Japan should disperse more of its official development assistance for Iraq through nongovernmental organizations so people can receive aid more quickly, according to a senior member of a Tokyo-based NGO.
Rika Yamamoto, head of Peace Winds Japan's Iraqi aid projects, said other countries are more aware of the roles played by NGOs, and those governments disperse a large portion of official aid through NGOs.
"But Japan still is not making full use of NGOs" that have built their own networks in Iraq, Yamamoto said in an interview with The Japan Times.