by Reality of Aid | Mar 30, 2023 | Blogs, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions, ODA, OECD-DAC, Reality Check, RoA Global
The release of the OECD-DAC’s (Development Assistance Committee) Development Cooperation Report 2023 (DCR 2023) posed vital debates on the aid system which are relevant to progress towards improving the current architecture. The Report highlighted important...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 13, 2023 | International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific
Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific’s feedback to the ADB’s Draft Guidance Note on Large Hydropower Plants reiterates the following principles as reflected in our CSO Critique on ADB’s Energy Policy: 1.“Do no harm” principle. The construction of large hydropower...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 13, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions, ODA, OECD-DAC, RoA Global
Throughout the network’s 30-year existence, issues surrounding aid and development have evolved into a more chaotic web of complications, prompting deeper injustices and poverty. Despite and because of this, any door of opportunity must be seized to magnify the calls...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 6, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions, OECD-DAC, RoA Asia Pacific
As the pandemic was able to shine light on the gaps of the current approach to development, there is opportunity to forward alternative paradigms that are able to reflect people’s realities on-ground and can exact accountability from development actors. With...
by Reality of Aid | Oct 5, 2022 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific
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...
by Reality of Aid | May 27, 2022 | International Finance Institutions, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
The world is facing a global debt crisis largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rising costs of food and fuel brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and impending threats of climate change. In the Asia-Pacific alone, 25 countries are exposed to the food,...
