Foreword by Akihiko Tanaka
Introduction
1. Japan's ODA 1954-2014: Changes and Continuities in a Central Instrument in Japan's Foreign Policy; Hiroshi Kato
2. Japan's Engagement with Multilateral Development Banks: Do Their Professional Paths Really Cross?; Kiyoshi Kodera
PART I: ORIGIN AND INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION OF JAPAN'S BILATERAL ODA
3. Origins of Japanese Aid Policy-Post-war Reconstruction, Reparations and World Bank Projects; Ryo Fujikura and Mikiyasu Nakayama
4. Japan's Foreign Aid: Institutional Change and Shifting Policy Directions; Purnendra Jain
5. The Political Economy of Japan's Aid Policy Trajectory: With Particular Reference to the Changes and Continuity under the ODA Charter; Yasutami Shimomura
6. The Benefits of Unification Failure: Re-examining the Evolution of Economic Cooperation in Japan; Jin Sato
PART II: JAPAN, ASIA AND AFRICA: ADAPTING AID TO CHANGING CONTEXTS
7. The East Asian Miracle and Development Policy: A Twenty-Year Retrospective; John Page
8. Japan, Korea, and China: Styles of ODA in East Asia; Barbara Stallings and Eun Mee Kim
9. Policies and Practices of China's Foreign Aid: A Comparison with Japan; Meibo Huang
10. Japan's Official Development Assistance to sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns, Dynamics and Lessons; Scarlett Cornelissen
PART III: INSTRUMENTS AND FOOTPRINTS
11. Catalyzing Transformation for Inclusive Growth; Akio Hosono
12. Revisiting Policy-based Financing: Experiences of Japan, Asia and Other Countries, and Their Relevance to the post-2015 Development Agenda; Kazuto Tsuji
13. Embracing Human Security: New Directions of Japan's ODA for the 21st Century; Sachiko G. Kamidohzono, Oscar A. Gómez and Yoichi Mine
14. Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers: Its Genesis and Development; Yasunobu Okabe
PART IV: JAPAN AND THE MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
15. Japan and the United Nations: Its Past, Present and Future; Sukehiro Hasegawa
16. The World Bank and Japan; Yoshiaki Abe and Shigeo Katsu
17. OECD-DAC and Japan: Its Past, Present and Future; Richard Manning
PART V: QUO VADIS: THE EAST ASIAN ODA MODEL AND THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
18. Lessons for Japanese Foreign Aid from Research on Aid's Impact; Tony Addison and Finn Tarp
19. New Actors, New Instruments, New Priorities: Towards a Sustainable Development Transformation; Homi Kharas and Julie Biau
20. NGOs and Japan's ODA: Critical Views and Advocacy; Masaaki Ohashi
21. Japan's Foreign Assistance at 60: Reflecting on the Past and Looking to the Future; Hiroshi Kato, John Page and Yasutami Shimomura
