(from ebookjapan): Kenta Igashima of the Coordination Division of the Economic Planning Agency flies around the world to witness global-scale problems!　ODA, or Official Development Assistance, is one of Japan's largest foreign policy areas, but does Japan really understand its donor countries? This book provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the current situation in which Japan is under pressure to review its assistance as environmental and population issues come to the surface. Other topics include problems in Eastern Europe and global environmental issues, in a four-part series of one-episode readings. A very popular series following Introduction to the Japanese Economy!