Development Cooperation

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

At the midpoint of the Agenda 2030, only 15% of the targets are on track. In the Asia-Pacific, this translates...

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

In time for the 8th Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Recourse, Inclusive Development International, and Accountability...

On the right to development: Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific’s inputs to the UN Special Rapporteur

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development released a call for inputs on reinvigorating the right to...

“How do we respond to the changing aid landscape?”: The Reality of Aid debates on the future of aid

In a world afflicted by multifaceted and overwhelming global challenges, civil society organizations working on aid and development cooperation continue...

Triple Nexus – Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific’s take and articulation: A Primer for Development-oriented CSOs

The Russia-Ukraine conflict resulted in billions of ODA being realigned or redirected to the Ukrainian government, civil society and other...

On the Preliminary 2022 ODA Figures: What is the real deal on REAL aid?

With the release of the Preliminary 2022 ODA Figures, the global community faces the reality that ODA continues to be...

A False Transition: The continuing corporate dominance over Southeast Asia’s energy systems

This article was originally published in südostasien, a German magazine focused on amplifying voices on and from Southeast Asia on...

Development Cooperation Report 2023: Unpacking debates, going beyond the pages

The release of the OECD-DAC’s (Development Assistance Committee) Development Cooperation Report 2023 (DCR 2023) posed vital debates on the aid...

30 Years of Amplifying Southern Voices

In 1992, The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) was initiated as an aid monitoring project which revolved around the production...

At the sidelines of the 10th APFSD, Asia-Pacific CSOs will tackle the relevance of the localization agenda

PRESS RELEASE 16 March 2023 This coming March 27 to 30, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia...

Standing Strong in the Face of Crushing Global Challenges

Throughout the network’s 30-year existence, issues surrounding aid and development have evolved into a more chaotic web of complications, prompting...

Confronting Challenges, Compelling Change

As the pandemic was able to shine light on the gaps of the current approach to development, there is opportunity...