When Aid Colonizes, Displaces, and Kills: Statement of Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific on Palestine

When Aid Colonizes, Displaces, and Kills: Statement of Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific on Palestine

by | Oct 24, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, RoA Asia Pacific, Statements

After decades of aggression between Israeli occupation forces and the Palestinian people, the past weeks witnessed relentless attacks on civilians and wide-scale human rights violations. Driven by their right to self-determination, Palestinian armed resistance forces...
At the IMF-WBG Annual Meetings, powerful states and private sector win while the people continues to grapple with multiple crises

At the IMF-WBG Annual Meetings, powerful states and private sector win while the people continues to grapple with multiple crises

by | Oct 18, 2023 | Development Finance, IMF-World Bank, International Finance Institutions, RoA Global

From October 9 to 15, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (IMF-WBG) held its Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. With the theme, “Global Action, Global Impact”, the events aimed to bring together Bank and Fund officials, states, other...
From the frontlines to the center: Southeast Asia’s climate emergency and the imperative to decolonize climate finance

From the frontlines to the center: Southeast Asia’s climate emergency and the imperative to decolonize climate finance

by | Oct 3, 2023 | Development Effectiveness, International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific

This article was originally published in südostasien, a German magazine focused on amplifying voices on and from Southeast Asia on economic, political, and cultural issues. Read the piece in German here. by Tala Batangan, Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific The urban poor,...