Where Is the Money From? Attitudes toward Donor Countries and Foreign Aid in the Arab World.
How does funding from foreign aid shape public opinion toward development programs? Existing research suggests that citizens of recipient countries prefer aid-funded programs, particularly if they view the domestic government as corrupt and ineffective. However, these studies have been implemented i...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 66; no. 4; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2022
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