by Reality of Aid | Nov 23, 2019 | Events and Meetings, News, South-South Cooperation, Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation
South-South Cooperation emerged in the 1950s in the context of the common struggle of former colonies for genuine independence and peace. It started with the Bandung Conference in 1955 organized by Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Pakistan participated...
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 | Nov 23, 2019 | Development Cooperation, Events and Meetings, News, ODA
Bangkok, Thailand – Resources allocated for development should be used effectively to achieve internationally-agreed sustainable development goals (SDGs). This was the message that members of the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) echoed loud...
by Reality of Aid | Sep 19, 2019 | Development Cooperation, Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, News
At its recent Senior Level Meeting (SLM), the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC)1 reviewed progress and charted a course on how to advance effective development cooperation (EDC). The result: a mixed picture. On the one hand, there is...
