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Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid

Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid Development Studies Association – Ireland Launch Event, TCD, 13 September 2010 Kevin O’Sullivan (IRCHSS Postdoctoral Fellow, UCD) kevin.osullivan@ucd.ie. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’. Paper outline:

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Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid

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  1. Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid Development Studies Association – Ireland Launch Event, TCD, 13 September 2010 Kevin O’Sullivan (IRCHSS Postdoctoral Fellow, UCD) kevin.osullivan@ucd.ie

  2. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • Paper outline: • Aims of the project • Narrative (in brief!) • Research questions • Some preliminary conclusions on Irish aid

  3. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • Aims of the Project: • Document a fascinating narrative • Map the characteristics of the Irish aid sector • Where it came from • Why it took the shape it did • Aid and national identity • Ireland and the international aid milieu – why foreign aid? • Methods

  4. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • That fascinating narrative: • Origins • Birth • Living beyond their means • Live Aid • Somalia • Aid in the new millennium: ‘0.7 by 2007’

  5. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • That fascinating narrative: • Origins • Birth • Living beyond their means • Live Aid • Somalia • Aid in the new millennium: ‘0.7 by 2007’

  6. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • That fascinating narrative: • Origins • Birth • Living beyond their means • Live Aid • Somalia • Aid in the new millennium: ‘0.7 by 2007’

  7. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • That fascinating narrative: • Origins • Birth • Living beyond their means • Live Aid • Somalia • Aid in the new millennium: ‘0.7 by 2007’

  8. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • That fascinating narrative: • Origins • Birth • Living beyond their means • Live Aid • Somalia • Aid in the new millennium: ‘0.7 by 2007’

  9. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • That fascinating narrative: • Origins • Birth • Living beyond their means • Live Aid • Somalia • Aid in the new millennium: ‘0.7 by 2007’

  10. ‘Postcolonial Humanitarians? A history of Irish aid’ • Questions and Conclusions: • Role of history and domestic culture? • Aid and foreign policy? • Why NGOs? • Influence of the international aid milieu? • Is Ireland unique? • Lessons from the Irish case?

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