by Reality of Aid | Nov 6, 2025 | Highlights, ODA
This piece is writtten by Jennifer Guste of the Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG), a member of Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific. On 2 September 2025, international reports documented President Marcos Jr.’s visit to Bulacan, where he grew...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 17, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Highlights, RoA Global
In 1992, The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) was initiated as an aid monitoring project which revolved around the production of a Report that monitored donors’ performance from the lens of poverty reduction. The Network was formed to articulate concerns from the global...
by Reality of Aid | Aug 25, 2021 | Development Cooperation, Highlights, News, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
The Reality of Aid Network statement on the recent developments in Afghanistan Download the Spanish translation here. Following the collapse of the Afghan government last August 15, 2021, the Reality of Aid expresses deep concern over the human rights situation in the...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 15, 2021 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Highlights, International Finance Institutions, News, News, ODA, OECD-DAC
The recently published preliminary ODA data of 2020 show that aid spending by DAC members totaled 161.2 billion USD which constitutes a 3.5% increase in real terms.[1] But while this increase is a welcome development, it is by all measures marginal compared to the...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 28, 2020 | Development Cooperation, Development Finance, Highlights, ODA, OECD-DAC, RoA Global
Statement of the RoA International Coordinating Committee | 23 April 2020 (Download Statement with Spanish version) The recently published preliminary ODA data of 2019 show that aid spending by DAC members totaled USD 152.8 billion representing a slight real term...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 28, 2020 | Aid Talks, Development Cooperation, Highlights, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
No country is safe amidst the coronavirus global crisis. From those with wealthy economies to those with scarce resources, the effects of the pandemic are widely felt – aggressive lockdowns and curfew, military deployment, unemployment and layoffs, debts,...
