Individual And Country-Level Factors Affecting Support For Foreign Aid

Knack, Stephen; Paxton, Pamela

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4714

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“…6 It is essential to distinguish factors potentially influencing support for foreign aid at the individual level from those at the aggregate level. In a large country, such as China, provinces vary in terms of political, economic and cultural characteristics, which could influence individual support for aid (Paxton & Knack, 2012). Only a few studies (e.g.…”

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“…Only a few studies (e.g. Hudson & vanHeerde-Hudson, 2013;Paxton & Knack, 2012) consider Overall, 77-85 per cent of respondents supported the expansion of the three types of aid. 4 For more details about the WVS, see www.worldvaluessurvey.org.…”

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“…These factors matters for public support for domestic and international policies (Ali et al, 2014;Mahler et al, 2000;Paxton & Knack, 2012).…”

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Why Give it Away When You Need it Yourself? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid in China

Cheng

Smyth

2015

The Journal of Development Studies

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Public support for foreign aid in donor countries is highly correlated with how much donor countries are willing to give. There is, perhaps surprisingly, relatively little evidence on the determinants of public support for foreign aid in donor countries. And the evidence that does exist is for donors that are developed democratic countries. In this study we examine the determinants of public support for foreign aid in China. China is a particularly interesting case because it is both a recipient and donor of foreign aid. Thus, one would expect that the public's perceptions of China's own development needs would influence its support for China donating to other countries. We find that while political ideology and sense of national identity are the most important determinants of support for foreign aid, several demographic characteristics are also important. We also find that those living in the lower income western provinces and in provinces with higher poverty rates express less support for giving foreign aid. We draw policy implications from the findings for better targeting engagement strategies designed to garner support for foreign aid.

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Why Give it Away When You Need it Yourself? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid in China

Cheng

Smyth

2015

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…The new evaluation policy does not specifically focus on linking its work to that of the communications department, while the communications strategy does not even mention where it would source stories of impacts to communicate. For successful 'utilisation-based' evaluation (evaluation that is based on its utility), communication strategies (as well as other potential uses of evaluation findings) need to be considered in the evaluation design phase (Patton and Horton 2009). …”

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Public Perceptions of International Development and Support for Aid in the UK: Results of a Qualitative Enquiry

Henson¹,

Lindström²,

Haddad³

et al. 2010

IDS Working Papers

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SummaryAid budgets face immense pressure -despite overseas aid being critical for poverty alleviation in developing countries and the explicit commitments of the world's industrialised countries to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Public support for international development and aid will play a key role. Will the public become unsure about the UK's aid budget when they begin to feel cuts in government expenditure at home? How well equipped are we to 'sell' the UK's aid programme to a sceptical public in times of economic austerity? This working paper presents the results of a qualitative enquiry into public perceptions of international development and aid in the UK. Using data from the Mass Observation Project (MOP) at the University of Sussex, the authors investigate the views of 185 members of the general public.The study finds that, while people can conjure up ideas of why poverty exists, they know very little about the confluence of factors that actually drive poverty and/or the daily lives of the poor. Thus, poverty is seen as caused primarily by bad governments and natural disasters, almost as a stereotype. People have major doubts about the effectiveness of aid, perhaps reflecting the fact that they tend to be much better at picturing aid 'failure' than aid 'success'. Nonetheless, there is support for aid in principle; people think that the UK has a responsibility to help the poor in developing countries, primarily on ethical grounds. This research has clear implications for the way in which the UK communicates with the British public about aid and development and the authors suggest a more considered approach that recognises the complexities of aid and is honest about what works and what doesn't. The paper concludes with a call for further research to fill the knowledge gaps that still exist about the drivers of public support for development and how those drivers can be influenced.

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“…As such, the UKPOM contributes to the body of knowledge of public attitudes to poverty, development and aid, including the tracking of public opinion on aid by DAC member countries and literature within development studies that compares and contrasts attitudes to aid across countries and the influence of a range of possible explanatory factors (OECD 2003;McDonnell et al 2003;Chong and Gradstein 2006;Paxton and Knack 2008;Lumsdaine 1993). Also relevant is a body of literature, primarily within international relations and political science, which looks at attitude formation towards foreign policy and global justice (Beitz 1999;Holsti 1992;Goodin 1988;Jones 1999).…”

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Reimagining Development in the UK? Findings from the UK Public Opinion Monitor

Lindström¹,

Henson²

2011

IDS Bulletin

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The UK Public Opinion Monitor (UKPOM) provides a unique opportunity to explore changes in attitudes of the UK public over time. This article presents findings from the UKPOM on how people in the UK have experienced the financial crisis and how, if at all, this has caused them to think differently about aid and development. We find that respondents had been affected by the economic crisis and were worried about the impact on their own finances and the UK economy. Although respondents had a feeling of interconnectedness with the world and were broadly supportive of aid in principle, these perspectives were often trumped by local and domestic priorities, particularly during such a period of financial turmoil, with support for aid spending in decline. We see some appetite for changing the way in which the world is governed, but the extent to which this encompasses aid reform is uncertain. Finally, we draw some conclusions for development policymakers and communicators.

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Individual And Country-Level Factors Affecting Support For Foreign Aid

Cited by 62 publications

References 38 publications

Why Give it Away When You Need it Yourself? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid in China

Why Give it Away When You Need it Yourself? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid in China

Public Perceptions of International Development and Support for Aid in the UK: Results of a Qualitative Enquiry

Reimagining Development in the UK? Findings from the UK Public Opinion Monitor

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