The Issue with a Gift Horse Is not the Mouth, but the Passport
A research project conducted in Egypt shows that respondents are more doubtful about humanitarian aid when they know that it is funded by American or French development agencies rather than the Egyptian government. This is one of the key findings of Where Is the Money From? Attitudes toward Donor Countries and Foreign Aid in the Arab World, a paper by Renu Singh and Scott Randall Williamson of Bocconi’s Department of Social and Political Sciences.