School for All” programme. | ● Expand school-based management of schools with community participation and extend programs to additional countries. Illustrative activities include measures to improve and disseminate tools for community management of schools, train school committees | GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ(MOF)/JICA/WBG | GoJ(MOFA/MOF)/JICA: (i) Expand “School for All” models for 10,000 schools |
GOJ/JICA: Provide technical input necessary for WBG WBG: Organize a stock-taking conference |
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[4]Promote knowledge/experience sharing within Africa and between Asia and Africa on such themes as culture and gender sensitive curricula, learning materials and training manuals. | ● Expand teacher training in math and science through SMASE (Strengthening of Mathematics and Science in Education) by extending program to additional countries and encouraging sharing of experiences | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/WBG | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: Enhancement of teaching ability of 100,000 teachers of Math & Science |
GoJ/JICA: Technical support on teacher training WBG: Coordinate conference on Africa-Asia Exchange on Mathematics and Science Education (AAE/MSE) |
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[5]Others | ● Increase financial and technical assistance support to the private education sector | WBG | IFC: Provide $50-100 million with partners |
● Expand access to quality primary education through school fee abolition policies and other measures to address household cost barriers to education | UNICEF/UNESCO-IIEP/UNDP/WBG/ADEA | UNICEF/UNESCO-IIEP/WBG: Contribute to efforts of school fee abolition policies and other measures |
2-2-2.Post basic education and higher education/research
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1]Promote human resource development in support of productive sectors by expanding institutions for technical and vocational education and training. | ● Enhancement of post-basic education (higher education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), human resource development for promotion of science and technology and industry. Encourage sharing of country experiences and expansion of programs | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/WBG/EC | GOJ (MOFA)/JICA : Promote expanding experience of JICA project |
WBG: Evaluate vocational training experience and updates regional analytical work on TVET and dissemination conference JICA: Technical support and information sharing from JICA |
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EC: (1) Nyerere programme (€ 60 million), (2) ERASMUS MUNDUS programme(€ 30 million) |
2-3. Health [ Achieving MDGs-- Economic and Social dimension of human security ]
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2-3-1.Strengthening of health systems
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[2]Improve the provision of health services, including through expansion of health infrastructure and facilities. | ● Improve the provision of health services, including through expansion of health infrastructure and facilities | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/WBG | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: Improvement of 1,000 hospitals and health centers |
WBG: Expand programs for maternal and child health, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and strengthening health systems (*) | |||
[3]Promote establishment of monitoring and evaluation of health systems to enable policy decisions based on precise health information. | ● Enhance health management and monitoring of health services, with a special focus on MDGs 1,4,5 and 6 | GoJ(MOFA)/WBG/EC/GoV | GoJ/WBG: (i) Support establishment of a new multi-donor trust fund for malnutrition (Japan’s contribution $ 2 million) and (ii) Set up a special grant window of $ 20 million in the JSDF |
EC: € 493.1 million direct support for health under EDF | |||
GoV: Extend the stay and dispatch of 100 new experts and 30 experts to Africa each year (2007-2010) |
2-3-2.Improvement of maternal, new-born and child health
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[5]Others | ● Scale-up results-based financing for health, and buy-down approach for IBRD loans in partnership with private foundations. Increase support to private sector provision of health care and to government departments responsible for regulating private health care providers | WBG/EC | WBG: Buy-down projects in an additional 8 countries |
EC: € 3,441,3 million in general budget support |
2-3-3.Measures against infectious diseases
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[7]Others | ● Support for private provision of health care | WBG | WBG: Support private sector provision of health care through IFC initiatives of $ 1 billion investment and TA funds |
3. Consolidation of Peace, Good Governance
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3-0.Overall
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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● Provide support for addressing humanitarian crises and consolidating peace | GoJ/Various international organizations/UN organs/WBG | (i) GoJ: Continue to duly assist in addressing humanitarian crises and consolidating peace(*) | |
(ii) UNV: UNV volunteers deployment and support for national capacity in crisis management and consolidation of peace ($ 3.2 million) | |||
(iii) WBG: Scale-up assistance for transition from war to peace and post-conflict recovery and reconstruction |
3-4.Promotion of good governance
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[4]Others | GoJ/WBG | GoJ:Financial support through Japan Social Development Fund |
4. Addressing Environmental/Climate Change issues
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4-1. Mitigation
4-1.(1) Promotion of mitigation measures
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[2]Promote the formulation of projects and awareness-raising campaigns for further implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and support the institutional and capacity development of Designated National Agencies in each country. | ● Support investments in sustainable land and forest management and identification of emission reductions and carbon finance opportunities from REDD(Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) | GoJ/WBG | GoJ: Support by "Cool Earth Partnership" and "Hatoyama Initiative" (*) |
WB: Help access to FCPF and CIF |
4-1. (2)Promotion of the use of clean energy and improvement of energy access
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1]Support the formulation of policies and plans to expand usage of renewable energy, and assist renewable energy programmes including facilitating transfer of management and maintenance technology. | ● Support development and use of clean energy, including solar energy, through sector strategy and policy formulation and investment in renewable energy | GoJ/WBG | GoJ: Support by "Cool Earth Partnership" and "Hatoyama Initiative" (*) |
WBG: Co-finance key regional hydropower projects | |||
IFC: $ 4-5 million investment in clean energy |
4-2.Adaptation
4-2. (1)Measures against natural disasters
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[1]Support the formulation of natural disaster prevention and emergency activity plans based on the assessment of risk and vulnerability of each region to disasters including droughts and floods. | ● Support the formulation of water resource management plans including (i) key hydrological assesments, (ii) flood risk management and (iii) appropriate water management technology initially focus on the countries under water stress | WBG | WBG: $ 306 million for flood risk management and preparedness in FY 2008 |
[2]Assist efforts to establish early warning systems and strengthen capacity at the community level to cope with natural disasters. | ● Support disaster prevention and management capacity (focus on droughts and floods and main vulnerable countries) | GoJ/WBG | GoJ: Support by "Cool Earth Partnership" and "Hatoyama Initiative" (*) |
WBG: Undertake country needs assessments, provide estimated funding of $ 75 million IFC: Undertake adaptation pilot studies |
4-3. Water and Sanitation
4-3.(0) Overall
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/WBG | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: Grants and technical assistance out of ¥30 billion on water and sanitation (*) | ||
WBG: Target of providing water to 2.5 million people a year through 50,000 connections and 4,500 community water points |
5. Broadening the Partnership
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5-1.Promote South-South Cooperation - Asia-Africa Cooperation, Africa-Africa Cooperation
Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
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[2]Promote the exchange of people, trade and investment and services to strengthen the ties between Asia and Africa. | ● Promote Asia-Africa cooperation, as well as Japan/Africa/Africa tri-angular cooperation | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/UNDP/WBG/UNV/UNIDO | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: (i) Hold seminars in Japan or in third countries and (ii) help Asian countries dispatch experts to Africa out of GoJ/JICA Budget |
GoJ/UNV: Dispatch Asian Volunteers to Africa (2006-2008: $ 1.65 million) | |||
GoJ/UNDP/WBG: Hold the Fifth Africa-Asia Bussiness Forum (AABF V) in the early part of 2009 UNIDO/UNWTO: Provide technical cooperation for the organizaion of AABF V |
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WBG: Promote knowledge sharing between African countries and emerging partners in Asia, and seek co-financing in African countries from Asian partners |
●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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