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...
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...
by Reality of Aid | Oct 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Decades of politicization largely influenced and inarguably shaped how Official Development Assistance (ODA), or more popularly known as “aid”, is delivered to and received by the Global South. This briefer lifts and synthesizes accounts from the recently published...
by Reality of Aid | Jul 26, 2024 | Development Cooperation, RoA Asia Pacific, Statements
The past two weeks saw blood spilled along streets of Dhaka as Bangladeshi students and youth peacefully protested against the quota system for government jobs, only to be greeted with open fire from police forces in return. This government-imposed brutality led to a...
by Reality of Aid | Jun 5, 2024 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Development Finance, ODA, OECD-DAC, RoA Asia Pacific
The intensifying global conflicts compel Asia Pacific countries to gear up their security forces. Existing instability and fragility in various contexts are further polarizing social and economic inequalities, as well as aggravating maldevelopment across...
