Motivated by current debates over the relationship between epidemic and trust, this paper
estimates the short-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on general trust, political trust, and …

Purpose The pandemic of corruption in Africa reflects the more general climate of the lack of
both ethical leadership and appropriate anti-corruption systems found throughout most of …

Does foreign aid change local attitudes toward gender equality? Drawing on a theory of
norm diffusion through intervention, we contend that when donors integrate norms into aid …

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 …

Does foreign aid reshape citizen views on governments? How does Chinese aid relate to
corruption perception in African local governments? Studying 33 African countries from 2000 …

Aid effectiveness is widely understood to suffer when multiple donors operate in the same
space, but recent studies indicate benefits of fragmentation. We posit that these mixed …

One of a government's primary responsibilities is to provide public goods and services for
the benefit of citizens. A government that excels in such provision may therefore win …

This study employs an institutional approach to examine and explain donor‐giving to a
government during emergencies. Using data from 120 countries during Covid‐19 and other …

Many African countries are both consolidating their democratic institutions and continuing to
expand mass primary schooling. In this context, citizens may be interested in the broad …

Scholars have repeatedly expressed concern about the societal consequences of negative
media coverage toward public institutions and political actors. Yet, there remains a lack of …