Development Tracker
The Development Tracker brings together ongoing research and insights valuable to fundraisers and marketing teams in 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.
If the government were to cut the amount of money it currently spends, which of the following areas do you think the government should REDUCE spending in the most?
Percentage that selected Overseas Aid
Gender
Social grade
Age
Voting preference
All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or getting worse?
Net score.
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement – What happens in developing countries rarely affects people like me living in the UK.
Mean score between 1-5, with 5 being strongly agree
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
Have you donated money to an international NGO or charity working on the issue in the past 12 months?
Percentage answering ‘Have donated’
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
Which best describes how you feel about levels of poverty in poor countries?
Mean score between 1 (Not at all concerned) to 5 (Very concerned)
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
Thinking about overseas aid to poor countries – 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’.
Mean score.
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
Do you think that the government should increase or decrease the amount of money that it spends on overseas aid to poor countries?
Mean score with 1 (Decrease a great deal) to 5 ( Increase a great deal)
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
How much of a difference, if any, do you think each of the following can make to reducing poverty in poor countries?
Mean score with 0 (Can’t make any difference at all) to 10 (Can make a great deal of difference)
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means ‘Very ineffective’ and 10 means ‘Very effective’, how effective do you think government spending on overseas aid is?
Mean score
Gender
Social grade
Education
Age
Voting preference
Household income
Generally speaking, how much, if at all, do you trust international development NGOs and charities?
Mean score with 0 (Do not trust at all) to 10 (Trust a great deal)