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Fri 10 Oct 2009Ireland ranked sixth in helping poor countries
IRELAND HAS been ranked sixth out of 22 rich countries for its record on helping poor and developing countries by a Washington-based think-tank.
The Irish State was, however, criticised by the Centre for Global Development (CGD) for the barriers it puts up to trade in agricultural products from poor countries and its record on investment in technological creation.
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