by Reality of Aid | Nov 6, 2025 | Highlights, ODA
This piece is writtten by Jennifer Guste of the Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG), a member of Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific. On 2 September 2025, international reports documented President Marcos Jr.’s visit to Bulacan, where he grew...
by Reality of Aid | Jun 5, 2024 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Development Finance, ODA, OECD-DAC, RoA Asia Pacific
The intensifying global conflicts compel Asia Pacific countries to gear up their security forces. Existing instability and fragility in various contexts are further polarizing social and economic inequalities, as well as aggravating maldevelopment across...
by Reality of Aid | May 23, 2024 | News, ODA, OECD-DAC
The 2023 Official Development Assistance (ODA) preliminary data reveal that numbers were majorly influenced by humanitarian aid, particularly aid to Ukraine. Civil society highlights how members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development –...
by Reality of Aid | May 19, 2023 | Blogs, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, ODA, Reality Check, RoA Global
With the release of the Preliminary 2022 ODA Figures, the global community faces the reality that ODA continues to be precarious when it is needed most. The 13.6% increase in ODA in 2022, although relatively commendable, paints a misleading picture especially with how...
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 | 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...
