Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid

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 determi...

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Main Authors: Paxton, Pamela, Knack, Stephen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9829102/individual-country-level-factors-affecting-support-foreign-aid
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spelling okr-10986-69842021-04-23T14:02:32Z Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid Paxton, Pamela Knack, Stephen ADVOCACY GROUPS AID AGENCIES AID POLICIES AID RECIPIENTS ALLIANCES ARMED FORCES BOUNDARIES CHARITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CRISES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANKS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DOMESTIC POLICIES DONOR COUNTRIES DONOR COUNTRY ECONOMIC AID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC ISSUES EFFECTIVENESS OF AID EXPORTS FEMALE FOREIGN AID FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN POLICIES FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNERS FOUNDATIONS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DONORS INTERNATIONALISM ISOLATIONISM MEETING MILITARY AID MOVEMENT MULTILATERAL AGENCIES MULTILATERAL AID MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS NATIONS OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEES SOCIETY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAR WOMAN WORLD DEVELOPMENT WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORTH 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. 2012-06-04T15:30:19Z 2012-06-04T15:30:19Z 2008-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9829102/individual-country-level-factors-affecting-support-foreign-aid http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6984 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4714 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ADVOCACY GROUPS
AID AGENCIES
AID POLICIES
AID RECIPIENTS
ALLIANCES
ARMED FORCES
BOUNDARIES
CHARITIES
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CRISES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AID
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DOMESTIC POLICIES
DONOR COUNTRIES
DONOR COUNTRY
ECONOMIC AID
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC ISSUES
EFFECTIVENESS OF AID
EXPORTS
FEMALE
FOREIGN AID
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN POLICIES
FOREIGN POLICY
FOREIGNERS
FOUNDATIONS
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDERS
INCLUSION
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DONORS
INTERNATIONALISM
ISOLATIONISM
MEETING
MILITARY AID
MOVEMENT
MULTILATERAL AGENCIES
MULTILATERAL AID
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
NATIONS
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
RECIPIENT COUNTRY
RECONSTRUCTION
REFUGEES
SOCIETY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
WAR
WOMAN
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORTH
spellingShingle ADVOCACY GROUPS
AID AGENCIES
AID POLICIES
AID RECIPIENTS
ALLIANCES
ARMED FORCES
BOUNDARIES
CHARITIES
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CRISES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AID
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DOMESTIC POLICIES
DONOR COUNTRIES
DONOR COUNTRY
ECONOMIC AID
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC ISSUES
EFFECTIVENESS OF AID
EXPORTS
FEMALE
FOREIGN AID
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN POLICIES
FOREIGN POLICY
FOREIGNERS
FOUNDATIONS
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDERS
INCLUSION
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DONORS
INTERNATIONALISM
ISOLATIONISM
MEETING
MILITARY AID
MOVEMENT
MULTILATERAL AGENCIES
MULTILATERAL AID
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
NATIONS
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
RECIPIENT COUNTRY
RECONSTRUCTION
REFUGEES
SOCIETY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
WAR
WOMAN
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORTH
Paxton, Pamela
Knack, Stephen
Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid
relation Policy Research Working Paper No. 4714
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Paxton, Pamela
Knack, Stephen
author_facet Paxton, Pamela
Knack, Stephen
author_sort Paxton, Pamela
title Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid
title_short Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid
title_full Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid
title_fullStr Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid
title_full_unstemmed Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid
title_sort individual and country-level factors affecting support for foreign aid
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9829102/individual-country-level-factors-affecting-support-foreign-aid
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6984
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