Development Effectiveness

Three commitments from HLM3 that have to be delivered in 2023

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) organized the 2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit (or HLM3) last December 12-14,...

The Aid Smokescreen: How development is weaponized by the world’s most powerful actors

With the recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris in the Philippines, the G20 Summit in Indonesia, and the...

Asia-Pacific CSOs gather to discuss enabling environment, fostering trust, Triple Nexus

In preparation for the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in December, civil society organizations (CSOs) from across...

RoA-AP, CPDE Asia launches first hybrid Regional Meeting & Workshop

As the pandemic continues to diminish the already inadequate support and assistance from development cooperation actors in addressing the world’s...

Beyond UN’s Build Back Better: Three things the APFSD did not tackle

Last March 28 to 31, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its...

Building Back Better, Together: How can SDG 17 and civil society partnerships ensure genuine development in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown opportunities for strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships, especially among development partners, as they mitigate the economic, environmental...

Intervention on Sustainable Finance Recovery for UNESCAP’s 5th Southeast Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum

Last September 30, the Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific (RoA-AP) was tasked to give a short intervention on behalf of the...