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Type | Journal Article - International Interactions |
Title | Political trust, corruption and ratings of the IMF and the World Bank |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 2 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2013 |
Page numbers | 337-364 |
URL | http://doras.dcu.ie/19656/1/HECER-DP374.pdf |
Abstract | There are only a handful of studies that examine public support for the IMF and World Bank. Public opinion data on attitudes to the economy feature prominently in these studies. Utilizing data from the Afrobarometer survey, we find that evaluations of the economy, ideology, and a range of sociodemographic factors including age, gender, employment status, health, education, and living conditions are not significantly related to ratings of effectiveness. Rather, we find that political trust and corruption—two very important concepts in the wider literature on individual-level attitudes toward international relations and foreign policy issues—are strongly associated with ratings of effectiveness. |
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Breen, Micheal, and Robert Gillanders. "Political trust, corruption and ratings of the IMF and the World Bank." International Interactions 41, no. 2 (2013): 337-364.