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Over the last decade, and especially over the last four years, Japan has emerged as a quiet leader in the Indo-Pacific. While the United States abandoned its allies and succumbed to illiberal populism under President Donald Trump, Japan remained a stalwart of the liberal, rules-based international order. It deepened ties with its neighbors, expanded multilateral initiatives, and set the regional agenda on trade and digital governance, among other issues. Through a combination of good timing, clear-eyed leadership, and innovative domestic reform, the island nation has proved not only a reliabl...

The growing synergy among the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue powers of Australia, Japan, the United States and India has provided a crucial impetus to the security architecture of the Indo-Pacific. Bilateral ties between these four states have also seen positive growth, largely a result of “like-minded” visions and policies dedicated to the creation of a free, rules-based and open maritime domain. One particular focus that Australia brings to the grouping includes its Pacific Step-up – a neighbourhood engagement policy described as among the “highest foreign policy priorities”, yet...

Terms of Reference to Develop Study on PPP-Financed Energy Infrastructure Projects in Ghana and Kenya Details / Hits: 507 AFRODAD in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Foundation and Bread for the World seek the services of competent consultants to undertake 2 separate studies on the Impacts of PPP Financed Energy Infrastructure Projects in Ghana and Kenya respectively. The specific projects of focus are the Ghana Sankofa Gas Project and Kenya’s Kipeto Wind Farm project. The goal of these studies is to critically assess whether energy infr...

In a new working paper, the Director of the Global Development Policy Center, Kevin P. Gallagher, and Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Yan Wang discuss debt sustainability in the Southern Africa region and the role of China as a lending partner and lay out policy options for alleviating the debt burden. Countries within the Southern African […] In a new article published in Energy Research & Social Science, Dr. Bo Kong and Dr. Kevin P. Gallagher examine the puzzle of why China has thus far channeled a tiny fraction of its massive official development finance (ODF) for energy worldwi...

Home » Local » JICA disburses $100m, 3rd and last tranche of its development policy loan to Jordan JICA disburses $100m, 3rd and last tranche of its development policy loan to Jordan By JT - Dec 19,2020 - Last updated at Dec 19,2020 AMMAN — With the Government of Jordan having fulfilled all prior actions required for disbursing the third tranche of its development policy loan with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Government of Japan represented by JICA disbursed on Friday $100 million, which is the third and last tranche of the loan titled “Business Environment, Empl...