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141: Effect of School Factors on Gender Gaps in Learning Opportunities in Rural Senegal: Does School Governance Matter?

Mikiko Nishimura

140: Toward an Accounting of the Values of Ethiopian Forests as Natural Capital

Daiju Narita, Mulugeta Lemenih, Yukimi Shimoda and Alemayehu N. Ayana

139: Twin Peaks: Japan’s Economic Aid to India in the 1950s and 2010s

Purnendra Jain

138: Does a Rural Road Improvement Project Contribute to Inclusive Growth??A Case Study from Bangladesh

Yasuo Fujita

137: Overview of Policy Actions and Observational Data for PM2.5 and O3 in Japan: A Study of Urban Air Quality Improvement in Asia

Hajime Akimoto

136: The Continuum of Humanitarian Crises Management: Multiple Approaches and the Challenge of Convergence

Oscar A. Gomez and Chigumi Kawaguchi

135: Lenses on ‘Japaneseness’ in the Development Cooperation Charter of 2015: Soft power, human resources development, education and training

Kenneth King

134: Perceptions and Practice of Human Security in Malaysia

Benny Cheng Guan Teh and Ik Tien Ngu

133: Examination of Poverty in Northern Mozambique: A Comparison of Social and Economic Dimensions

Naoko Shinkai

132: Altruism or Exchange? Experimental Evidence on the Motives behind Private Transfers in Sri Lanka

Takeshi Aida and Yasuyuki Sawada

131: Estimating China’s Foreign Aid II: 2014 Update

Naohiro Kitano

130: Normative Framing of Development Cooperation: Japanese Bilateral Aid between the DAC and Southern Donors

Fukuda‐Parr, Sakiko and Hiroaki Shiga

129: Empowerment through Enhancing Agency:Bridging Practice and Theory through Crystallizing Wisdom of a Third-Country Expert

Mine Sato

128: Transformation of Rural Bangladesh: Role of Infrastructure and Financial Institutions

Shahidur Khandker and Hussain A. Samad

127: Deciphering Capacity Development through the Lenses of “Pockets of Effectiveness” - A Case of Innovative Turnaround of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, Cambodia -

Kyoko Kuwajima

126: Potential and Challenges for Emerging Development Partners: The Case of Indonesia

Akio Hosono

125: India’s Unique Role in the Enhancement of Democratic Governance as a Model of Constitutional Democracy

Hiroaki Shiga

124: Youth Employment and NGOs: Evidence from Bangladesh

Akira Murata and Naoki Nishimura

123: User-Centered Approach to Service Quality and Outcome:Rationales, Accomplishments and Challenges

Toru Yanagihara

122: Does the Concept of Human Security Generate Additional Value? An Analysis of Japanese Stakeholder Perceptions

Kaoru Kurusu

121: The Motivation of Participants in Successful Development Aid Projects: A Self-Determination Theory Analysis of Reasons for Participating

Nobuo R Sayanagi and Jiro Aikawa

120: Election, Implementation, and Social Capital in SchoolBased Management: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on the COGES Project in Burkina Faso

Yasuyuki Sawada, Takeshi Aida, Andrew Griffen, Eiji Kozuka, Haruko Noguchi and Yasuyuki Todo

119: Outsourced Technical Cooperation Reconsidered: Agency Problems in the Support of Decentralized Public Service Delivery in Sierra Leone

Satoru Mikami and Mitsuaki Furukawa

118: On the Concept of Green Growth and the Role of Policy and Public Finance

Tomonori Sudo

117: Intrageneration Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia: Households’ Welfare Mobility Before, During, and After the Asian Financial Crisis

Teguh Dartanto and Shigeru Otsubo

116: Volunteer Disappointment and Outcome of Activities－Regional Perspective of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV)－

Hisao Sekine

115: Can School-Based Management Generate CommunityWide Impacts in Less Developed Countries? Evidence from Randomized Experiments in Burkina Faso

Yasuyuki Todo, Eiji Kozuka and Yasuyuki Sawada

114: Bangladesh’s Achievement in Poverty Reduction: The Role of Microfinance Revisited

Shahidur Khandker and Hussain A Samad

113: Measuring the Quality of Education Policies and Their Implementation for Better Learning: Adapting World Bank’s SABER Tools on School Autonomy and Accountability to Senegal

Takako Yuki, Kengo Igei and Angela Demas

112: How Can Community Participation Improve Educational Outcomes? Experimental Evidence from a School-Based Management Project in Burkina Faso

Eiji Kozuka, Yasuyuki Sawada and Yasuyuki Todo

111: A Quantitative Text Analysis of the Minutes from the Meetings in Public Involvement: A Case of a Bridge Project in Cambodia

Tetsuya Kamijo and Guangwei Huang

110: Is Seasonal Hunger a Distant Memory in Bangladesh? Revisiting Earlier Evidences

Shahidur Khandker and Hussain A Samad

109: Measuring Quality of Policies and Their Implementation for Better Learning: Adapting the World Bank’s SABER Tools School Autonomy and Accountability to Burkina Faso

Kengo Igei, Yuki Takako and Angela Demas

108: A Verification of the Effectiveness of Alternatives Analysis and Public Involvement on the Quality of JICA Environmental and Social Consideration Reports

Tetsuya Kamijo

107: Determinants of School Enrollment of Girls in Rural Yemen: Parental Aspirations and Attitudes toward Girls’ Education

Kengo Igei and Takako Yuki

106: Convergence of Aid Models in Emerging Donors?Learning Processes, Norms and Identities, and Recipients

Hisahiro Kondoh

105: On the Determinants of High Productivity Rice Farming in Irrigated Areas in Senegal: The Efficiency of Large Compared with Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes

Sakurai Takeshi

104: Chronic Poverty in Rural Cambodia: Quality of Growth for Whom?

Ippei Tsuruga

103: The Effect of Disability and Gender on Returns to the Investment in Education: A Case from Metro Manilla of the Philippines

Kamal Lamichhane and Takayuki Watanabe

102: Human Security in Practice in Thailand

Surangrut Jumnianpol and Nithi Nuangjamnong

101: Human Security in Singapore: Where Entitlement Feeds Insecurity

Belinda Chng and Sofiah Jamil

100: The Concept of Human Security in Vietnam

Pham Lan Dung and Nguyen Ngoc Lan

99: Perception on Human Security: Indonesian View

Lina A. Alexandra

98: Human Security in Practice: The Philippine Experience(s) from the Perspective of Different Stakeholders

Maria Ela L. Atienza

97: Industrial Transformation and Quality of Growth

Akio Hosono

96: Human Security in Cambodia: Far From OverHuman Security and Development in Myanmar: Issues and Implications

Moe Thuzar

95: Human Security in Cambodia: Far From Over

Pou Sovachana and Alice Beban

94: Embracing Human Security: New Directions of Japan’s ODA for the 21st Century

Sachiko G. Kamidohzono, Oscar A. Gómez and Yoichi Mine

93: Human Security in Practice: The Case of South Korea

Eun Mee Kim, Seon Young Bae and Ji Hyun Shin

92: Human Security in Practice: The Chinese Experience

Ren Xiao