Public support for the international economic organizations: Evidence from developing countries

Martin S. Edwards ()
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Martin S. Edwards: Seton Hall University

The Review of International Organizations, 2009, vol. 4, issue 2, No 4, 185-209

Abstract: Abstract Public opinions regarding the international economic organizations (IEOs; the IMF, World Bank, and WTO) are understudied. I contrast five lines of argument using a multi-country survey of developing countries, focusing on evaluations of the economy, skills, gender, and ideology and measures of involvement with the organizations themselves. At the individual level, respondents have negative views if they have negative views of the state of the economy. More educated respondents are more likely to have negative views of the IEOs. Women are more likely to have positive views of the IEOs than men. National levels of engagement with the IEOs also affect public evaluations of them. Evaluations of the state of the economy are more influential determinants of IEO evaluations in states that receive IMF and World Bank loans, as well as in states that are active in WTO dispute resolution.

Keywords: International economic organizations; Developing countries; Public opinion; F530; F500 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s11558-009-9057-6

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