Climate Crisis, Conflict, and Development Cooperation in South Asia

by Reality of Aid | May 5, 2025 | Uncategorized

This is an opinion piece by Jiten Yumnam, Secretary of the Centre for Research and Advocacy – Manipur.  The climate crisis has become an emergency across the South Asia region, affecting not just the environment, but also inter-community relations within...

Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific and CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness convene CSOs amid worsening civic spaces and multiple economic crises

by Reality of Aid | Mar 3, 2025 | Development Effectiveness, Regional Meeting

The Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific (RoA-AP) and CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) –  Asia held their Regional Meeting and Workshop (RMW) 2025 last February 19 to 21 in Bangkok, Thailand. The three-day event convened RoA-AP and CPDE Asia...

RoA-AP & CPDE Asia Regional Meeting & Workshop 2025

by Reality of Aid | Feb 11, 2025 | Events and Meetings

Building on previous and existing efforts to distill and discuss locally-led development and development effectiveness in international cooperation, RoA-AP and CPDE Asia will hold its regular Regional Meeting & Workshop (RMW) from February 19-21, 2025 in Bangkok,...

On USAID shutdown: RoA-AP calls on US government to honor right to development

by Reality of Aid | Feb 10, 2025 | Statements

In an effort to curb overseas spending and dwell on economic protectionism, the once again elected United States (US) President Donald Trump is attempting to shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAID), an institution that delivers and funds...

CSO assessment of ADB’s second revised ESF draft

by Reality of Aid | Dec 3, 2024 | ADB, Development Effectiveness

We would like to extend our gratitude to the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, FORUM-Asia, and Fair Finance Asia for their valuable inputs to this article.  Context After four long years, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Environmental and Social Framework...