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,...
Nowhere in the Middle: APRCEM NGO Constituency on the outcomes of the SDG Summit

Nowhere in the Middle: APRCEM NGO Constituency on the outcomes of the SDG Summit

by | Sep 27, 2023 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, RoA Asia Pacific, United Nations

At the midpoint of the Agenda 2030, only 15% of the targets are on track. In the Asia-Pacific, this translates to compounded impacts of the pandemic on health and economic systems, debt burden on the poorest, worsening conflict, deterioration of social protection...
Roadblocks to Accountability: Addressing the accessibility crisis in the AIIB’s review of its Project-affected People’s Mechanism

Roadblocks to Accountability: Addressing the accessibility crisis in the AIIB’s review of its Project-affected People’s Mechanism

by | Sep 26, 2023 | AIIB, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific

In time for the 8th Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Recourse, Inclusive Development International, and Accountability Counsel launched a research, Roadblocks to Accountability: Addressing the accessibility crisis in the Asian...