Does the COVID-19 pandemic threaten global solidarity? Evidence from Germany.

ABSTRACT: The global COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges to the economy, politics and public health systems of developed and developing countries alike. However, the latter are less well placed to cope with adverse effects. In particular, important advances towards sustainable development might be reversed. Tackling the pandemic and its effects therefore requires global cooperation as well as solidarity in the form of development assistance. Yet, support for development assistance among donor publics might be dampened by individual health-related and economic worries as well as decreasing trust in government during the pandemic. Against this backdrop, we investigate the possible effect of pandemic-induced worries on public support for development assistance as well as the moderating role of moral con

SUBMITTER: Schneider SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8446708 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature