Our research
Development Challenge
IIIS researchers are active in understanding how globalisation affects the development challenges facing low-income countries and the appropriate forms of assistance that might be offered by the international community.
International development is central to the globalisation debate for several reasons. At one level, wide disparities in living standards across countries are a destabilizing force in terms of international security and migration patterns. At another level, with an appropriate institutional infrastructure in place, improving access to the international pool of knowledge and capital can accelerate progress in living standards in these countries and provide important sources of innovation. For policymakers, the efficient allocation of international aid budgets requires considerable research input. In addition, the developing world is centrally important to the policy debate on global issues such as climate change; international public health; the international financial and trading systems; and international migration.
The IIIS participates in the recently-established Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) which coordinates Trinity’s contribution in all Faculties and disciplines to understanding and supporting development in low-income countries..
TIDI manages a major award to Trinity College under the 2007-2011 Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes under which the IIIS has received funding to support engagement with an Africa-based doctoral programme in economics.