Description: In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005

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In Aid We Trust : Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005

Winning "hearts and minds" in the Muslim world is an explicitly acknowledged aim of U.S. foreign policy and increasingly, bilateral foreign aid is recognized as a vehicle towards this end. The authors examine the effect of aid from foreig...

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Main Authors:	Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADULT EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY AMBASSADOR BIASES BOUNDARIES CASUALTIES CHANGE IN POPULATION CHILD HEALTH COMPENSATION POLICY CONFLICT COOPERATIVES CORRELATIONS COUNTERINSURGENCY DEATH TOLL DEATHS DEMOCRACY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVASTATION DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTERS DUMMY VARIABLES EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMBASSY EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY SHELTERS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY FAULT LINE FEWER HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD RELIEF FLOODING FLOODS FOREIGN AID FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNER FOREIGNERS FORMAL EDUCATION FRONTIER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMANITARIAN AID HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE HURRICANE HURRICANES HYPOTHESES IMPACT OF DISASTERS IMPORTANT POLICY INDIVIDUALS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL SECURITY JOURNALISTS KINSHIP KINSHIP GROUP LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIKERT SCALE LIMITED LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL POPULATION MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICINES MEETING MISSING OBSERVATIONS MORTALITY MUNICIPALITIES NATIONS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NURSES PEACE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL VIOLENCE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION VARIABLES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES RECONSTRUCTION REGRESSION ANALYSIS REHABILITATION RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION RELIEF AGENCY RELIEF EFFORT RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF OPERATIONS RELIEF WORK RELIGIOUS REASONS RESCUE RESPECT RISK AVERSION ROADS SAMPLE SIZE SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SOCIETIES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPOUSE STANDARD ERRORS SURVEYORS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERRORISM TERRORIST TRUSTS TSUNAMI TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS UNION URBAN AREAS URBAN SLUMS VALIDITY VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101005131809 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3922

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Summary:	Winning "hearts and minds" in the Muslim world is an explicitly acknowledged aim of U.S. foreign policy and increasingly, bilateral foreign aid is recognized as a vehicle towards this end. The authors examine the effect of aid from foreign organizations and on-the-ground presence of foreigners following the 2005 earthquake in Northern Pakistan on local attitudes. They show that four years after the earthquake, humanitarian assistance by foreigners and foreign organizations has left a lasting imprint on population attitudes. Measured in three different ways those living closer to the fault-line report more positive attitudes towards foreigners, including Europeans and Americans; trust in foreigners decreases 6 percentage points for every 10 Kilometers distance from the fault-line. In contrast, there is no association between distance to the fault-line and trust in local populations. Pre-existing differences in socioeconomic characteristics or population attitudes do not account for this finding. Instead, the relationship between trust in foreigners and proximity to the fault-line mirrors the greater provision of foreign aid and foreign presence in these villages. In villages closest to the fault-line, foreign organizations were the second largest providers of aid after the Pakistan army (despite reports to the contrary aid provision by militant organizations was extremely limited, with less than 1 percent of all respondents reporting any help from such organizations). The results provide a compelling case that trust in foreigners is malleable, responds to humanitarian actions by foreigners and is not a deep-rooted function of local preferences.