Inside Irish Aid The Impulse To Help

the long version

"Describes how Ireland's foreign aid programme began from small beginnings in the 1970s with a budget of £1 million and grew to a budget of €920 million in 2008 when Ireland was the sixth largest donor per head in the world. The book shows that during the years of economic prosperity Ireland did not lose sight of its traditional concern for the poor people of the world, particularly in Africa"--P. [4] of cover.