Alaysa Escandor
Alaysa Escandor is a former development analyst based in Manila, Philippines. She covered a wide range of development and humanitarian aid issues since. She was a fellow at the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism. Her interests include humanitarian and development aid, health and gender.
Latest Articles
HIV and AIDS spending in 2015 lowest in 5 years
about 9 years ago // World AIDS Day
While combatting HIV/AIDS remains a high priority of international donors, donor funding fell for the first time in five years in 2015, dropping by 8 percent from 2014.
3 years after Typhoon Haiyan, data reveals lessons in funding and rehabilitation
over 9 years ago // Disaster risk reduction
Three years after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, the complex dynamics surrounding the long-term rehabilitation of affected communities prompted us to dig into the available data and assess some of the accomplishments and setbacks.
USAID's top small business contractors for 2015
over 9 years ago // USAID Contracting
How does USAID classify small businesses and which companies were successful winning small business contracts last year? Devex dug into the numbers to uncover some answers.