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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The challenge and possibility of "Rural Development Strategy" through community-participation scheme in sub-Saharan Africa.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17611002
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会開発と文化
Research InstitutionWaseda University heace Studies Instituie (2006)
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2005)

Principal Investigator

SASAOKA Yuichi  Waseda University, Peace Studies Institute, Professor, 平和学研究所, 教授 (40397104)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YOSHIDA Masao  Nihon Fukushi University, Graduate School of International Social Development, Professor, 大学院・国際社会開発研究科, 教授 (70240314)
SAITO Fumihiko  Ryukoku University, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Professor, 国際文化学部, 教授 (10288657)
SEKIYA Yuichi  Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, Associate Professor, 一般教育科目, 助教授 (30329148)
SAKAMOTO Kimiko  Utsunomiya University, Faculty of International Studies, Lecturer, 国際学部, 講師 (60333134)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
KeywordsRural Development / Decentralization / Community Based Organization / Collective Action / Citizen Participation / Development Assistance / Poverty Reduction / Rural Society
Research Abstract

Rural Development Strategy is, in stead of Agricultural Development Strategy, to redefine the meaning of "rural" which covers space involved with activities of various sectors, and to identify development strategy based on the living conditions of local people. It was adopted by Nordic donors and has not been so active since the end of 1990s. However, it is very important in implementing poverty alleviation and is expected to provide overall goal which directs various capacity development projects on the ground. The characteristics of this research activity are to overlap two axes of the analyses: the rural (village) societies and the rural (local) administration. The targeted areas are East African countries where both rural development policies and local administration policies are promoted (Kenya and Tanzania, but Uganda is also included). The purpose of study is to investigate actual situations, analyze challenge and possibility of development and recommend fundamental changes on J … More apanese development and aid policy.
The outputs has been the analyses on decentralization policy and strategy, and its effects on rural social groups and communities, and analyses on community organization and possibility of its collective action (In this May, joint reports on this is going to take place at annual meeting of Japan Association For African Studies). Saito and Sasaoka take up trends and challenges of decentralization policy in Uganda and Kenya. They have focused on decentralization policy promoted by political motivations is unstable and has some limits on the effects of service delivery. Sekiya and Fujita (Ph.D. Hitotubashi University) have analyzed Community-based organizations and livelihood strategy by people in Kenya. Yoshida and Sakamoto have analyzed villager's collective actions in Tanzania, and Sakamoto stresses the importance of re-production and culture system.
We have an idea of continuing the research activities with similar methodology: Rural Development Strategy based on the local situations and bottom-up planning processes and its relationship with decentralization policy, in order to extract the similarity and difference beyond the borders of countries and regions. Less

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2007

All Journal Article (5 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 地域社会組織(CBO)基盤の多様性と課題 : アジア&アフリカの比較分析2007

    • Author(s)
      関谷雄一
    • Journal Title

      青山学院女子短期大学 総合文化研究所年報 14号

      Pages: 17

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Mutual assistance and gender under the influence of cash economy in Africa : Case study from rural southeast Tanzania2007

    • Author(s)
      阪本公美子
    • Journal Title

      宇都宮大学国際学部研究論集 23号

      Pages: 22

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Comparative Studies from Asia and Africa2007

    • Author(s)
      Sekiya Yuichi, Diversive Boundaries, Tasks for the Community Based Organizations (CBO
    • Journal Title

      Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, Annual Report of Research Institute Vol.14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Case study from ruralsoutheast Tanzania"2007

    • Author(s)
      Sakamoto Kimiko, "Mutual assistance, gender under the influence of cash economy in Africa
    • Journal Title

      Utsunomiya University, Faculty of International Studies, Research Report Vol.23

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Cases of Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya"2007

    • Author(s)
      Sasaoka Yuichi, "Institution Building for Poverty Reduction, Local Governence
    • Journal Title

      National Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Development Forum Discussion Paper No.13

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 政策研究大学院大学GRIPS Development Forum Discussion Paper No.132007

    • Author(s)
      笹岡雄一
    • Total Pages
      36
    • Publisher
      Institution Building for Poverty Reduction and Local Governance : The Cases of Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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