Reality of Aid

The past two weeks saw blood spilled along streets of Dhaka as Bangladeshi students and youth peacefully protested against the quota system for government jobs, only to be greeted with open fire ...

https://realityofaid.org/as-bangladesh-faces-crises-anew-long-standing-repression-and-maldevelopment-resurface/

The intensifying global conflicts compel Asia Pacific countries to gear up their security forces. Existing instability and fragility in various contexts are further polarizing social and economic...

https://realityofaid.org/heads-or-tails-tossing-aid-between-conflict-and-development/

The 2023 Official Development Assistance (ODA)  preliminary data reveal that numbers were majorly influenced by humanitarian aid, particularly aid to Ukraine. Civil society highlights how member...

https://realityofaid.org/asia-pacific-donors-should-ramp-up-regional-efforts-in-oda/

On its 30th anniversary, The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) publishes its Reality of Aid Report 2023, marking 30 years of reporting back on aid and development and encapsulating key shifts in the g...

https://realityofaid.org/the-reality-of-aid-network-launches-a-special-edition-of-its-flagship-roa-report-looking-back-at-the-30-year-history-of-the-network-and-of-devcoop/

The Asian Development Bank’s 57th Annual Governor’s Meeting was held against the backdrop of protests in this year’s host country, Georgia, against the proposed “Russian Law” that will ...

https://realityofaid.org/privatization-is-adbs-not-so-surprising-bridge-to-the-future/

At the sidelines of the recently held 11th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM) NGO Constituency organized a side-eve...

https://realityofaid.org/reaching-the-furthest-behind-civil-society-and-key-stakeholders-convened-to-assess-approaches-on-localization/

The Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific initiates a sign-on campaign that forwards a CSO critique on ADB’s Draft Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). To join the sign-on campaign, please fill in ...

https://realityofaid.org/adb-esf-cso-critique/

The ongoing violent occupation of Israeli forces in Palestine has exposed the talons of militarization of aid in Asia Pacific and most especially, of US interventionist strategies. With Israel re...

https://realityofaid.org/breaking-down-alliances-asiapacific/

Today’s development landscape heavily favours the private sector, oftentimes at the the expense of people and the environment. Amid this state of development finance, the CSO Partnership for De...

https://realityofaid.org/ps-watch-launch-2023/

Following severe global crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, wars and conflicts, and inflation, the world is now further off-track from attaining the 2030 Agenda for Su...

https://realityofaid.org/ps-watch-2023/