Building Public Support for Development Cooperation

Agata Czaplińska ()
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Agata Czaplińska: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI)

No 07-02, Policy Papers del Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales

Abstract: The current development agenda envisages a substantial increase in volumes of development assistance along with changes in other policies which affect developing countries, including trade, debt and migration. Successful and sustainable international development cooperation policies and expenditures are believed to require a constituency for aid in donor countries. The paper explores the question of how public support for international development cooperation in donor countries can be built and nurtured. It attempts to identify factors which determine public attitudes towards development assistance and measures that can be undertaken by state authorities to exploit these factors to the advantage of a greater support for development cooperation. It reviews rationales and arguments which can be used to explain to the publics of donor countries the need of transferring a part of their national income to developing countries. It also presents approaches which have been developed by donors in order to enhance public understanding of the need for development cooperation and to strengthen support for development assistance.

Keywords: international development cooperation; public opinion; public involvement; Official Development Assistance (ODA); new donors; cooperación internacional al desarrollo; opinión pública; participación pública; Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo (AOD); nuevos donantes. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2007
Note: Agata Czaplińska (agata.czaplinska@interia.pl) works at the Development Cooperation Department of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she is responsible for communication and information on Polish development assistance programme and development education. The author graduated from the Master’s programme in Development and International Aid delivered by Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI). This paper is a shortened version of her Master’s thesis written within the framework of the programme. Views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the institution for which she works.
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