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Rethinking Public Reporting: Corpus Linguistic Analysis of ODA Evaluation Reports

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K17674
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Area studies
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Maemura Yu  東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 講師 (60743854)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywordsofficial development aid / corpus linguistics / policy discourse / history / project documents / Corpus analysis / Project documents / Policy discourse / ODA policy / ODA / discourse analysis / foreign aid policy / コーパス言語学 / ODA評価 / 事業評価
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project has utilized corpus analytic methodologies to analyze development aid discourse. The research project has enabled the compilation of a corpus of project and policy documents relevant to official development aid. These include a) several years worth of project evaluations published for the Japan International Cooperation Agency on grant aid, loan, and technical cooperation projects, and b) 30 years worth of archived OECD memorandums drafted by the Japanese government outlining their ODA policies and activities. The historical archives were analyzed using corpus-linguistic tools to produce insight into the development of Japan's ODA policy within the international community from the 1960s to the 1990s. The analysis revealed that corpus linguistic findings were consistent with existing theories on development aid policy, and that such theories can inform deeper readings of the historical archives and reveal qualitative insights within texts.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国民に伝えるべき大事な情報は大量な公的資料や報告書に埋もれていて、重要な情報をいかに抽出できるのかが重要な課題である。言語学から生み出された考え方と分析の仕方を用いて公的文書の分析を行った。本研究では大量な公的文書の中身を分析、解読、解釈し、公表されている事業評価や政策メモから知見が得られる可能性を明らかにした。今後も組織のアカウンタビリティー強化を目指し、同様の研究アプローチを続ける意義はある。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Cardiff/University of Warwick(英国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Sydney(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Which “culture”? A critical analysis of intercultural communication in engineering education2019

    • Author(s)
      Handford, M., Van Maele, J., Matous, P., Maemura, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Engineering Education

      Volume: - Issue: 2 Pages: 161-177

    • DOI

      10.1002/jee.20254

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Root Causes of Recurring Contractual Conflicts in International Construction Projects: Five Case Studies from Vietnam2018

    • Author(s)
      Maemura Yu、Kim Eugene、Ozawa Kazumasa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

      Volume: 144 Issue: 8

    • DOI

      10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001523

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Exploring Internationally Operated Construction Projects through the Critical Incident Technique2018

    • Author(s)
      Haussner Daniel、Maemura Yu、Matous Petr
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Management in Engineering

      Volume: 34 Issue: 5

    • DOI

      10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000626

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of Incentive Mechanism for Availability Payment System applied to Highway PPP Projects2018

    • Author(s)
      Hirashima, Y., Maemura, Y., Ozawa, K
    • Journal Title

      Internet Journal of Society for Social Management Systems

      Volume: 11

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Examining the History of Japanese Foreign Aid in the International Community2018

    • Author(s)
      Maemura, Y
    • Organizer
      Annual Conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Implementation of the Self-Finance Theorem on Transport Policy Dilemmas based on the Case of Chinese Expressways2018

    • Author(s)
      Xu, K., Maemura, Y., Ozawa, K.
    • Organizer
      The 18th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese Development Aid from the Perspective of DAC: A Corpus assisted analysis of OECD DAC documents2017

    • Author(s)
      マエムラ ユウ オリバー
    • Organizer
      「日本の開発協力の歴史」第3巻バックグランド・ペーパー中間発表会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Researcher profile of Yu Maemura

    • URL

      https://ken-mgt.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/yu-maemura/

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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