by Reality of Aid | Mar 13, 2023 | International Finance Institutions, RoA Asia Pacific
Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific’s feedback to the ADB’s Draft Guidance Note on Large Hydropower Plants reiterates the following principles as reflected in our CSO Critique on ADB’s Energy Policy: 1.“Do no harm” principle. The construction of large hydropower...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 6, 2023 | Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Development Finance, International Finance Institutions, OECD-DAC, RoA Asia Pacific
As the pandemic was able to shine light on the gaps of the current approach to development, there is opportunity to forward alternative paradigms that are able to reflect people’s realities on-ground and can exact accountability from development actors. With...
by Reality of Aid | Feb 9, 2023 | Agenda 2030, Aid Observatorio, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, RoA Asia Pacific
As Asia-Pacific struggles to cope with COVID-19, a global recession, and existing development challenges, it is imperative that aid must be used effectively and efficiently. Initiatives for monitoring and analyzing the quantity and quality of aid in the region must be...
by Reality of Aid | Jan 26, 2023 | CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, RoA Asia Pacific
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) organized the 2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit (or HLM3) last December 12-14, 2022 at Geneva, Switzerland. The summit gathered hundreds of ministers, policymakers, civil society...
by Reality of Aid | Dec 2, 2022 | Agenda 2030, Development Effectiveness, RoA Asia Pacific
With the recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris in the Philippines, the G20 Summit in Indonesia, and the APEC Summit in Thailand, the Asia Pacific region continues to be under the dominance of world powers such as the United States and China. The two...
by Reality of Aid | Nov 2, 2022 | Agenda 2030, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, News, RoA Asia Pacific
In preparation for the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in December, civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Asia-Pacific gathered for a two-day conference to discuss the state of enabling environment for CSOs in the...
