A future that is free
from austerity
is possible.

#StopTheCuts

End Austerity in Asia Pacific now!

About the Campaign

Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific (RoA-AP) launched its End Austerity in Asia Pacific Campaign in 2024 to raise peoples’ awareness on the impacts of austerity in the region. The campaign urges international financial institutions (IFIs) to stop enabling corporate control in developing countries and instead truly deliver programs toward genuine sustainable development. RoA-AP pushes for people-centered recommendations where debts are canceled; development budgets are used effectively and efficiently; and the people have ownership over their resources.

Austerity Primer

Austerity has impacted 6.7 billion people in 2023 or 85 percent of humanity, hitting East Asia and the Pacific and South Asia the hardest. Throughout decades, austerity has done nothing but increase poverty and inequality and exacerbate insecurities related to food, jobs, education, and reduced safety nets.

Read more about the impacts of austerity in the Asia Pacific region, available in Russian and Arabic.

Virtual Data Exhibit

See how austerity impacts the region with this virtual data exhibit featuring data visualization and specific highlights on sectoral impacts of austerity.

Participate in the Campaign

We invite everyone—civil society, students, academia, and other organizations—to participate in our campaign by installing the End Austerity in Asia Pacific data exhibit during events or activities. The exhibit comprises seven panels visualizing data on austerity measures and the debt situation across the region; the impacts of fiscal consolidation; how IFIs control the fiscal policies of developing countries; and recommendations to reduce budget deficits and address people’s genuine socioeconomic development.

THE END AUSTERITY SPENDING GENERATOR

#StopTheCuts for the people.
End austerity in Asia Pacific now!

Got questions?
Send your inquiry to endausterity@realityofaid.org.

To access the references of this data exhibit, click here.

A future that is free from austerity is possible.