Posts tagged ‘Foreign Policy’
Trade, Growth and Development
Many aid donors have re-discovered “the market” as a means towards economic development. And as so often before, the aid debate risks getting rid of both the baby and the bath water…
Oireachtas members continue to support Overseas Aid
Dóchas key word analysis of Dáil and Seanad debates since 1974 shows growing parliamentary interest in development cooperation.
What we blogged about in 2011
An overview of some of the key issues we focused on during 2011.
Getting ready for the Irish EU Presidency in 2013
Ireland takes over the six month Presidency of the Council of the European Union in January 2013. What does that mean for Development?
Ireland needs a rights-based foreign policy
The formation of a new Government is a unique opportunity for Ireland to develop a new foreign policy, more explicitly based on the fulfilment of human rights.
Ireland’s Human Rights Obligation: overseas aid
As Ireland prepares for the UN’s assessment of its human rights track record, we argue that States have a legal obligation, under human rights treaties, to ensure the realisation of people’s rights at home as well as abroad.
If ‘charity begins at home’ why are we committing to overseas aid?
The “charity begins at home” slogan is increasingly being used to suggest that cutting the overseas aid budget would be a smart move in times of recession. We beg to differ, as “home” is our globalising world. It would be a mistake to turn insular, at a time that we need the international community more than ever.
Overseas aid is now more important than ever – also for Ireland itself
Delivering on our aid promise is not just the right thing to do – it also make sense for our own future.
Another Ireland is possible
Our response to the economic crisis is a matter of the choices we make – and the choices we make today will determine what kind of Ireland we are building.
Ireland builds influence, through its overseas aid programme
The Irish Government is cleverly, and rightly, using the expertise and experience of its overseas aid programme to develop its new foreign policy – and winning over the US Government in the process.
