What is the current situation in Ireland?

192165438+On February 6, Britain was forced to allow 26 counties in southern Ireland to establish a "free state", and Ireland was established. Ireland's traditional economy was dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, and its economic and social development level was once backward, so it was called "European countryside". Since Ireland gained political independence, its economy still relies heavily on the British economy.

As Ireland was a free country in the1920s, Ireland always had high trade barriers, such as high tariffs, especially during the economic war with Britain in the191930s. /kloc-in the 1950s, 400,000 people immigrated from Ireland. The economic downturn is becoming more and more obvious, and economic nationalism is unsustainable. While other European countries achieved rapid growth, Ireland suffered from economic stagnation. Economic Development published by 1958 is also formulated in this way. This paper argues that the main goal of economic management is free trade, foreign investment and growth, not financial constraints. In the next 30 years, the situation in Ireland did not improve much. Sluggish economic growth, wrong fiscal policy, protectionism and sometimes corrupt government have widened the gap between Ireland and other Western European economies.

In the 1980s, Ireland began to change from an agricultural country to a science and technology country. In the 1960s+0990s, great changes took place in Ireland's economy, and Ireland achieved amazing economic growth: from 1990 to 1995, the average annual growth rate of Ireland's economy was 5. 14%, from/kloc-. In just over a decade, Ireland has changed from one of the poorest countries in Europe to one of the richest countries in the European Union.

There are several reasons for Ireland's sudden rapid economic development.

1 Since 1973, Ireland has obtained more than17 billion euros of EU structural and cohesion funds. These funds are composed of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF), and are used to increase investment in the education system and build physical infrastructure. Has become the foundation of Ireland's development.

2 Open environment, Ireland's low corporate tax rate (from 10% to 12.5% in the late 1990s) has greatly attracted foreign corporate investors. In addition, in the11990s, the subsidies and investment capital provided by Irish national organizations (such as IDA Ireland) encouraged well-known companies such as Dell, Intel and Microsoft to enter Ireland. These companies are attracted to Ireland because of their EU membership, relatively low wages and government subsidies, and low tax rates.

Ireland is a country that can speak English and Irish. Irish workers can communicate effectively with Americans. In contrast, workers in other EU countries can't speak English. American companies will choose their headquarters in English-speaking countries.

Ireland has a large number of overseas immigrants. Many people who immigrated in the 1980 s lived well. Without a well-educated and skilled labor force, it is impossible to attract long-term foreign direct investment. Since 1960, Ireland has invested a lot of financial and human resources in the field of education by providing free grants for secondary education and higher education. By A.D. 1990, Ireland's labor force had become one of the most educated countries in Europe. They can all communicate effectively in English.