Toshiro Nishizawa

Aug 21, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Toshiro Nishizawa |Muhammad Husaini Fikri |Muhammad Rafi Bakri |Anthony Milner

The Paris Club, an informal forum of 22 creditor nations that deals with debtor countries’ payment difficulties, reached a consensus in March 2024 on debt cancellation for Somalia under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. This treatment reduced over US$2 billion, 99 per cent of Somalia’s total debt owed to Paris Club creditors. This debt cancellation may have implications for debt-distressed developing economies in Asia.

Jun 3, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Toshiro Nishizawa

The Lao economy has gradually recovered since mid-2022, helped by a crawl toward prepandemic normalcy with eased mobility restrictions and cross-border economic activity promoted via the Laos–China railway. The economy avoided collapse amid pandemic adversities due to people's reactionary self-protection, such as a temporal shift to a self-sufficient lifestyle. Nevertheless, the currency depreciation and higher fuel prices raised price levels by 73% in 2022–2023.

Nov 11, 2023 | bangladeshpost.net | Toshiro Nishizawa

Australia released its new International Development Policy for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indo-Pacific in August 2023, which coincided with Japan’s Cabinet revision of its Development Cooperation Charter. This raises the question of whether Australia’s new policy is responsive enough to its neighbours’ needs and priorities to make Australia their ‘partner of choice’. Australia’s policy emphasises partnership on an equal basis.

Nov 11, 2023 | news.nestia.com | Toshiro Nishizawa

Author: Toshiro Nishizawa, University of TokyoAustralia released its new International Development Policy for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indo-Pacific in August 2023, which coincided with Japan’s Cabinet revision of its Development Cooperation Charter. This raises the question of whether Australia’s new policy is responsive enough to its neighbours’ needs and priorities to make Australia their ‘partner of choice’. ……

Nov 11, 2023 | eastasiaforum.org | Toshiro Nishizawa |Allison Alexy |Kim Richard Nossal |Dron Parashar

Author: Toshiro Nishizawa, University of TokyoAustralia released its new International Development Policy for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indo-Pacific in August 2023, which coincided with Japan’s Cabinet revision of its Development Cooperation Charter. This raises the question of whether Australia’s new policy is responsive enough to its neighbours’ needs and priorities to make Australia their ‘partner of choice’. Australia’s policy emphasises partnership on an equal basis.