Sustainable development goals and Japan -- sustainability overshadows poverty reduction

Tatsufumi Yamagata

No 598, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: The Development Cooperation Charter of Japan, which took over the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Charter in February 2015, drives Japan's cooperation towards non-poor countries and non-poverty issues. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put Japan forward in these directions. As a result, in Japan the focus on global poverty reduction is overshadowed by its national interests and sustainability under the concept of universality, which was a core principle of the SDGs as differentiated from the Millennium Development Goals.

Keywords: Sustainable development; Poverty; Development aid; Sustainable Development Goals; ODA; ODA Charter; Development Cooperation Charter; Japan; universality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 F55 O20 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-05-01
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