The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA)

The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) was first introduced in 1993. It is funded by the Government of Japan, which is managed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and conducted in various universities in Japan. The objective is to contribute to institutional capacity building in economic policy of promoting sustainable growth and new economic development in Asia and the Pacific. By training future macroeconomic managers in these countries, which aims to Jispa enable them to formulate sound policies of economic and financial stability necessary for growth and sustainable development.

The Jispa highly motivated target government officials who can serve the future of macroeconomic policy-makers the ability and vision to contribute effectively to economic development of their country. Scholarships are based on