GRIPS Development Forum - JICA Seminar“Japan’s Approach to African Development
during TICAD IV: The Case of Ethiopia”

JICA’s Assistance forIndustrial Developmentin Ethiopia
17 October 2011
Kyoko Kuwajima
Director General, Industrial Development
and Public Policy Department, JICA

Background: Japan’s support to Africa
G8 Hokkaido
Toyako Summit(Jul. 2008)

TICAD IV(May 2008)
Symposium: EconomicDevelopment in Africa
and the Asian GrowthExperience(May 2008)

Debate on how tomake the AsianExperience relevant withaccelerating economic
growth in Africa“The Initiative forPolicy Dialogue(IPD)
Taskforce on Africa
Meeting” in Addis
Ababa (Jul. 2008)
 Debate on amore active role of
the government ineconomic policies
Introduction ofJICA’s KAIZEN
Project in Tunisia

JICA’s Follow up ofJapan’s Commitment to Africa

JICA’s Cooperation Framework for
Industrial development of Ethiopia
Request from Prime Minister Meles （July 2008）
Support to formulate industrial
development policy for Ethiopia
Intellectual exchange of views on
industrial development strategy, andpolicy recommendations from Japan
based on the Asian development
experience.

“Policy Dialogue on IndustrialDevelopment”(1st Phase: Jun. 09-May 2011)

Support to nurture privatecompanies
Technical cooperation of JICA forenhancing competitiveness of theprivate sector learning from the
JICA’s experience in Tunisia.

“The Study Project on
Quality and Productivity
Improvement (KAIZEN)”(Pilot Phase: Oct. 09-Jun.11)3

Three-layered Policy Dialogue coupledwith Technical Cooperation ProjectThree Layers ofDialogue with Ethiopia
Dialogue with
Prime Minister
High Level Forumwith Ministers andState Ministers
Operational Level
MoFED, MoARD,MoE, MoI, MoUDC, etc.

MoI, Metal Products
Development Center

MoI, KAIZEN Unit

Policy Dialogue (Jun.09-2011)
1. Policy VisionsDemocratic Developmentalism, Agriculture
Development-led Industrialization (ADLI)
2. Five Year Development Plans
PASDEP(05/06-09/10), GTP (10/11-14/15)
3. Sector Policies
 Basic Metal & Engineering Industry
 Industrial Development Strategy
 MSE Development Strategy
4. Cross-cutting Issues
 Policy Making Process and Organizations
 National Movement of Productivity
Supplementary Firm-Level
Study of Basic Metal andEngineering Industry(2010)

Study Project on KAIZEN(Oct.09-Jun.2011)

Japan
EOJ
GRIPSJICA

Professors
Kenichi Ohno &Izumi Ohno

JICAJICAPASDEP: Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty, GTP: Growth and Transformation Plan, IDS: IndustrialDevelopment Strategy, MoFED: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, MoARD: Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, MoE: Ministry of Education, MoI: Ministry of Industry, MoUDC: Ministry of Urban Development and ConstructionPartners of “Policy Dialogue on
Industrial Development”
 Japanese side: the Embassy of Japan(EOJ) in Ethiopia. The team of GRIPS led
by Professor Kenichi Ohno and Professor
Izumi Ohno are the intellectual core.
 Ethiopian side: Prime Minister. Senior
Economic Advisor to the PM is the key
person who co-chairs High Level Forumwith Ambassador of EOJ. Ministers andState Ministers concerned.
 Daily follow-ups by the EOJ and the JICA
Office in coordination with JICA Hdq

Progress of “Policy Dialogue on
Industrial Development”
 Dialogue with the Prime Minister in ten

meeting sessions (incl. those in thepreparatory period) and through written
communications by Prof. Kenichi Ohno
 High Level Forum were held quarterly in
8 sessions (Jun.2009-May 2011)
 Numerous meetings at operational level Regular conversation with donors
including GIZ, the Engineering Capacity
Building Program, World Bank, DfID,USAID, UNIDO, UNDP, China, Korea, etc.

Initial Impact (1) Contribution to the
preparation of GTP and MSE Strategy
Views and comments wereprovided with deep insights fromcomparative development studies
esp. on Asia by the Japanese side“Fill the knowledge gap” (PM andMinister’s comments)
 GTP adopted Import
Substitution Policy and Basic Metaland Engineering Industry
 New MSE Strategy refers to theintroduction of KAIZEN concept

Initial Impact (2): Identification ofweakness in policy making capacity
In the Dialogue, the Japanese side
identified and communicated to the
Ethiopian side:•Importance of mindset andmethodology for effective policy
making•Desirable Inter-governmental
coordination mechanism•Needs of consultation process
between the government and theprivate sector to activate the sector
8Initial Impact (3) Program Approachcombining Dialogue and Projects
Input from Study Project on KAIZEN to the Policy
DialogueValidation of the usefullness of the concept andthe skills for productivity and quality improvement(KAIZEN) in the Ethiopian Industry
Potential entry to activate the private sector
Input from the Policy Dialogue to the KAIZEN ProjectInstitutionalization of KAIZEN (KAIZEN Unit of MoI
was officially endorsed by the Council)
Possible Coordination with MoE and MoUDC for
Nation-wide dissemination of KAIZEN for MSE9The Way Forward
Policy Dialogue (2nd Phase)to be started early next year
Technical Cooperation Project on
Capacity Building for Disseminationof Quality and Productivity
Improvement (KAIZEN)
to be started in November 2011

Thank you very much.