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Article: Influence and Support for Foreign Aid: Evidence from the United States and China
Title | Influence and Support for Foreign Aid: Evidence from the United States and China |
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Authors | |
Keywords | China Foreign aid Influence International development Public opinion Survey experiments United States |
Issue Date | 1-Jan-2023 |
Publisher | Springer |
Citation | Review of International Organizations, 2023 How to Cite? |
Abstract | When do members of the public support outgoing foreign aid? Existing research often focuses on individual and sociotropic sources of support based on economic, ideological, and emotional considerations. This article examines a potentially under-appreciated source of attitudes toward outgoing aid: foreign policy influence for one’s country. I argue that observers can make intuitive associations between different types of aid and different influence outcomes, and that the prospect of influence will generally increase support for outgoing aid. To test these claims, I conduct parallel survey experiments in the two largest donor and lender countries, the United States and China. I find that an aid project’s mode of delivery and degree of visibility affect its perceived value for influence-seeking, and that respondents understand and generally support the use of aid for influence. While direct aid to governments does not appear to increase support, project visibility does, and support is particularly high for visible aid provided directly to host country governments. The findings contribute to existing international relations and political economy research on aid and public opinion, international influence, and Chinese development finance. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/338759 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.564 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Strange, Austin | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-11T10:31:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-11T10:31:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Review of International Organizations, 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1559-7431 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/338759 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>When do members of the public support outgoing foreign aid? Existing research often focuses on individual and sociotropic sources of support based on economic, ideological, and emotional considerations. This article examines a potentially under-appreciated source of attitudes toward outgoing aid: foreign policy influence for one’s country. I argue that observers can make intuitive associations between different types of aid and different influence outcomes, and that the prospect of influence will generally increase support for outgoing aid. To test these claims, I conduct parallel survey experiments in the two largest donor and lender countries, the United States and China. I find that an aid project’s mode of delivery and degree of visibility affect its perceived value for influence-seeking, and that respondents understand and generally support the use of aid for influence. While direct aid to governments does not appear to increase support, project visibility does, and support is particularly high for visible aid provided directly to host country governments. The findings contribute to existing international relations and political economy research on aid and public opinion, international influence, and Chinese development finance.<br></p> | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Springer | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Review of International Organizations | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | Foreign aid | - |
dc.subject | Influence | - |
dc.subject | International development | - |
dc.subject | Public opinion | - |
dc.subject | Survey experiments | - |
dc.subject | United States | - |
dc.title | Influence and Support for Foreign Aid: Evidence from the United States and China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11558-023-09520-5 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85180222074 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1559-744X | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:001132985500001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1559-7431 | - |