Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis

This study utilized a mixed methods approach to analyze the dynamic relationships among agrarian reform project beneficiaries (ARBs) and other stakeholders involved in an Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) project in Agdangan, Quezon Province, Philippines. It focu...

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Main Author: Ma. Josephine Therese Emily G. Teves
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2524208
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description This study utilized a mixed methods approach to analyze the dynamic relationships among agrarian reform project beneficiaries (ARBs) and other stakeholders involved in an Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) project in Agdangan, Quezon Province, Philippines. It focused on various dimensions of community capital—political, financial, natural, cultural, human, and social—which play an integral role in community development and serve as predictors of the distribution of the FMR’s impacts. Methodologically, the study employed ethnography, document analysis of government reports, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys conducted between November 2020 and December 2021 among ARBs and other local stakeholders. The research revealed that unintended beneficiaries, such as landowners and traders, often received disproportionate benefits compared to ARBs, the intended recipients. This disparity highlighted broader issues related to political patronage, bureaucratic inefficiencies, inconsistent project management systems, and inequitable impact distribution.
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spelling doaj-art-d554442df28143c19292cac7f56771ef2025-08-20T03:31:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862025-12-0111110.1080/23311886.2025.2524208Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysisMa. Josephine Therese Emily G. Teves0Development Studies Program, Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, PhilippinesThis study utilized a mixed methods approach to analyze the dynamic relationships among agrarian reform project beneficiaries (ARBs) and other stakeholders involved in an Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) project in Agdangan, Quezon Province, Philippines. It focused on various dimensions of community capital—political, financial, natural, cultural, human, and social—which play an integral role in community development and serve as predictors of the distribution of the FMR’s impacts. Methodologically, the study employed ethnography, document analysis of government reports, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys conducted between November 2020 and December 2021 among ARBs and other local stakeholders. The research revealed that unintended beneficiaries, such as landowners and traders, often received disproportionate benefits compared to ARBs, the intended recipients. This disparity highlighted broader issues related to political patronage, bureaucratic inefficiencies, inconsistent project management systems, and inequitable impact distribution.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2524208Community capitals frameworksocial network analysisfarm-to-Market roadagrarian reformJapanofficial development assistance
spellingShingle Ma. Josephine Therese Emily G. Teves
Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis
Cogent Social Sciences
Community capitals framework
social network analysis
farm-to-Market road
agrarian reform
Japan
official development assistance
title Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis
title_full Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis
title_fullStr Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis
title_full_unstemmed Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis
title_short Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis
title_sort unintended beneficiaries assessing inequities in japan s oda funded farm to market road project through community capitals and social network analysis
topic Community capitals framework
social network analysis
farm-to-Market road
agrarian reform
Japan
official development assistance
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2524208
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