The Joint Japan - World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) annual report 2003
Palmer, Martin; Finaly, Victoria;
The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program, has its origins in Japan's meteoric economic growth, and its astonishing transformation from World Bank borrower to major World Bank lender. The World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program is supported partly by a three-year-period fund from Japan to the Bank, i.e., the Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD), a Japanese initiative to provide special assistance to strengthen human resources in developing countries. Over the years, Japan has expanded its commitment to this endeavor. Meanwhile, it has contributed over $120 million to the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (renamed the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program in 1995, to reflect Japan's central role). These funds have covered tuition, subsistence and travel costs for scholars, as well as the costs of Program administration. This annual report for 2003 presents the Program highlights and achievements, identifying scholarships awarded, namely in challenging socioeconomic development themes, including development studies and economics, public administration, environment, health care and gender studies, agriculture, infrastructure management, and information technology. Further outreach, and human capacity building were achieved through Partnership Programs. It describes the program performance from 1987 to 2002, and regional distribution, and outlines the program effectiveness, and impact, and the new developments in 2003. The Program financial performance is reviewed, to finally present the program administration and its members, followed by a detailed description of the regular, and partnership programs, and the eligibility criteria.
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