The Embassy of Japan in the UK is located at 101-104 Piccadilly in London. Its telephone number is 020-7465-6500. The document provides the address and telephone contact information for the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom.
Cluster Based Industrial Development Fasid By Otsuka KIDDP UK
This document discusses cluster-based industrial development in East Asia through a number of case studies. It presents a model of industrial development with four stages: initiation, quantity expansion, quality improvement, and emergence of large enterprises. Case studies of industries like garments, motorcycles, and machinery in countries like Japan, China, and Taiwan show similarities in following this progression. The document advocates transferring innovative abilities from advanced economies to help industrial clusters in developing countries transition from quantity to quality improvements.
1) Africa has struggled to export manufactures which has limited its economic growth. Other regions like China and East Asia have grown rapidly by exporting manufactures.
2) Exporting is closely linked to economic growth because African economies are rich in natural resources with limited domestic demand, so exporting provides access to huge world markets.
3) While some African countries like Mauritius have grown rapidly through exporting, most African countries struggle to export manufactures due to limited firm growth and inability to enter export markets, which is linked to issues of efficiency, wages, and capital costs within firms.
「Crown Agents and Japanese ODA –イラク復興支援の経験から–」IDDP UK
Crown Agents has a long history working for overseas governments and administrations dating back to the 1700s. It began as private agents for British colonies and gradually took on more official roles working directly with colonial governments. In the post-colonial era beginning in the 1950s, Crown Agents expanded its work with developing countries and international donors. Today it has over 1,000 staff working in over 40 offices worldwide providing procurement, supply chain, and public finance management services. Crown Agents has worked with the Government of Japan since the 1980s on non-project grant aid programs, humanitarian assistance, and other projects.
Effective Strategies To Improve Maternal Health Among Refugee Women In Easter...IDDP UK
This document summarizes a presentation on improving maternal health among refugee women in Eastern Sudan. It identifies several key factors that prevent women from accessing family planning services, skilled delivery care, and emergency obstetric care. Through interviews with women and health workers, it was found that limited services, gender norms, and lack of autonomy prevent women from receiving the care they need. The document proposes using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model to design a project to strengthen health centers' capacity and promote supportive social norms in order to ultimately improve maternal health in the refugee communities.