Japan’s ODA Still Going Strong
Bert Edström
In the 1990s, Japan was the world’s top donor. This position was lost in 2001, after a prolonged economic slump, a deteriorating fiscal situation, and increasingly critical public view of ODA made the Japanese government start cutting development assistance. Yet figures show that Japan’s ODA is still going strong.
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