Silviase/jgov_v1.4_full_ann huggingface dataset:
Netherlands

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

http://www.minbuza.nl

Canada

CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency)

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca

Sweden

SIDA (Swedish International Development

Cooperation Agency)

http://www.sida.se

Denmark

DANIDA (Danish International Development Assistance)

http://www.um.dk/english/dp/index.asp

Italy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cooperazione Italiana)

http://www.esteri.it/eng/index.htm

Norway

NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation)

http://www.norad.no

Australia

AusAID (Australian Agency for International Development)

http://www.ausaid.gov.au

International Agencies

ADB (Asian Development Bank)

http://www.adb.org

AfDB (African Development Bank)

http://www.afdb.org

CGIAR (Consultative Group on International

Agricultural Research)

http://www.cgiar.org

EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development)

http://www.ebrd.com

EU (European Union)

http://www.europa.eu.int

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the

United Nations)

http://www.fao.org

GEF (Global Environment Facility)

http://www.gefweb.org

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)

http://www.iaea.or.at

IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development)

http://www.worldbank.org

IDA (International Development Association)

http://www.worldbank.org/ida

IDB (Inter-American Development Bank)

http://www.iadb.org

IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural

Development)

http://www.ifad.org

ILO (International Labor Organization)

http://www.ilo.org

IMF (International Monetary Fund)

http://www.imf.org

OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation

and Development)

http://www.oecd.org

UN (United Nations)

http://www.un.org

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on

UNDP (United Nations Development

Programme)

http://www.undp.org

UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

http://www.unep.org

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific

and Cultural Organization)

http://www.unesco.org

UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)

http://www.unfpa.org

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)

http://www.unicef.org

UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development

Organization)

http://www.unido.org

UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees)

http://www.unhcr.ch

UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works

Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)

http://www.un.org/unrwa/english.html

UNU (United Nations University)

http://www.unu.edu

WFP (World Food Programme)

http://www.wfp.org

WHO (World Health Organization)

http://www.who.int
# HISTORY OF JAPAN'S ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (1945–2001)

EVENTS CONCERNING JAPANESE ECONOMIC COOPERATION	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Dec. 1945	Bretton Woods Convention comes into effect; International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, “World Bank”) are founded.
Jul. 1946	Food and medical supplies to Japan under the Government Appropriation for Relief in Occupied Areas (GARIOA) plan begin.
Jun. 1947	European Restoration Aid Plan (“Marshall Plan”) is announced.
Aug. 1948	Material supplies to Japan under the Economic Rehabilitation in Occupied Areas (EROA) plan begin.
Jan. 1949	US announces Point Four Program.
Jan. 1949	Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) is established by the Soviet Union and East European nations.
Apr. 1949	North Atlantic Treaty is signed to establish NATO.
Dec. 1950	Export Bank of Japan is founded (renamed Export-Import Bank of Japan in April 1952).	Jan. 1950	Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific is inaugurated.
Jun. 1950	Korean War begins.
Sep. 1951	San Francisco Peace Treaty and Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between Japan and the United States of America are signed.

Aug. 1952 Japan joins the World Bank and the IMF.

Aug. 1952 Formulation of a basic reparations policy.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Oct. 1953	First loans from the World Bank to Japan are made.
Apr. 1954	Asian Cooperation Foundation is founded.
Oct. 1954	Japan participates in the Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific.
Nov. 1954	Japan-Burma Peace Treaty and Agreement on Reparations and Economic Cooperation is signed.
Jul. 1955	Agreement between Japan and Thailand concerning settlement of “Special Yen Problems” is signed.	Apr. 1955	Conference of African and Asian Nations is held in Bandung.
Sep. 1955	Japan joins the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
May 1956	Japan-Philippines Agreement on Reparations is signed.	Dec. 1956	Japan is granted membership to the United Nations.
Apr. 1957	Preinvestment basic surveys start (prototype of development studies).
Jan. 1958	Japan-Indonesia Peace Treaty and Agreement on Repatriations and Economic Cooperation is signed.	Jan. 1958	European Economic Community (EEC) is founded.
Feb. 1958	Yen loans begin (Japan-India Exchange of Notes is signed).	Apr. 1958	First Conference of Independent African Nations is held.
Oct. 1958	Japan-Laos Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed.
Mar. 1959	Japan-Cambodia Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed.	Dec. 1959	Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is founded.
Apr. 1959	Activities of the Overseas Technological Training Center begin (prototype of project-type technical cooperation).
May 1959	Japan-South Viet Nam Agreement on Reparations is signed.
Jan. 1960	Oliver Franks points out the importance of North-South issues.
Jan. 1960	Development Assistance Group (DAG) is founded.
Mar. 1960	Japan joins the DAG.	Sep. 1960	Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Dec. 1960	Japan joins the IDA.	Sep. 1960	International Development Association (IDA, “Second World Bank”) is founded.
Dec. 1960	Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is founded.
Mar. 1961	Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) is founded.	Oct. 1961	Development Assistance Committee (DAC, formerly DAG) is established. Japan is a founding member country.
Jun. 1961	Council on International Economic Cooperation is established.	Nov. 1961	USAID is established.
Dec. 1961	10 Years of UN Development is adopted at the 16th UN General Assembly.
Jan. 1962	US-Japan Agreement on GARIOA and EROA Debts is signed.	Jan. 1962	DAC chairman’s report is published for the first time.
Jan. 1962	Agreement between Japan and Thailand concerning the settlement of “Special Yen Problems” is signed.	Oct. 1962	Cuban missile crisis.
Jun. 1962	DAC conducts the first review of annual assistance to Japan.
Jun. 1962	Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency (OTCA) is founded.
Mar. 1963	Japan-Burma Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed.	May 1963	Organization of African Unity (OAU) Charter is signed.
Apr. 1964	Japan joins the OECD.	Feb. 1964	Prebisch Report entitled the “Search for New Trade Policy for Development” is published.
Apr. 1964	Provision program of equipment and materials begins.	Mar. 1964	First meeting of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is held.
Nov. 1964	African Development Bank (AfDB) is founded.
Apr. 1965	Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) program is inaugurated.	Feb. 1965	US begins bombing North Viet Nam.
Apr. 1965	DAC issues recommendations on terms and conditions of aid.
Jul. 1966	Two-step loans start.	Jan. 1966	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is founded.
Aug. 1966	Asian Development Bank (ADB) is founded: Japan becomes a founding member.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Jan. 1967	United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is founded.
Jul. 1967	European Community (EC) is founded.
Aug. 1967	Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Jul. 1968	Commodity loans start.	Feb. 1968	Second General Assembly of UNCTAD declares an ODA target of 1% of GNP.
Jul. 1968	Food aid starts.
Jul. 1968	Acceptance of trainees reaches 10,000.
1969	General grant aid starts.	Oct. 1969	Pearson Report entitled “Partner on Development” is announced.
Apr. 1969	A two-fold increase in aid to Asia within a period of five years is announced at the second ADB General Meeting.
Oct. 1970	UN adopts a resolution on the Second UN Development Decade.
Aug. 1971	US announces a new economic policy (“Nixon Shock”).
Dec. 1971	Meeting of finance ministers from 10 countries agrees to multinational currency adjustment, establishing the Smithsonian System.
Apr. 1972	ODA target of 0.7% of GNP is declared at the General Assembly of UNCTAD.	Jun. 1972	UN Conference on Human Environment is held in Stockholm.
May 1972	Introduction of untied loans is approved by the cabinet.	Jun. 1972	Diplomatic relations are restored between Japan and the People’s Republic of China.
Oct. 1972	DAC issues new recommendation on terms and conditions of aid to define ODA.
1973	Fishery grants start.	Oct. 1973	Ministerial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decides to raise posted price of crude oil, triggering the first oil crisis.
Aug. 1974	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is founded.	May 1974	Sixth UN General Assembly Special Session on Resources adopts a declaration to establish a New International Economic Order (NIEO) and a Special Project to Support Most Seriously Affected Countries (MSAC).
Mar. 1975	Third country training starts.	Feb. 1975	Lome Convention is signed.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Mar. 1975	Japan-Saudi Arabia Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed.	Aug. 1975	UN International Conference on Population is held in Bucharest.
Apr. 1975	Grant aid for cultural activities starts.	Sep. 1975	UN General Assembly Special Session on Development and International Economic Cooperation is held.
Jul. 1975	Ministerial Council for External Economic Cooperation is established.
Jul. 1975	Yen loan activities are transferred to the OECF.
Jul. 1976	Japan joins the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).	Feb. 1976	First ASEAN Summit is held in Bali.
Jul. 1976	Japan completes reparations to the Philippines (all reparations are completed).
Apr. 1977	Aid for increasing food production starts.	Nov. 1977	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is founded.
Aug. 1977	Fukuda Doctrine is announced.
Feb. 1978	DAC issues recommendations on terms and conditions of aid.	Aug. 1978	World Bank announces the first World Development Report.
Apr. 1978	Grant aid for debt relief starts.	Aug. 1978	China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty is signed.
Jul. 1978	First Medium-Term Target of ODA (a plan to double ODA in three years) is announced at the G7 Summit in Bonn.
Dec. 1979	First yen loan package to China is announced.	May 1979	Brandt Commission's report entitled "North-South: A Program for Survival" is published.
Dec. 1980	UN General Assembly adopts an international development strategy concerning the Third UN Development Decade.
Jan. 1981	Second Medium-Term Target of ODA (a plan to double ODA in five years) is announced.	Oct. 1981	North-South Summit, the International Conference on Cooperation and Development, is held in Cancun.
Jan. 1981	Economic Cooperation Evaluation Committee is established.
Sep. 1982	Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues the first version of the Economic Cooperation Evaluation Report.	Aug. 1982	Mexico declares a moratorium on debt repayments.
Feb. 1983	Japan joins the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Mar. 1984	Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues the first edition of Japan's Official Development Assistance.	Jun. 1984	First meeting of Latin American debtor countries is held in Cartagena.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Mar. 1984	Second yen loan package to China is announced.	Aug. 1984	United Nations International Conference on Population Adopts the Mexico City Declaration on Population and Development.
Sep. 1985	Third Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.	Sep. 1985	Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Five countries announce the Plaza Agreement.
Jul. 1986	Structural Adjustment Loans (SAL) with the World Bank start.
May 1987	Financial recycling scheme is announced.
Jul. 1987	Nonproject grant aid for structural adjustment support starts.
Sep. 1987	International Disaster Relief Team is founded.
Oct. 1987	International Cooperation Day is established.
May 1988	International Cooperation Plan is announced.	Sep. 1988	The Paris Club agrees on the Toronto Terms.
Jun. 1988	Fourth Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.
Jul. 1988	Management and Coordination Agency issues “Results of the Administrative Inspection Concerning ODA.”
Apr. 1989	Grant assistance for grassroots projects and NGO project subsidies start.	Jun. 1989	Tiananmen Square incident occurs in Beijing.
Jul. 1989	Government announces its intention to strengthen environmental cooperation to developing countries at the G7 Summit in Arche.	Nov. 1989	The Berlin Wall collapses.
Sep. 1989	Management and Coordination Agency issues “Results of the Second Administrative Inspection Concerning ODA.”
Dec. 1989	Japan becomes the top ODA donor for the first time among DAC countries.
Apr. 1990	Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) is founded.	May 1990	UNDP Human Development Report is published for the first time.
Jul. 1990	Japan completes repayment of World Bank loans.	Aug. 1990	Iraq invades Kuwait.
Oct. 1990	Unification of Germany.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Oct. 1990	The final meeting of the South Commission adopts the “Challenge to the South.”
Dec. 1990	International development strategy for the Fourth UN Development Decade is adopted.
Jan. 1991	International volunteer saving system starts.	Feb. 1991	The Gulf War ends.
Apr. 1991	The Four ODA Guidelines are formulated.	Apr. 1991	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is founded: Japan is one of the founding members.
Jul. 1991	Leaders at the London Summit decide on emergency support measures for the Soviet Union.
Dec. 1991	The Soviet Union collapses. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is established.
Jun. 1992	Japan participates in the Earth Summit and announces that Japan’s environmental ODA will increase to between ¥900 billion and ¥1 trillion in the five years from fiscal year 1992.	Jun. 1992	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, “Earth Summit”) is held in Rio de Janeiro.
Jun. 1992	Japan’s Official Development Assistance Charter is approved by the cabinet.
Nov. 1992	Yen loans to Viet Nam resume.
Jun. 1993	Fifth Medium-Term Target of ODA and Funds for Development initiative are announced.	May 1993	General election is held in Cambodia.
Jul. 1993	Common Agenda for Cooperation in a Global Perspective is announced as a result of Japan-US framework talks.	Sep. 1993	Israel and the PLO sign the Agreement on Palestinian Interim Self-Government.
Sep. 1993	Japan co-sponsors the first meeting of the International Committee on Reconstruction of Cambodia (ICORC) in Paris.
Oct. 1993	Japan co-sponsors the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Oct. 1993	Plaza for International Cooperation is established.
Feb. 1994	Japan announces the Global Issues Initiative (GII) on Population and AIDS.	Apr. 1994	General elections are held in the Republic of South Africa.
Apr. 1994	Compensation Scheme for Volunteers starts as part of the NGO project subsidies.	Aug. 1994	10th International Conference on AIDS is held in Yokohama.
Sep. 1994	International Conference on Population and Development is held in Cairo.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Dec. 1994	Fourth yen loan package to China is announced.	Dec. 1994	The Paris Club agrees on the Naples Terms.
Dec. 1994	First Asia-Africa Forum is held in Bandung.
Feb. 1995	Forum for Comprehensive Development of Indochina is hosted by Japan in Tokyo.	Mar. 1995	World Summit for Social Development is held in Copenhagen.
Apr. 1995	Projects to help women attain independence are included in the NGO projects subsidies.	May and Aug. 1995	China conducts nuclear tests.
May 1995	Disaster relief and aid for democratization are commenced.	Nov. 1995	Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing.
Aug. 1995	Grant aid to China is suspended in principle.	Dec. 1995	Accord on Partnership for Progress is reached at the Osaka meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Sep. 1995	Japan announces its Initiative on Women in Development (WID) at the Fourth World Conference on Women.	Bosnia peace accord is signed in Paris.
Sep. 1995	The ODA logo is decided.
Apr. 1996	Local community development projects are made eligible for NGO project subsidies.	Mar. 1996	Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is held in Bangkok.
Apr. 1996	Japan's initiatives on assistance to Africa are announced.	May 1996	New Development Strategy is adopted at the DAC high-level meeting.
May 1996	Japan-China Comprehensive Forum on Environmental Cooperation is inaugurated.	Nov. 1996	Global Food Summit is held in Rome.
Aug. 1996	Report of the “Greater Mekong Development Vision Task Force” is released.
Mar. 1997	Grant aid to China is recommenced.
Mar. 1997	Management and Coordination Agency releases “The Results of Administrative Inspection on ODA—Centered on Yen Loans.”
Apr. 1997	Grant aid for child health is introduced.
May 1997	Council on ODA Reforms for the 21st Century is launched.
May 1997	Council on ODA Reforms announces emergency statement on fiscal structural reform.
Jun. 1997	Cabinet determines policy on fiscal structural reform.	Jun. 1997	UN General Assembly Special Session on Environment and Development is held.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Jun. 1997	Initiatives for Sustainable Development (ISD) Toward the 21st Century is announced at the UN General Assembly Special Session of Environment and Development.	Jun. 1997	Second Asia Africa Forum is held in Bangkok.
Sep. 1997	Prime Minister Hashimoto visits China, where he proposes a bilateral agreement on environmental cooperation.	Jul. 1997	Thai baht plunges in value, triggering the Asian currency and financial crisis.
Sep. 1997	Japan-China Environmental Cooperation Toward the 21st Century is announced.
Nov. 1997	Second general forum on Japan-China environmental cooperation is held.
Dec. 1997	At the signing of the Mine Ban Treaty in Ottawa, Foreign Minister Obuchi announces Japan's pledge to provide approximately ¥10 billion over five years to support mine-ban activities.	Dec. 1997	Mine Ban Treaty is signed.
Dec. 1997	Japan announces the Kyoto Initiative (assistance to developing countries to combat global warming).	Dec. 1997	Third Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in Kyoto.
Dec. 1997	Prime Minister Hashimoto proposes the Japan-ASEAN Program for Comprehensive Human Resources Development on his visit to ASEAN countries.
Dec. 1997	The ODA budget will be reduced through 2000 due to the enactment of the Fiscal Structure Reform Law.
Jan. 1998	Council on ODA Reforms issues final report.
Feb. 1998	Emergency economic stabilization measures for Southeast Asia are announced.
Mar. 1998	Japan-US Common Agenda Open Forum is held.
May 1998	Suspension, in principle, of new grant aid and yen loans to India and Pakistan.	May 1998	India and Pakistan conduct underground nuclear tests.
Jun. 1998	Enactment of the Basic Law on the Administrative Reform of the Central Government.	May 1998	Indonesian President Suharto resigns.
Jun. 1998	Council on External Economic Cooperation releases its recommendations on “Strategies for the Pursuit of Future Economic Cooperation.”	Jun. 1998	UN General Assembly holds a special session on drugs.
Nov. 1998	Fourth Session of Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires adopts the Buenos Aires Action Plan.
Events Concerning Japanese Economic Cooperation	World Events Concerning Economic Cooperation
Jul. 1998	In presiding over his first cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Obuchi cites the need for steps to improve transparency and efficiency of ODA.	Dec. 1998	Ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is held in New York.
Oct. 1998	Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD II) is held.
Oct. 1998	New Miyazawa Initiative is announced.
Nov. 1998	Japan dispatches an SDF unit to hurricane-devastated Honduras in its first overseas deployment as a Japan Disaster Relief Team.
Nov. 1998	Meeting of ODA-related ministries and agencies is held.
Nov. 1998	Japan-China summit meeting is held. A joint declaration is issued on Japan-China Environmental Cooperation Toward the 21st Century, and agreement is reached on the remaining two years of the fourth package of yen loans to China.
Dec. 1998	Special yen loans are established as part of an economic structural reform initiative.
Feb. 1999	International conference on Cambodian reconstruction is held in Tokyo.	May 1999	Nigerian President Obasanjo is inaugurated.
Apr. 1999	The chief cabinet secretary announces Japan's proposal for debt-relief measures targeted at heavily indebted poor countries.	May 1999	General elections are held in Indonesia, following which Abdurrahman Wahid is elected president.
Apr. 1999	Announcement is made of Japan's contribution to Kosovo totaling approximately $200 million.
Jun. 1999	Japan announces aid to South Africa upon the inauguration of President Mbeki.	Jun. 1999	Thabo Mbeki is elected president of South Africa.
Jun. 1999	OECD/DAC issues its investigative report on Japan's development cooperation policy and plans.	Jun. 1999	The Cologne Debt Initiative is announced at the Cologne Summit.
Jun. 1999	International symposium on development from the viewpoint of human security is held.	Jun. 1999	UN General Assembly Special Session on the International Conference on Population and Development is held in New York.
Jul. 1999	The LDP Special Committee on External Economic Cooperation announces its proposals for strategic implementation of economic cooperation toward the 21st century.	Aug. 1999	China conducts a missile launch test.
Aug. 1999	East Timor residents vote for independence from Indonesia in a popular referendum.
Sep. 1999	IMF and World Bank Executive Boards endorse a concrete plan of action under the enhanced HIPC Initiative.