In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005

In 2005 an earthquake in northern Pakistan led to a significant inflow of international relief groups. Four years later, trust in Europeans and Americans was markedly higher among those exposed to the earthquake and the relief that followed. These differences reflect the greater provision of foreign...

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Main Authors:	Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	The MIT Press 2018
Subjects:	DISASTER RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF AID ATTITUDINAL CHANGE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29655

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spelling	okr-10986-296552021-05-25T10:54:36Z In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005 Andrabi, Tahir Das, Jishnu DISASTER RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF AID ATTITUDINAL CHANGE In 2005 an earthquake in northern Pakistan led to a significant inflow of international relief groups. Four years later, trust in Europeans and Americans was markedly higher among those exposed to the earthquake and the relief that followed. These differences reflect the greater provision of foreign aid and foreigner presence in affected villages rather than preexisting population differences or a general impact of disasters on trust. We thus demonstrate large-scale, durable attitudinal change in a representative Muslim population. Trust in Westerners among Muslims is malleable and not a deeply rooted function of preferences or global (as opposed to local) policy and actions. 2018-04-11T16:25:29Z 2018-04-11T16:25:29Z 2017-07 Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29655 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank The MIT Press Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia Pakistan
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description	In 2005 an earthquake in northern Pakistan led to a significant inflow of international relief groups. Four years later, trust in Europeans and Americans was markedly higher among those exposed to the earthquake and the relief that followed. These differences reflect the greater provision of foreign aid and foreigner presence in affected villages rather than preexisting population differences or a general impact of disasters on trust. We thus demonstrate large-scale, durable attitudinal change in a representative Muslim population. Trust in Westerners among Muslims is malleable and not a deeply rooted function of preferences or global (as opposed to local) policy and actions.
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author	Andrabi, Tahir Das, Jishnu
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title	In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005
title_short	In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005
title_full	In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005
title_fullStr	In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005
title_full_unstemmed	In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005
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publisher	The MIT Press
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In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005

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