Development Policy

This page provides information and links to Irish Development Policy, as well as the development policies of multilateral and other bilateral donors.

Irish Development Policy

• In September 2006, the Irish Government launched their first ever White Paper on development. The White Paper is the blueprint for Ireland's development policy and sets out how the Irish government will spend their increased overseas aid budget in the coming years.
  
  View the Government of Ireland's White Paper on Development
  View DERN submission to White Paper on Development
  
  
• Dr Helen O Neill has written extensively on Ireland's foreign policy. View her analysis of Ireland's foreign aid in 2005
  
  
• Dochas have recently completed an analysis of Trends in Irish Aid Expenditure from 1995 to 2005. The analsyis shows that Irish Aid is a very good donor, with funding matching its declared priorities of health, education, HIV & AIDS and civil society. In light of discussions about the levels of required Irish Aid capacity, it is interesting to note that - at 4% - Irish Aid's overheads are at the OECD average
  
  
• In 2006 Eurodad produced an analysis of European Aid based on the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) figures. Ireland's official aid ranks highly compared to other EU member states. View their report: EU Aid: Genuine Leadership or Misleading Figures?

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