Document Type
Article
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Media and socio-cultural communication
Abstract
In September 2009, the government's newly published White Paper on Irish Aid was presented to the media and the public as a statement of Ireland’s new position in, and increased responsibilities to, the international community. The economic success of the Celtic Tiger era had endowed the State not only with the means but also with the obligation to strengthen its aid commitments to developing nations. The White Paper outlined an ambitious strategy: Irish Aid would administer the overseas aid budget (OAB) to direct development assistance to nine ‘programme’ countries, seven in Africa and two in Asia. Smaller amounts of aid would go to ‘other aid recipient countries’ in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. In implementing the strategy, Irish Aid would develop partnerships with and allocate funding to non-governmental organisations (NGOs), multilateral organisations and the governments of developing countries. The White Paper committed the Government to raising the OAB to 0.7% of Gross National Product (GNP) by 2007. On reaching this level, Government projections anticipated an annual OAB of about €1.5bn.
DOI
10.21427/D79J41
Recommended Citation
Barnes, C., Cawley, A.:Whose Development: Framing of Ireland’s Aid Communities by Institutional Sources and the Media During and After the Celtic Tiger. Irish Communications Review, Vol. 11, 2009.
Publication Details
Article published in the Irish Communications Review, Vol. 11, 2009.