Demolish to rebuild: Reforming the MDBs brick-by-brick

by Reality of Aid | Jun 27, 2025 | Development Cooperation, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions

Multilateral development banks (MDBs)*, also referred to as international financial institutions (IFIs), remain relevant actors in the development cooperation arena. These institutions serve as channels of financing, including official development assistance (ODA),...

Heads or tails? Tossing aid between conflict and development

by Reality of Aid | Jun 5, 2024 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Development Finance, ODA, OECD-DAC, RoA Asia Pacific

The intensifying global conflicts compel Asia Pacific countries to gear up their security forces. Existing instability and fragility in various contexts are further polarizing social and economic inequalities, as well as aggravating maldevelopment across...

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

by Reality of Aid | Dec 18, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, RoA Asia Pacific

The ongoing violent occupation of Israeli forces in Palestine has exposed the talons of militarization of aid in Asia Pacific and most especially, of US interventionist strategies. With Israel receiving a total of USD 3.8 billion worth of financial assistance from the...

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

by Reality of Aid | 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...

At the IMF-WBG Annual Meetings, powerful states and private sector win while the people continues to grapple with multiple crises

by Reality of Aid | Oct 18, 2023 | Development Finance, IMF-World Bank, International Finance Institutions, RoA Global

From October 9 to 15, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (IMF-WBG) held its Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. With the theme, “Global Action, Global Impact”, the events aimed to bring together Bank and Fund officials, states, other...

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

by Reality of Aid | 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...