RoA Asia Pacific

In ADB’s Rebounding Asia, a just approach to development is overlooked

Last May 2 to 5 in Incheon, South Korea, the Asian Development Bank held their 56th Annual Meeting with the...

More than a hundred CSOs demand people-centered solutions over intersecting economic, development and climate challenges

Incheon, South Korea – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) convenes its 56th Annual Meeting, gathering various stakeholders to discuss and...

CSO Collective Statement for the 56th ADB Annual Meeting

From May 2 to 5, the 56th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was held to convene various...

A False Transition: The continuing corporate dominance over Southeast Asia’s energy systems

This article was originally published in südostasien, a German magazine focused on amplifying voices on and from Southeast Asia on...

Decades behind in achieving Agenda 2030, five missed key takeaways from the 10th APFSD

In order to move forward with Agenda 2030, the current approach to development that promotes profit over positive development outcomes,...

At the sidelines of the 10th APFSD, development actors tackled the role of the localization agenda in shifting the power

PRESS RELEASE April 3, 2023 Last March 29, “Fit for Purpose?: Forwarding the localization agenda to address the conflict and...

At the sidelines of the 10th APFSD, Asia-Pacific CSOs will tackle the relevance of the localization agenda

PRESS RELEASE 16 March 2023 This coming March 27 to 30, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia...

Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific’s feedback to the ADB’s Draft Guidance Note on Large Hydropower Plants

Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific’s feedback to the ADB’s Draft Guidance Note on Large Hydropower Plants reiterates the following...

Confronting Challenges, Compelling Change

As the pandemic was able to shine light on the gaps of the current approach to development, there is opportunity...

Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific launches fresh data on the CSO Aid Observatorio platform

As Asia-Pacific struggles to cope with COVID-19, a global recession, and existing development challenges, it is imperative that aid must...

Three commitments from HLM3 that have to be delivered in 2023

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) organized the 2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit (or HLM3) last December 12-14,...

The Aid Smokescreen: How development is weaponized by the world’s most powerful actors

With the recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris in the Philippines, the G20 Summit in Indonesia, and the...