by Reality of Aid | Aug 3, 2020 | Development Cooperation, Events and Meetings, International Finance Institutions, News, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
With the rising development aggression among rural communities, ballooning national debt of developing countries, and countless violations of peoples’ rights, it is imperative to review the frameworks of new, Southern-led international financial institutions (IFIs)...
by Reality of Aid | Jun 30, 2020 | Aid Talks, Development Cooperation, Development Finance, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
Developing countries in Asia Pacific are trapped in the vicious cycle of debt. To say that the region is in distress or is in crisis is an understatement, and for decades, developing countries have been spending more of their revenues to pay their dues at...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 28, 2020 | Development Cooperation, Development Finance, Highlights, ODA, OECD-DAC, RoA Global
Statement of the RoA International Coordinating Committee | 23 April 2020 (Download Statement with Spanish version) The recently published preliminary ODA data of 2019 show that aid spending by DAC members totaled USD 152.8 billion representing a slight real term...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 28, 2020 | CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Development Cooperation, Development Finance, Highlights, International Finance Institutions, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific, Special Reports
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB) have touted themselves as the much-needed alternatives to the Western-dominated traditional International Finance Institutions (IFIs) like the World Bank Group (WBG) and International...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 28, 2020 | Aid Talks, Development Cooperation, Highlights, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
No country is safe amidst the coronavirus global crisis. From those with wealthy economies to those with scarce resources, the effects of the pandemic are widely felt – aggressive lockdowns and curfew, military deployment, unemployment and layoffs, debts,...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 13, 2020 | Development Cooperation, News, ODA, OECD-DAC
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), through its 2019 Development Cooperation Report, urges donor governments and their relevant agencies to change the course and action in development cooperation on three fronts: 1) modernise the...
