Special edition
The purpose of the Development Tracker is to bring together existing and ongoing research studies, the insights from which we felt may be beneficial and of interest to fundraisers and marketing teams working within Development and Humanitarian charities.
The information is collated from multiple organisations but the majority of information is due to the fantastic work of the team at the Development Engagement Lab, whose work on public engagement with overseas development issues is both vital and unique.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? What happens in developing countries rarely affects people like me living in the UK.
Which best describes how you feel about levels of poverty in poor countries?
How much of a difference, if any, do you think each of the following can make to reducing poverty in poor countries?
Thinking about global poverty and development, have you donated money to an international NGO or charity working on the issue in the past 12 months?
The UK government has cut the overseas aid budget from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3%. How much do you support or oppose the cuts to the UK overseas aid budget?
Imagine you are in charge of deciding how the UK government’s budget is allocated across different areas. Please indicate whether you would like to increase, keep the same, or decrease the percentage allocated.
The UK government gives overseas aid to poor countries. Looking at the scale below, what do you think the primary purpose of overseas aid should be?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about aid from the UK government?
Please indicate the extent to which you think that the UK government should give overseas aid, where a score of 0 means that it ‘should not give aid at all’ and a score of 10 means that it ‘should give aid very generously’.
Which of the following do you think is true about the UK overseas aid budget?
On a scale of 1-5, 1 being not effective at all and 5 being very effective, in your opinion, how effective are the following ways the UK government can reduce global poverty?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about aid from the UK government? Overseas aid increases economic growth in poor countries.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about aid from the UK government? Overseas aid to poor countries strengthens Britain’s political influence in the world.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about aid from the UK government? Providing overseas aid really helps to promote Britain’s national security.
Overseas aid increases economic growth in poor countries
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about aid from the UK government? Overseas aid improves people’s lives by providing access to education, healthcare, clean water, and sanitation.
Overseas aid increases economic growth in poor countries