[PRIVATE SECTOR WATCH] Bridging the Gap: Ensuring private sector accountability in development cooperation

[PRIVATE SECTOR WATCH] Bridging the Gap: Ensuring private sector accountability in development cooperation

In recent years, the private sector has emerged as a key development actor, as it is given a role in defining, pursuing and financing development. With this, there is a need to ensure that private sector entities promote responsible business behavior in development...
Misaligned Commitments in a Fragmented World: Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific’s Statement on the AIIB’s 7th Annual Meeting

Misaligned Commitments in a Fragmented World: Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific’s Statement on the AIIB’s 7th Annual Meeting

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) held its seventh Annual Meeting last October 26 to 27 in a virtual manner. With the theme, “Sustainable Infrastructure Toward a Connected World”, the bank reasserted the role of infrastructure in supporting recovery,...
Asia-Pacific CSOs gather to discuss enabling environment, fostering trust, Triple Nexus

Asia-Pacific CSOs gather to discuss enabling environment, fostering trust, Triple Nexus

In preparation for the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in December, civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Asia-Pacific gathered for a two-day conference to discuss the state of enabling environment for CSOs in the...