Universalia has been awarded the contract to conduct the Independent Assessment of the Japan Social Development Fund (2007-2012).
In 2000, responding to the rise of poverty among Asia’s vulnerable communities caused by the financial crisis, the Government of Japan established the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF). The World Bank’s Global Partnership & Trust Fund Operations administer the JSDF grant-financed projects. Since JSDF’s inception in 2000, the World Bank has allocated US$770 million to fund, which has financed 395 projects in 47 countries.
Dr. Marie-Hélène Adrien, Senior Consultant, will lead this assignment accompanied by a team of eight international and national consultants. Field missions are scheduled in six countries receiving grant support.