Posts tagged ‘Ireland’
Seanad Éireann debates Ireland’s development policy
On 9 May, exactly one week after the Government launched its new “Policy for International Development”, the Seanad debated the new policy with Minister Joe Costello.
Ireland’s new Development Policy – A word count analysis
A quick word count analysis of Ireland’s new Development Policy.
Cities: the future of disasters
One of the major events taking place during the 2013 Irish EU Presidency was a high level international meeting on urban poverty. Many Dóchas members supported this meeting in the realisation that urbanisation is posing major challenges for everyone interested in sustainable development.
Aid to poor countries falls further
Reactions to the latest OECD statistics which show that, despite pledges to the contrary, donor aid budgets are falling.
Margaret Thatcher and International Development
An anthology of articles on the Iron Lady’s influence on global development.
- Including some surprising meetings with Mugabe, dancing with Kaunda, tracer bullets in Mozambique and meetings with Nigeria’s military dictator.
Also includes a long-forgotten speech on climate change.
Climate Change is worsening world Hunger, says Irish Government
Article co-written by Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore; Mary Robinson, president of the Mary Robinson Foundation Climate Justice; Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the World Food Programme; and Frank Rijsberman, the chief executive of CGIAR, a global agricultural research partnership – published first on Euractiv.
New research into public attitudes to “Development”
This blog post examines the results of recent opinion polls, which show that public support in Ireland for overseas aid remains high, but that there are puzzling inconsistencies in people’s views on whether aid actually works.
Irish President joins the post-2015 debate
Extracts from a speech by Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins about active citizenship and Europe
Money talks: February summit will set EU priorities for the long term
On 7-8 February, EU leaders may well set the EU’s priorities for the next 7 years. And they do so in an atmosphere of little public debate. This blog post highlights the importance of protecting the EU’s investment in international cooperation and global stability.
