Category: JICA contributions

In Vientiane, the capital of Laos, recent economic and population growth has led to rapid urban expansion from urban areas to suburban rural areas. However, sufficient infrastructure has not been established, and urban problems such as deterioration of the living environment and loss of green areas and wetlands have arisen. Under these circumstances, Japan cooperated…

JICA signed a memorandum of understanding with JETRO and UNDP on the occasion of TICAD 7 in 2019 for business cooperation to promote investment and business support in Africa by the three organizations. The three organizations have been working together for three years until 2022 to conduct seminars on Africa for Japanese companies and provide…

The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8): JICA’s Efforts in Africa Facing Complex Crises The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) was held in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, from Saturday, August 27 to Sunday, August 28. This year’s TICAD was attended by representatives from 48 African countries, with…

In the Dhaka Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh, the number of vehicles owned increased five-fold from approximately 200,000 to 1 million between 2013 and 2018 due to economic growth and population increase (Dhaka Metropolitan Police, 2018), and road traffic congestion and road traffic accidents have become serious problems. Under these circumstances, Dhaka Metropolitan Police has been…

In Indonesia, the income and regional disparities within the country have been widening along with economic growth, and the development of public infrastructure and the promotion of local industry and job creation in the rural periphery are issues to be addressed in order to build a safe society. In particular, the economies of remote islands…

In Ethiopia, the overgrowth of water hyacinth in Lake Tana, the country’s largest lake, is causing damage to agricultural and fishery workers, including navigation hazards and invasion of water hyacinth into surrounding agricultural land. Under these circumstances, the government of Tanzania and related local governments have invested a large amount of money to remove the…

Since the 1950s, Morocco has taken measures to address the expansion of unsanitary residential areas due to the concentration of population in urban areas. However, effective and integrated measures have not been taken due to a variety of factors, including inadequate financial resources, lack of a public financial system, rising land prices, insufficient involvement of…

In Morocco, sewerage infrastructure facilities have been well developed in large cities such as Rabat and Casablanca in response to rapid population growth and urbanization, but many small and medium-sized cities were noticeably lagging behind. As a result, existing sewage systems were not functioning adequately, and large amounts of untreated sewage were being discharged into…

In Sri Lanka, the arterial roads radiating from Colombo City were well developed, but the roads connecting the provinces were not yet developed, and therefore, many vehicles had to pass through Colombo City to travel between provinces, causing traffic congestion in the city. Under these circumstances, Japan decided to build a new 29-km Outer Circular…

The Moroccan government has made South-South cooperation a key national policy and has been promoting South-South cooperation, mainly by accepting African countries for training in Morocco. In the field of roads and ports in Morocco, government agencies related to roads and ports under the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics, and Water have been providing South-South…