by Reality of Aid | Mar 31, 2021 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Events and Meetings, News, RoA Asia Pacific, United Nations
Last March 23 to 26, the 8th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) was held virtually by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). The forum serves to bring together representatives from multilateral...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 25, 2021 | Agenda 2030, DAC-CSO Reference Group, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, ODA, OECD-DAC, RoA Global
Reality of Aid Network Statement on the OECD Development Cooperation Report 2020 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) annual report on development cooperation for 2020 takes stock of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and proposes...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 11, 2021 | Development Cooperation, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions, RoA Global
On November 5th 2020, the British government announced that it would spend only 0.5% of its Gross National Income (GNI) on Official Development Assistance (ODA) – a huge departure from the legally mandated and internationally agreed target of 0.7%.[1] In a separate...
by Reality of Aid | Nov 6, 2020 | Development Cooperation, Events and Meetings, RoA Asia Pacific
On Economic Repression and Militarism Delivered by Sarah Torres, Coordinator of Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific The repression and crises we face today do not exist in a vacuum. These are largely the result of economic maneuvers of the powers that be, which means...
by Reality of Aid | Oct 6, 2020 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Events and Meetings, International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific
Several developing countries in Asia Pacific continue to struggle against Coronavirus despite the wealth of information and best practices from other developing countries which have already flattened the curve. In many parts of South Asia and Central Asia, for...
by Reality of Aid | Jun 30, 2020 | Aid Talks, Development Cooperation, Development Finance, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
Developing countries in Asia Pacific are trapped in the vicious cycle of debt. To say that the region is in distress or is in crisis is an understatement, and for decades, developing countries have been spending more of their revenues to pay their dues at...
