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JICA was formed in 2003 [citation needed] as a result of a comprehensive overhaul of Japan's ODA. It is now one of the largest bilateral development organizations in the world, with a network of 97 overseas offices, projects in more than 150 countries, and available financial resources of approximately 1 trillion yen ($8.5 billion).
In 1987, the South Korean government established the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) through which concessional loans for development projects were provided to the governments of developing countries. In 1991, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) was established to manage grant aid and technical cooperation programs.
The three government institutions involved in disbursing this are: the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Japanese Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC). This is now the nodal agency for all Japanese concessional loans, and replaced Japan Export-Import Bank (JEXIM) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) in 1999.
Italy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Italian Development Cooperation Programme [18] Japan - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), [19] [20] and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Korea - Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), [21] Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) Kuwait - Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic ...
In 2012, Tanaka became the president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), succeeding Sadako Ogata. [5] Upon the Cabinet's approval of Tanaka's appointment to the role, Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba called Tanaka "a prominent scholar in international politics who is highly acclaimed in the world as well as in Japan ...
JICA-RI was established on October 1, 2008, when the new JICA was launched as a result of merger of two existing institutions; former JICA which had been executing mainly technical cooperation and grant aid projects, and a part of JBIC (the Japan Bank for International Cooperation), which had been in charge of concessional yen loans.
The bird flu outbreak has taken concerning turns, with more than 60 human cases confirmed. Experts outlined four signs that the virus is going in the wrong direction.
The program is a collaboration between two Japanese government agencies: the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). SATREPS projects are expected to lead to outcomes with potential for practical utilization, and to enhance research capacity in the developing countries all around the world.