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CSO Critique on AIIB’s Energy Sector Strategy Update

by Reality of Aid | Jun 17, 2022 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific

The CSO Critique on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s Energy Sector Strategy forwards alternative principles to those posed by the bank, in order to forward a rights-based, people-centered and climate-resilient future for the region and beyond. During this...

Escalating Debt, Declining Democracies: Statement of Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific on the region’s economic and democratic crises

by Reality of Aid | May 27, 2022 | International Finance Institutions, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific

The world is facing a global debt crisis largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rising costs of food and fuel brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and impending threats of climate change. In the Asia-Pacific alone, 25 countries are exposed to the food,...

Call for Writers: CSO Aid Observatorio’s Deep Dives

by Reality of Aid | May 5, 2022 | Aid Observatorio, RoA Asia Pacific

Deep Dives are working papers that discuss emerging trends and key issues related to Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific’s thematic areas and how these affect marginalized and vulnerable sectors such as women, Indigenous Peoples, and rural communities, among others. Deep...

Beyond UN’s Build Back Better: Three things the APFSD did not tackle

by Reality of Aid | Apr 13, 2022 | Agenda 2030, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Development Effectiveness, RoA Asia Pacific, United Nations

Last March 28 to 31, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its annual Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development. The theme, “Building back better from COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030...

Building Back Better, Together: How can SDG 17 and civil society partnerships ensure genuine development in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic?

by Reality of Aid | Mar 1, 2022 | Agenda 2030, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Development Effectiveness, RoA Asia Pacific, United Nations

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown opportunities for strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships, especially among development partners, as they mitigate the economic, environmental and social impacts for the most vulnerable. Pandemic response efforts have often left...

Forging through Crises, Fostering Solidarities

by Reality of Aid | Feb 18, 2022 | News, RoA Asia Pacific

Despite making progress in addressing the pandemic, 2022 saw a surge of new cases, caused by Omicron, the latest COVID-19 variant. Governments were expected to urgently respond by re-opening COVID-19 wards, expediting distribution of booster shots, implementing...