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Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development ProjectThe Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development Project carries cash prizes of US $35,000 plus travel expenses to GDN’s annual conference. An Award of US $30,000 is given to the institution whose project embodies a fresh approach to an important development need and holds the greatest promise for benefiting the poor in developing and transition countries. Criteria Include; the degree of innovation and the potential for broad application of the project in other countries. The second place institution receives a prize of US $5000. Funding for the Award is provided by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. The Award is open to all development projects in Africa and other countries. The project must be managed by an institution with its headquarters in Africa or in other transition countries. Projects that receive more than 50% of their funding from multilateral or bilateral organizations (The World Bank, IMF, IADB, UN agencies, DfID, AusAID etc.) are not eligible for this competition. For more information on Innovative Development Project, see:: Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development Project Website
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