While support for providing overseas aid is coming under pressure in many donor countries, emerging powers bring greater positivity.
Levels of support for providing aid in wave 2 donor countries are broadly in line with wave 1 countries. But support is significantly higher in India and Indonesia.
There is support for emerging powers to play different roles on development, beyond traditional donor roles.
The role people in emerging powers think their country should play varies by market and appears to link to perceived national strengths.
Testing recipient country perspectives (case study in Ghana): From a recipient perspective, our wave 2 research shows there is net support for receiving aid across both emerging powers and Ghana.
However, net support for receiving aid is relatively lower in Ghana.
In terms of areas of aid spending, health stands out as a top priority from both the donor and recipient perspective.
In donor countries, health is consistently rated as a top priority for support.
While in recipient countries, health is also a priority – albeit second to economic growth which is consistently rated as the most important area for support.
