Irish aid: A primer

Continuing a series of primers on English-speaking donors, we now turn our attention to a long-standing Development Assistance Committee member country, Ireland, to see how much it spends on development and what its priorities are.

A former aid recipient, Ireland successfully transformed its economy to become a donor itself.

It first established a development program, called Irish Aid, in 1974. Then, in 1985, it formally joined DAC.

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