The International Fund for Ireland: Economic Assistance and the Northern Ireland Peace Process

Authors

Sean Byrne, University of ManitobaFollow
Eyob Fissuh, University of ManitobaFollow
Mislav Matic, University of ManitobaFollow

Abstract

The role of the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) is examined within the context of the conflict in Northern Ireland through the perspectives of community groups, civil servants and development officers. Specifically, this paper examines the views of 36 study participants from Northern Ireland and the Border Area—that have direct experience with protracted ethnopolitical conflict and with the IFI. Further, this paper explains the importance of economic and social development to peacebuilding within Northern Ireland.

Keywords

ethnopolitical conflict, International Fund for Ireland (IFI), Northern Ireland, peacebuilding

Publication Date

11-2007

DOI

10.46743/1082-7307/2007.1082

Recommended Citation

Byrne, Sean; Fissuh, Eyob; and Matic, Mislav (2007) "The International Fund for Ireland: Economic Assistance and the Northern Ireland Peace Process," Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 14: No. 2, Article 3.
DOI: 10.46743/1082-7307/2007.1082
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol14/iss2/3