Development Effectiveness

Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific and CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness convene CSOs amid worsening civic spaces and multiple economic crises

The Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific (RoA-AP) and CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) – Asia held their Regional...

CSO assessment of ADB’s second revised ESF draft

We would like to extend our gratitude to the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, FORUM-Asia, and Fair Finance Asia...

Breaking Down Alliances: The continuing militarization of aid in Asia Pacific

The ongoing violent occupation of Israeli forces in Palestine has exposed the talons of militarization of aid in Asia Pacific...

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

After decades of aggression between Israeli occupation forces and the Palestinian people, the past weeks witnessed relentless attacks on civilians...

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

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

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...

Statement on the ongoing conflict and violence in Manipur

For the past month, there has been increasing conflict and violence in Manipur state in Northeast India, with more than...

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...