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Japan International Co-operation Agency's In-Service Training Project: innovative or d�jà-vu? A qualitative evaluation of the In-Service Training Project in Ghana

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  • Georgios Tsopanakis

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This paper qualitatively evaluates the In-Service Training Project (INSET) of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) in two pilot districts of Ghana. Particular attention is drawn to the ‘effectiveness’ of the project: the quality of co-operation among the various project partners before, during and after the implementation of the project; the specific skills that the project aspired to transfer to the local participants; and the socio-economic sustainability of INSET in the pilot districts. The evaluation of the project reveals the contradictions and challenges with which JICA's project is confronted and suggests that while the Japanese development discourse has moved to adopt significant elements of the current western donor rhetoric, its development practice largely relates to the common pitfalls of the ineffective, western, aid initiatives of the past.

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  • Georgios Tsopanakis, 2012. "Japan International Co-operation Agency's In-Service Training Project: innovative or d�jà-vu? A qualitative evaluation of the In-Service Training Project in Ghana," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 296-313, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevef:v:4:y:2012:i:2:p:296-313
    DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2012.673503
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