Reality of Aid

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CSO AID Observatorio Training Handbook 2020 Out Now!

The Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific (RoA-AP), together with the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE), created a training course to strengthen CSO capacities to monitor aid and promote CSO partnerships towards evidenced-based policy in the region. The CSO...

RoA-AP Speech for the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum 2020: Convergence Space on Human Rights and Access to Justice

On Economic Repression and Militarism Delivered by Sarah Torres, Coordinator of Reality of Aid - Asia Pacific The repression and crises we face today do not exist in a vacuum. These are largely the result of economic maneuvers of the powers that be, which means that...

What’s Next?: Delving into ADB’s policy on today’s health and economic crisis

Several developing countries in Asia Pacific continue to struggle against Coronavirus despite the wealth of information and best practices from other developing countries which have already flattened the curve. In many parts of South Asia and Central Asia, for...

The Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific extends its solidarity to the people of Lebanon

The plunging economy of and rising public mistrust in Lebanon, on top of the coronavirus pandemic filling hospitals all over the country, had just been aggravated by the Beirut explosion last week. Over 200 people were reportedly killed from this disaster. The uproar...

CRISIS WITHIN CRISIS: Responding to COVID-19 in times of flood in Assam

This article is part of Reality of Aid - Asia Pacific's COVID-19 Response Series, "Resisting Repression; Recovering Together", which aims to document the struggles, best practices, and lessons learned, as well as share recommendations of...

Paradigm Shift or Rehashing Corporate-led Development: Unpacking the role of AIIB and NDB in financing development in Asia

With the rising development aggression among rural communities, ballooning national debt of developing countries, and countless violations of peoples’ rights, it is imperative to review the frameworks of new, Southern-led international financial institutions (IFIs)...