Contesting ADB’s 55-Year Legacy in the Asia-Pacific: RoA-AP’s Statement on the ADB’s 55th Annual Meeting

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) held its 55th Annual Governor’s Meeting last September 26-30, in a hybrid manner at its headquarters in Manila, Philippines. With the theme, “Positioning Climate Resilient Green Economy for the Post COVID-19 World”, the ADB tackled the...
The World Bank’s Development Policy Financing – Implications for a just, green and feminist recovery

The World Bank’s Development Policy Financing – Implications for a just, green and feminist recovery

Development Policy Financing is a lending instrument that supports targeted policy reforms and provides finance directly to a borrowing country’s general budget. DPF nudges countries towards neoliberal, financialisation reforms by conditioning budget support on the...
Risks Abound, Issues Unaddressed in Global COVID Response and Recovery

Risks Abound, Issues Unaddressed in Global COVID Response and Recovery

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...