Objective of the study

The objective of this study is to consider, in depth, development problems as the cause of conflicts with post-conflict national reconstruction, and to seek ways of future development assistance as an active practical policy for peace building. In concrete terms, our research will proceed with the following main steps:

1) to consider development assistance which is aimed at removing the cause of conflicts to firmly establish democracy;

2) to grasp the roles of international institutions and international NGOs in the field of development assistance, and to examine their impact on peace building,

3) to consider how emergency humanitarian assistance influences the development of the interested country from a mid-and-long term perspective.

This research is related to concrete and practical policies such as Japan’s development aid, the establishment of a world system and the pursuit of better humanitarian assistance by respective international institutions and NGOs. This study aims to clarify these practical challenges and to carry out academic inquiries to define the direction of the Japan and world systems for humanitarian assistance in the future.

The study will be carried on by utilizing the international network which the Nagoya University Graduate School of International Development (GSID) has established over the past ten years under multilateral cooperation with respective agencies of the United Nations, various international institutions, international academic societies and international NGOs. Since the study is to be undertaken under the above-mentioned international cooperative framework and from the viewpoint of result sharing, the results are expected to have practical meanings. The study is quite unique in style since international institutions and NGOs, which have been to date acting independently in the task of studying humanitarian assistance, are centering on the GSID in collaboration with each other. This new level of cooperation will provide a new viewpoint in the field.