We are pleased to announce that the Reality of Aid 2006 Global Report focusing on conflict, security and development is now available. The international retail price is 16USD per book. However, there is a special rate for RoA members: Southern members – 7.50 USD per copy, excluding delivery and handling charges; `Northern members – 12 USD per copy, excluding delivery and handling charges. Special discounts are given for bulk orders of more than 25 copies. We are also

OTTAWA (CP) – A disproportionate amount of international aid is pouring into Iraq and Afghanistan for self-interested reasons that have more to do with the fight on terrorism than poverty reduction, says a new report. The Reality of Aid Network’s annual 2006 global overview of development assistance states that Iraq and Afghanistan swallowed up $10 billion of the $27 billion in new aid added to donor budgets between 2000 and 2004. Only one quarter of

RoA co-sponsored events at the World Water Forum 2006 The Asian Water for the People Network, Reality of Aid and the Asia-Pacific Research Network and the International Initiative on Corruption and Governance are pleased to invite you to the following events during the World Water Forum and Rallies in Defense of Water in Mexico City: March 17 14:15-16:15 How to Overcome Corruption in Water Resources Management Venue: Banamex Center, Mexico City 19:00 Welcome Dinner for Asian Water

The world’s military spending has surged back up to $1 trillion (U.S.) a year, the old Cold War level, thanks chiefly to the “war on terror.” That is $200 billion more than in 2000, before Al Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks. And it is money the United States, Canada and other major donors could have put to far better use helping the world’s poorest by meeting the United Nations target of spending 0.7 per cent of our

Ottawa — Une part disproportionnée de l’aide internationale destinée à l’Irak et à l’Afghanistan sert des intérêts personnels qui ont plus à voir avec la lutte contre le terrorisme que des objectifs de réduction de la pauvreté, indique un nouveau rapport. Le rapport 2006 du Reality of Aid Network présente une vue d’ensemble de l’aide au développement. Il démontre que l’Irak et l’Afghanistan ont englouti près de 10 des 27 milliards de dollars qui avaient

Organization criticizes Canada for trying to open up the definition of development assistance to include money spent on the support of security personnel in countries like Afghanistan. International donor countries are focusing their aid money on Afghanistan, Iraq and other nations they feel are of strategic importance rather than those deemed to be the poorest and neediest, a new report says. In addition, the Reality of Aid Network’s 2006 global report found that in countries