Volume of
Total ODA to the Philippines
[source:
ODA Annual Report 2001]
Japanese
ODA to the Philippines
Japan
has been the top donor country to the
Philippines for the past 23 years. Despite
its current economic difficulties, Japan
will continue to support the Philippines,
one of the most important and friendly
countries to Japan. For the past ten years,
more than half of the total foreign
assistance to the Philippines has been
extended by Japan. Japanese assistance to
the Philippines has also been funneled
through multilateral donors such as the
World Bank, the Asian Development Bank
(ADB), and various UN agencies.
| WHAT IS ODA?
(1) The financial flows
which meet the following:
- Provided by official agencies or
by their executive agencies;
- Administered with promotion of the
economic development and welfare of
developing countries as its main
objective;
- Concessional in character and
conveys a grant element of at least
25%.
(2) It consists of grant aid,
technical cooperation, subscriptions and
contributions to the U.N. agencies and
international financial institutions,
and government loans.
(3) ODA alone is internationally
recognized as aid in the genuine sense. |
With the cumulative amount of
Japan ODA to the Philippines totaling US$9.4
billion, the Philippines ranks as the third
largest recipient, next to Indonesia and
China.
Through the decades, Japanese
ODA has been contributing to Philippine’s
development efforts in many
fields,
including irrigation, flood control,
education, health care, earthquake
detection, rural road network construction /
improvement, water supply, and livelihood
programs.
Types of Japanese ODA
The Philippines receives
assistance from Japan in various forms.
Among them, loans, grants, and technical
assistance are the main forms of ODA. The
breakdown of Japanese ODA in 2002 is as
follows: US $181.1 million in loans, US
$59.4 million in grants, and US $77.5
million in technical assistance (on a net
disbursement basis).
Thrust of Japanese ODA
Respecting the self-help
efforts of every developing country Japanese
ODA, in principle, is extended upon the
request of the recipient governments. In the
case of the Philippines, government agencies
and LGUs submit project proposals to NEDA
for its evaluation. After the respective
approval by NEDA and the ICC, the Philippine
government makes an official request for its
short-listed priority projects to the
Japanese government, which then carefully
appraises those projects and approves those
that are most necessary and matured.
Embassy's Role
Responsible for ODA policy and programming,
the Japanese Embassy coordinates with two
Japanese development assistance implementing
agencies operating under the Government of
Japan, namely the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) (www.jica.go.jp/philippine/index.html),
which handles grant-aid and technical
assistance and the Japan Bank for
International Cooperation (JBIC) (www.jbic.go.jp/english),
which handles loans.
For more information, contact the Embassy of
Japan by email, ecosec@japanembassy.ph.
