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An Analysis of Diet Discussions about ODA in the Past 10 Years
2007 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 91-107
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2007 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 91-107
This paper aims to clarify the relationship between Japan's ODA Policy and the Diet, analyzing the trend and content of the Diet discussions in the past 10 years.
The findings are as follows: 1) there are high correlation between the news of mass media and diet discussions, 2) special committee for ODA does not exist in Japanese Diet, 3) the budget and annual plan of Japan's ODA are not discussed substantially. It seemed that the role of the Diet is affected deeply by the institutional and administrative circumstances where Japan' ODA is located.
On the other hand, mature arguments have been developed recently. The discussions tends to more concentrated to “What is our strategy”, “Where and What we allocate ODA”, “How we reform ODA system”. In addition, it is clear that the Diet has given important role to policy making, especially in the case of aid policy to China and reform of ODA administration.
It seems that participation to the ODA policy by the Diet will increase still more in the future.
