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Individual and country-level factors affecting support for foreign aid

Author:	Paxton, Pamela; Knack, Stephen;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4714
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2008/09/08
Document Date:	2008/09/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Major Sector:	Health and other social services
Rel. Proj ID:	1W-Aid And The Mdgs -- -- P096746;	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS4714	Sub Sectors:	Other social services
SubTopics:	Foreign Aid; Gender and Health; Post Conflict Reconstruction; Disability; Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness	TF No/Name:	TF057010-KCP
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: In recent years donor countries have committed to dramatic increases in the supply of foreign aid to developing countries. Meeting and sustaining such commitments will require sufficient support among donor country voters and taxpayers. The determinants of public opinion in donor countries on foreign aid have received little attention. This paper examines attitudes to foreign aid with a large, multi-level, cross-national study. It outlines a theoretical rationale for support for foreign aid, discussing the importance of both individual factors and economic and social structures. The theory is tested with multi-level models, including both individual-level and country-level variables to predict positive attitudes. Two datasets are used to measure attitudes in donor countries: (1) the 1995 World Values Survey has information from approximately 6,000 individuals in nine countries and asks a rich battery of questions at the individual-level, and (2) the 2002 Gallup "Voice of the People" survey asks fewer questions of individuals but includes 17 donor countries. Using both surveys combines their distinct strengths and allows tests of individual and national-level theories across disparate samples. The results generally support the predictions that attitudes toward aid are influenced by religiosity, beliefs about the causes of poverty, awareness of international affairs, and trust in people and institutions.


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