In new Private Sector Watch Report, CSOs examine private sector engagement using Kampala Principles, amplify recommendations for people-centred development

In new Private Sector Watch Report, CSOs examine private sector engagement using Kampala Principles, amplify recommendations for people-centred development

by | Dec 8, 2023 | CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Private Sector, RoA Global

Today’s development landscape heavily favours the private sector, oftentimes at the the expense of people and the environment. Amid this state of development finance, the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) and The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) sought...
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...
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...