2022
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3683
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The impact of Chinese aid on political trust

Abstract: This paper examines whether Chinese aid impacts citizens' trust in government by matching geocoded data on Chinese aid projects located in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) between 2000 and 2014 to respondents from rounds 3 to 6 of Afrobarometer survey. Implementing an instrumental variable (IV) estimation to control for the potential endogeneity of aid, this paper finds robust evidence that Chinese aid reduces trust in government. The decline in trust seems to be because the aid projects stimulate poor assessments of g… Show more

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“…Recent empirical investigations in this area reveal no proof that aid reduces trust in leaders and government legitimacy (Baldwin & Winters, 2018). The findings of this research imply that factors such as citizens' expectations of the relationship between their government and donors, donor control over aid resources, and aid conditionality may help lessen aid programs' anticipated detrimental impact on institutional trust (Atitianti, 2022). Performance has traditionally determined political autonomy (Voogd et al, 2019).…”
Section: Foreign Aid: Vitality and Repercussions On Trust In Politica...mentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Recent empirical investigations in this area reveal no proof that aid reduces trust in leaders and government legitimacy (Baldwin & Winters, 2018). The findings of this research imply that factors such as citizens' expectations of the relationship between their government and donors, donor control over aid resources, and aid conditionality may help lessen aid programs' anticipated detrimental impact on institutional trust (Atitianti, 2022). Performance has traditionally determined political autonomy (Voogd et al, 2019).…”
Section: Foreign Aid: Vitality and Repercussions On Trust In Politica...mentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Accordingly, existing studies find that foreign aid reduces trust in governments (Atitianti, 2022;Watkins, 2021). In addition, some studies postulate that the relationship between the state and its citizens is a form of "fiscal contract" in which the state, in exchange for the public goods and services it provides, receives complying attitudes from citizens in the form of tax payments and other civic responsibilities (Moore, 2008;Timmons, 2005).…”
Section: Aid and Citizenry Attitudesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If citizens realize what they expect from their government is being provided by external state or non-state actors, they are likely to have poor perceptions of their government's competence in carrying out its responsibilities. Thus, despite the benefits that may be associated with aid (Dreher et al, 2021; Hirano and Otsubo, 2014), it is also likely to be concomitant with adverse effects on citizens’ perceptions about their aid-receiving government (Atitianti, 2022; Briggs, 2018; Watkins, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Brazys et al (2017) find an association between the presence of Chinese‐funded projects and higher experiences with, and on occasions, perceptions of corruption when accounting for co‐located World Bank projects. Some studies conclude that Chinese aid also reduces trust in government as citizens perceive such projects to increase the incentives for corruption among government officials (Atitianti, 2022). Other studies conclude that Chinese aid boosts economic growth in African countries (Li, 2021) and improves education and child mortality (Martorano et al, 2020).…”
Section: South–south Cooperation In a Multipolar Worldmentioning
confidence: 99%