The EU Peace II Fund and the International Fund for Ireland: Nurturing Cross-Community Contact and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Publisher: Geopolitics
Author(s): Sean Byrne, Jobb Arnold, Eyob Fissuh, Katerina Standish, Cynthia Irvin, and Pauline Tennent
Date: 2009
Topics: Economic Recovery, Livelihoods, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming
Countries: Northern Ireland
Economic aid is one component of peacebuilding that has been given increasing prominence in its ability to build both sustainable peace and development. This article analyses the impact of economic aid on peacebuilding initiatives, looking at the case study of Northern Ireland. Through qualitative and quantitative data analysis, this article addresses whether international economic assistance is able to target the structural forces that have been known to exacerbate ethnic conflicts, and points to both its successes and failures in the perception of the civilian population.