Every year The Center for Global Development produce the Commitment Development Index (CDI) which ranks 21 of the richest countries in the world with regard to how much they help poorer developing nations. The Index is contsructed by scoring each rich nation in seven policy areas which combined lead to better economic prosperity as well as political stability in the poorer countries. The areas are Aid, Trade, Investment, Migration, Environment, Security and Technology.



Ireland currently ranks 13th in the list of 21 countries. And while Ireland ranks as one of the highest scorers in policy areas Aid and Environment, it seems that Ireland ranks very poorly in terms of Technology and Investment. Interestingly Ireland only ranked 11th in the Migration category stating that that there was only a small increase during the 1990s in the number of unskilled immigrants from developing countries living in Ireland. Given the recent influx of migrant workers to Ireland in the last few years this makes me wonder how up to date the figures they are using to build the index are.

Ireland's results:


While the Index report makes very interesting reading, it is perhaps to be taken with a pinch of salt. We are currently ranked joint 13th with the United States. Who would have thought that both countries contribute equally to the betterment of the less fortunate on our planet!

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