Foreign Aid and Government Legitimacy. Issue 2 (25th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dietrich, Simone; Winters, Matthew S.
• Is Part Of: Journal of experimental political science. Volume 2:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 164
• Page End: 171
• Publication Date: 2015-03-25
• Subjects: Survey experiment, -- foreign aid, -- government legitimacy, -- fiscal contract, -- India; Political science -- Periodicals; Political science -- Research -- Periodicals; Political science -- Methodology -- Periodicals; 320.0724
• DOI: 10.1017/XPS.2014.31
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-2630

Abstract

Abstract: Branding of foreign aid may undermine government legitimacy in developing countries when citizens see social services being provided by external actors. We run a survey experiment on a sample of Indian respondents. All subjects learn about an HIV/AIDS program; treated subjects learn that it was foreign-funded. We find null results that, along with existing results in the literature obtained from observational data, call into question the view that foreign-funded service delivery interferes with the development of a fiscal contract between the state and its citizens.