Vanishing Aid, Escalating Risks: Strengthening Partnerships and Empowering National Resilience in an Era of Dwindling Donor Support

The flow of development aid to Asia and the Pacific is in sharp decline, a trend that jeopardizes hard-won progress in health, education, disaster management, and climate resilience and tests the strength of global solidarity. To sustain and build on past gains, donors and national governments must work together to renew principled support, strengthen national systems, and steadily transition toward inclusive, resilient development powered by domestic resources and South-South cooperation.