by Reality of Aid | Sep 19, 2025 | Development Cooperation, RoA Asia Pacific, Statements
The Philippines is struck by an average of 20 tropical cyclones each year, with eight to nine making landfall. Nearly 70% occur between July and October, and at least five are destructive, according to the Asian Disaster Reduction Center. Located in the Pacific Ring...
by Reality of Aid | Jul 26, 2024 | Development Cooperation, RoA Asia Pacific, Statements
The past two weeks saw blood spilled along streets of Dhaka as Bangladeshi students and youth peacefully protested against the quota system for government jobs, only to be greeted with open fire from police forces in return. This government-imposed brutality led to a...
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 | Dec 18, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, RoA Asia Pacific
The ongoing violent occupation of Israeli forces in Palestine has exposed the talons of militarization of aid in Asia Pacific and most especially, of US interventionist strategies. With Israel receiving a total of USD 3.8 billion worth of financial assistance from the...
by Reality of Aid | Oct 24, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, RoA Asia Pacific, Statements
After decades of aggression between Israeli occupation forces and the Palestinian people, the past weeks witnessed relentless attacks on civilians and wide-scale human rights violations. Driven by their right to self-determination, Palestinian armed resistance forces...
by Reality of Aid | Oct 3, 2023 | Development Effectiveness, International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific
This article was originally published in südostasien, a German magazine focused on amplifying voices on and from Southeast Asia on economic, political, and cultural issues. Read the piece in German here. by Tala Batangan, Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific The urban poor,...
