by Reality of Aid | Nov 23, 2019 | International Finance Institutions, News
ADB’s newly-published Strategy 2030 is just a continuation and rehash of the failed Strategy 2020 released in 2008. After a decade of implementation, ADB acknowledges that the long-standing and new challenges and problems in the region have remained unaddressed, and...
by Reality of Aid | Nov 23, 2019 | CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Highlights, International Finance Institutions, News, Special Reports
Having mobilized immense resources for and intervened significantly in most aspects of its developing member countries’ (DMCs) economies and policies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)has been purported to be the region’s leading development financial institution for...
by Reality of Aid | Oct 12, 2018 | International Finance Institutions, News, RoA Asia Pacific
The Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific expresses its grave disappointment over the Indonesian government’s repressive acts against the Peoples’ Global Conference Against IMF-WB (PGC). As a South-led network concerned with the proper use of development assistance and...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 23, 2017 | Events and Meetings, International Finance Institutions
21 April 2017 | 2:00pm-3:00pm | Washington DC, USA Background Technical cooperation (TC) remains one of the most heavily used forms of aid, accounting for between a quarter and a half of ODA. Bilateral donors provide most of TC (although steadily declining), but...
by Reality of Aid | Nov 21, 2013 | International Finance Institutions, News
Reality of Aid Network – Asia Pacific 21 November 2013 Media Release A few weeks after super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) wreaked havoc in the Visayas in central Philippines, afflicting some 10 million people across 36 provinces and is feared to have claimed more than...
by Reality of Aid | Oct 10, 2013 | Events and Meetings, International Finance Institutions, News
IBON International Update Washington, D.C., October 9—The goal to end extreme poverty worldwide by 2030 is now part of the World Bank Group’s (WB) new vision, adopted at its 2013 Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. in April. The WB also adds the promotion of “shared...
