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Overseas Credit Claiming and Domestic Support for Foreign Aid

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  • Dietrich, Simone
  • Hyde, Susan D.
  • Winters, Matthew S.

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Many foreign aid donors brand development interventions. How do citizens in the donor country react to seeing this branding in action? We test the proposition that citizens will express higher levels of support for foreign aid when they see a branded foreign aid project relative to seeing the same project without branding. We present results from a survey-based laboratory experiment conducted in the United Kingdom where subjects learned about a typical foreign aid project and received a randomized UK branding treatment. Our results suggest that the branding treatments increase the likelihood that donor country respondents believe that aid recipients can identify the source of the foreign aid. Only among conservative respondents, however, does the evidence imply that branding increases support for foreign aid. “UK aid” branding increases conservative opinion that aid dollars are well spent and increases support among this group for the expansion of foreign aid.

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  • Dietrich, Simone & Hyde, Susan D. & Winters, Matthew S., 2019. "Overseas Credit Claiming and Domestic Support for Foreign Aid," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(3), pages 159-170, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:6:y:2019:i:03:p:159-170_00
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    1. Spencer Henson & John‐Michael Davis & Liam Swiss, 2022. "Understanding public support for Canadian aid to developing countries: The role of information," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(1), January.
    2. Wellner, Lukas & Dreher, Axel & Fuchs, Andreas & Parks, Bradley & Strange, Austin M., 2022. "Can aid buy foreign public support? Evidence from Chinese development finance," Kiel Working Papers 2214, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    3. Jens Eger & Sebastian H. Schneider & Martin Bruder & Solveig H. Gleser, 2023. "Does Evidence Matter? The Impact of Evidence Regarding Aid Effectiveness on Attitudes Towards Aid," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 35(5), pages 1149-1172, October.
    4. Dylan Bugden & Jesse Brazil, 2024. "The role of geostrategic interests in motivating public support for foreign climate aid," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 14(4), pages 803-813, December.
    5. Ann-Sofie Isaksson & Dick Durevall, 2023. "Aid and institutions: Local effects of World Bank aid on perceived institutional quality in Africa," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 523-551, July.

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