Month: May 2022

On March 22, 2022, the JICA Sadako Ogata Institute for Peace and Development (JICA Ogata Institute) held the 11th Knowledge Forum “Japanese Rice Crop Technology Spreading from Asia to Africa” in a webinar format. In his opening remarks, Koji Makino, Deputy Director of JICA’s Ogata Research Institute, said, “In 2008, JICA launched an international initiative,…

Abidjan, the former capital of Cote d’Ivoire, has experienced a rapid population growth without systematic infrastructure investment and urban development due to the political crisis and domestic division from 1999 to 2011, and is facing challenges such as uncontrolled urban expansion, aging and deteriorating services of various infrastructures, and capacity shortage. Japan implemented the technical…

Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, is experiencing a rapid increase in water demand due to population growth. The Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA), which is responsible for the city’s water supply business, has begun development of new water sources and construction of a water treatment plant to meet the rapidly growing…

The Government of Rwanda has made the promotion of rural development a priority as a pillar of its integrated development planning, implementation management, and economic growth. Reliable, large-scale digital topographic maps are an indispensable source of basic information needed to implement development plans for the improvement of urban infrastructure and social services, and there is…

Japan conducted the “Study on the Development and Improvement Plan for Ship Navigation Safety Systems” in Indonesia from 2000 to 2002, and formulated a plan for the development of ship navigation safety systems in the country (hereinafter referred to as “previous M/P”). More than 10 years have already passed since then, and the socio-economic environment…

Fiji currently has 11 sewage treatment plants (4 in the western region and 7 in the eastern region, including the capital city of Suva). Lautoka and Nadi, the second and third most populous cities in Fiji, are located in the Western Region (Ba, Nandroga Navosa, and La Provinces), and are centers of the sugar and…

Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, local governments in Turkey have been hosting a large number of Syrian refugees, making the country the largest host country for Syrian refugees in the world. With no end in sight to the civil war and the increasing number of refugees and their longer stays…

Iraq’s power infrastructure, including power plants and transmission and substation facilities, has been destroyed and deteriorated as a result of years of war and economic sanctions, causing significant impairment in all areas of power generation, transmission, and distribution, resulting in long and constant rolling blackouts throughout the country and other major obstacles to economic recovery…

The Dominican Republic relies on foreign imports of fossil fuels, which account for more than 80% of its energy sources, contributing to a persistent trade deficit. In addition, high generation costs, transmission and distribution losses, and unpaid electricity bills have resulted in a deficit in the energy sector. In addition to supply-side measures such as…