Reality of Aid

HIGHLIGHTS

Increasing Conflict and Fragility, Decreasing ODA

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), through its 2019 Development Cooperation Report, urges donor governments and their relevant agencies to change the course and action in development cooperation on three fronts: 1) modernise the...

Towards Measuring South-South Development Cooperation

This conceptual framework is a tool on ways to monitor and report on the impact of South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC) using a human rights based approach (HRBA) in development research at the regional and country levels. It also suggests sectoral, cross-border...

Asian Development bank: (Mis)shaping Development Cooperation and Effectiveness in Asia Pacific

Having mobilized immense resources for and intervened significantly in most aspects of its developing member countries’ (DMCs) economies and policies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)has been purported to be the region’s leading development financial institution for...

“Aid should be effectively used to achieve world’s development goals” – Civil Society

Bangkok, Thailand - Resources allocated for development should be used effectively to achieve internationally-agreed sustainable development goals (SDGs). This was the message that members of the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) echoed loud and...

Civil society calls for people’s inclusion in South-South Cooperation processes

21 March 2019, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA – The Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation (SSC), CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) and The Reality of Aid (RoA) Network have organised an official BAPA+40 Conference side event held on March 21,...

The Changing Faces of Aid: Encouraging Global Justice or Buttressing Inequalities?

Recent changes in the direction and prospect for international aid in the context of Agenda 2030 lead us to raise questions on the role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in meeting the financing needs of Agenda 2030. Is ODA fit for this purpose? Are the...