Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific launches fresh data on the CSO Aid Observatorio platform

Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific launches fresh data on the CSO Aid Observatorio platform

As Asia-Pacific struggles to cope with COVID-19, a global recession, and existing development challenges, it is imperative that aid must be used effectively and efficiently. Initiatives for monitoring and analyzing the quantity and quality of aid in the region must be...
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...
At the Front Seat of Fragility: How the ADB exposes Asia Pacific to the same risks and inequalities in their approach to recovery

At the Front Seat of Fragility: How the ADB exposes Asia Pacific to the same risks and inequalities in their approach to recovery

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is one of the major contributors of development finance in Asia Pacific. This places ADB in a powerful position to influence development policies and practices of countries in the region. Its status as the leading development investor,...