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Asia Pacific donors should ramp up regional efforts in ODA

The 2023 Official Development Assistance (ODA) preliminary data reveal that numbers were majorly influenced by humanitarian aid, particularly aid to...

The Reality of Aid Network launches a special edition of its flagship RoA Report, looking back at the 30-year history of the network and of devcoop

On its 30th anniversary, The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) publishes its Reality of Aid Report 2023, marking 30 years...

Privatization is ADB’s not-so-surprising bridge to the future

The Asian Development Bank’s 57th Annual Governor’s Meeting was held against the backdrop of protests in this year’s host country,...

“How do we respond to the changing aid landscape?”: The Reality of Aid debates on the future of aid

In a world afflicted by multifaceted and overwhelming global challenges, civil society organizations working on aid and development cooperation continue...

Statement on the ongoing conflict and violence in Manipur

For the past month, there has been increasing conflict and violence in Manipur state in Northeast India, with more than...

CSO Collective Statement for the 56th ADB Annual Meeting

From May 2 to 5, the 56th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was held to convene various...

At the sidelines of the 10th APFSD, development actors tackled the role of the localization agenda in shifting the power

PRESS RELEASE April 3, 2023 Last March 29, “Fit for Purpose?: Forwarding the localization agenda to address the conflict and...

Asia-Pacific CSOs gather to discuss enabling environment, fostering trust, Triple Nexus

In preparation for the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in December, civil society organizations (CSOs) from across...

Forging through Crises, Fostering Solidarities

Despite making progress in addressing the pandemic, 2022 saw a surge of new cases, caused by Omicron, the latest COVID-19...

Centered on Understanding the Pandemic and Communities’ Needs: COAST Foundation’s COVID-19 Response

This article is part of Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific’s COVID-19 Response Series, “Resisting Repression; Recovering Together”, which aims...

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...