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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is a group of 30 like minded countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. Ireland is a member of the OECD. Member states discuss and develop policies and instruments on a wide range of economic and social issues. Member states meet and exchange information in specialised committees. The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is the principal body through which the OECD deals with issues relating to co-operation with developing countries. Ireland has been a member of the DAC since 1985. Members of the DAC are expected to have certain common objectives concerning the conduct of their aid programmes and to work together to increase the effectiveness of their common efforts to support sustainable development. DAC “peer reviews”, a central and unique function of the OECD in the development assistance field, monitor and assess DAC members’ official development assistance programmes. The most recent DAC Peer Review of Ireland’s Development Cooperation Programme took place in 2003. |
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