Policy Documents
Below you can find Trócaire's latest policy documents on topics such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), Debt, Aid, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) and Trade.
Policy documents on Governance
- Systematizacion del Fondo ACI ERP Un Mecanismo Innovador..
May 2008
Systematizacion del Fondo ACI ERP Un Mecanismo Innovador para el Fortalecimiento de la Sociedad Civil Hondureña.
- La surveillance des politiques gouvernementales
May 2008
Une boîte à outils pour les organisations de la société civile en Afrique.
- Turning the Tables: Aid & Accountability under the Paris Framework
April 2008
Trócaire and CAFOD case studies on aid effectiveness focussing specifically on accountability and ownership.
- Técnicas de Análise e Acompanhamento de Políticas Públicas
February 2008
Técnicas de Análise e Acompanhamento de Políticas Públicas: Ferramentas de trabalho para organizações da sociedade civil em África.
- Towards 2012: A new overseas development agenda for Ireland
November 2007
This briefing proposes a new overseas development agenda for Ireland centred around eight key steps.
- Monitoring government policies: A toolkit for civil society organisations in Africa
March 2007
This toolkit seeks to help partner organisations hold their governments to account for the consequences of their policies.
- Governance and Development Cooperation: Civil Society Perspectives on the European Union Approach
November 2006
An analysis of a survey of CIDSE partners on the role of governance (including corruption) in development in their countries.
- Gouvernance et Coopération pour le Développement: Perspectives de la Société Civile sur l’Approche d
November 2006
L’analyse qui suit est basée sur les résultats d’une enquête réalisée auprès de 56 organisations partenaires de la CIDSE.
- Cooperación para la Gobernanza y el Desarrollo
November 2006
El análisis de abajo está basado en los resultados de una encuesta a 56 organizaciones socias de CIDSE en 24 países en desarrollo.
- The World Bank’s Strategy on Governance and Anticorruption - a civil society perspective
November 2006
A contribution to the debate on the World Bank’s new Governance and Anticorruption Strategy.
- La Stratégie de la Banque Mondiale en matière de Gouvernance et de Lutte anti-corruption
November 2006
Ce document a pour objectif de contribuer au débat sur la Stratégie de la Banque Mondiale en matière de gouvernance et de lutte anti-corruption.
- Estrategia del Banco Mundial sobre Gobernanza y Anticorrupción
November 2006
Este documento está orientado a contribuir al debate sobre la nueva Estrategia de Gobernanza y Anticorrupción del Banco Mundial.
Full list of documents on the Governance
Policy documents on the MDGs
- Towards 2012: A new overseas development agenda for Ireland
November 2007
This briefing proposes a new overseas development agenda for Ireland centred around eight key steps.
- More than a Numbers Game? Ensuring that the Millennium Development Goals address Structural Injustic
April 2005
In 2000, the member states of the UN signed the Millennium Declaration. In it they committed themselves to meeting certain development targets.
- Trócaire urge EU to reach Millennium Development Goals
April 2005
Trócaire, CIDSE and Caritas Europa are urging European Member States to take meaningful steps to achieve Millennium Development Goal number 8.
Full list of documents on the MDGs
Policy documents on Debt
- Towards 2012: A new overseas development agenda for Ireland
November 2007
This briefing proposes a new overseas development agenda for Ireland centred around eight key steps.
- Strengthening Participation for Policy Influence
October 2006
Lessons Learned from Trócaire’s PRS Project, 2002 – 2006
- Briefing Paper: Strengthening Participation for Policy Influence
October 2006
This briefing paper looks at lessons learned by Trócaire in its PRS project from 2002 to 2005.
- Do the Deal
February 2005
The G7 must act now to cancel poor country debts.
- The Other Side of the Coin
September 2004
An alternative perspective on the role of the International Monetary Fund in low income countries.
- PRSP as Theatre
September 2004
Backstage policy-making and the future of the PRSP approach.
- The Impact of Poverty Reduction Strategies on the Rural Sector in Honduras and Nicaragua.
May 2004
A Trócaire report for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
- El Impacto de las Estrategias de Reducción de la Pobreza en el Sector Rural en Honduras y Nicaragua
May 2004
Consultoría realizado por Trócaire para el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA).
- To Lend or to Grant?
April 2004
To Lend or to Grant? A critical view of the IMF and World Bank's proposed approach to debt sustainability analysis for low-income countries.
- PRSP Lessons Learnt: Trócaire Policy Briefing Paper
April 2004
As the PRSP approach enters its 5th year of implementation it is critical that a thoroughgoing analysis of this approach be undertaken by all stakeholders.
- PRSP: Are the World Bank and IMF Delivering on Promises?
April 2004
A CIDSE-Caritas Internationalis Background Paper.
Full list of documents on Debt
Policy documents on Aid
- Avances de Honduras en armonización de la Cooperación Internacional..
May 2008
Avances de Honduras en armonización de la Cooperación Internacional después de la Declaración de Paris: Una evaluación desde la perspectiva de sociedad..
- Consideraciones sobre la Efectividad de la Cooperación Externa Oficial en Nicaragua..
May 2008
Consideraciones sobre la Efectividad de la Cooperación Externa Oficial en Nicaragua y la implementación de los compromisos asumidos en la Declaración..
- Ireland using its Influence for Positive Change at Accra.
May 2008
Trócaire's latest briefing paper on the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, 'Ireland using its Influence for Positive Change at Accra.'
- Turning the Tables: Aid & Accountability under the Paris Framework
April 2008
Trócaire and CAFOD case studies on aid effectiveness focussing specifically on accountability and ownership.
- Moçambique: Uma análise independente da apropriação e...
February 2008
Uma análise independente da apropriação e prestação de contas no sistema de ajuda ao desenvolvimento
- Mozambique: An independent analysis of ownership and accountability in the development aid system
February 2008
This report is part of a joint NGO initiative led by EURODAD. The project evaluated aid effectiveness using data and interviews conducted in country.
- Blind spot: continued failure of World Bank and IMF to fully assess impact of their advice on poor
November 2007
A joint NGO briefing note on the need for the World Bank and IMF to carry out Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIAs) on their programmes.
- Towards 2012: A new overseas development agenda for Ireland
November 2007
This briefing proposes a new overseas development agenda for Ireland centred around eight key steps.
- Briefing paper: The EU’s Footprint in the South
May 2007
Short Briefing Paper
- The EU’s Footprint in the South
May 2007
The EU’s Footprint in the South: Does European Community development cooperation make a difference for the poor?
- Hold the appluse! EU governments risk breaking aid promises
April 2007
According to official figures most European countries are living up to their aid promises. But European citizens should hold their applause.
- Trócaire submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs
November 2004
Trócaire submits paper on overseas development aid (ODA) to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Policy documents on PRSP
- Strengthening Participation for Policy Influence
October 2006
Lessons Learned from Trócaire’s PRS Project, 2002 – 2006
- Briefing Paper: Strengthening Participation for Policy Influence
October 2006
This briefing paper looks at lessons learned by Trócaire in its PRS project from 2002 to 2005.
- Honduras PRSP Update
November 2005
Honduras PRSP Update.
- Honduras PRSP Update
April 2005
This report is one of a series of updates on public development policies and donor activities in Honduras and Nicaragua.
- Nicaragua, PRSP Update, Trócaire
August 2004
This document gives an overview of recent events relating to the HIPC II initiative and the PRSP process in Nicaragua.
- Are PRSPs Combating Rural Poverty in Honduras and Nicaragua?
August 2004
Lessons for a New Generation of PRSPs
- Participatory Regional Poverty review for the reduction of poverty in Honduras
August 2004
A DFID - Trócaire - FOSDEH / ASONOG report with diagnoses, strategies, plans, programmes and projects for the reduction of poverty in Honduras.
- The Impact of Poverty Reduction Strategies on the Rural Sector in Honduras and Nicaragua.
May 2004
A Trócaire report for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
- El Impacto de las Estrategias de Reducción de la Pobreza en el Sector Rural en Honduras y Nicaragua
May 2004
Consultoría realizado por Trócaire para el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA).
- Honduras PRSP / HIPC update
April 2004
This document gives an overview of recent events relating to the HIPC II initiative and the PRSP process in Honduras.
Full list of documents on PRSP
Policy documents on Trade
- El Acuerdo de Asociación entre Centroamérica y la EU
July 2008
¿Qué es y cuál será su posible impacto en la reducción de la pobreza y el desarrollo sostenible en Centroamérica?
- Towards 2012: A new overseas development agenda for Ireland
November 2007
This briefing proposes a new overseas development agenda for Ireland centred around eight key steps.
- Poverty Looms: How 50 years of EU-ACP co-operation is threatened
September 2007
A briefing paper on the current EPA trade negotiations between the Africa Caribbean Pacific group and the EU.
- Elaboration of a feasible proposal for a special safeguard mechanism for developing countries
November 2005
Trade has the potential to be a powerful catalyst for human development but unfair trade rules make it difficult for developing countries to advance.
- The special safeguard mechanism and Zambia
November 2005
Agriculture is a cornerstone of economic growth in Zambia and has been designated as one of the priority sectors in national development policy...
- Statement from Anwarul K. Chowdhury, UN Under-Secretary-General
November 2005
Statement from Anwarul K. Chowdhury.
- Hong Kong and LDCs: Making International Trade Work for All?
November 2005
Trócaire's Advocacy Officer, Micheal O' Brien gives an introduction/background to the round.
- Make a Dfference for Poverty Reduction at the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong
June 2005
CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis call on the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference to give real priority to a pro-poor perspective.
- A hearing in the WTO for all members
May 2005
Guidelines for improving the Hong Kong WTO negotiating process Policy Briefing.
- Reform of the Sugar Regime in the EU: Policy recommendations from a development perspective
March 2005
CIDSE/Caritas Internationalis Policy Recommendations from a development perspective on the reform of the Sugar Regime in the EU.
- Unfair trade and Cotton: Global Challenges/Local Challenges
September 2004
A CIDSE-CARITAS report on the cotton trade.
Full list of documents on Trade