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Content of report

• BACKGROUND
• METHODOLOGY SAMPLE SPECIFICATIONS
• THE SURVEY QUESTIONS
• SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS
• PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS

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• A. BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
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Background

• Action for Global Health commissioned a survey in
  five countries where Action for Global Health is
  based (Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the UK)
  to evaluate citizens views on providing health
  aid to developing countries.
• The overall mission of Action for Global Health
  is to monitor how the actions and policies of
  European governments affect health in developing
  countries and to influence decision-makers to
  improve their practice.

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• B. METHODOLOGY SAMPLE SPECIFICATIONS

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Methodology

• Representative samples of 1000 respondents aged
  18 and over in each of the 5 countries
• TRENDSbus omnibus survey using Computer-Assisted
  Telephone interviewing
• Fieldwork in August 2008
• 4890 interviews achieved
• Data weighted by gender, age and region within a
  country and proportionally to the 18 population
  in a country for the total results

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Weighted sample distribution
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• C. THE SURVEY QUESTIONS

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The survey questions
QB1 These questions relate to support to
developing countries, which are the poorest
countries in the world where economic and social
development is a long way behind (NATION).
Improving health in developing countries is one
way of supporting these countries. By this, we
mean action to reduce child mortality, to reduce
mothers mortality (number of women who die as a
result of childbirth or during pregnancy), and
the fight against diseases such as HIV and AIDS,
tuberculosis and malaria. In your opinion, does
the (NATIONALITY) government allocate too much,
too little or about the right proportion of its
money to helping to improve health in developing
countries? Even if you do not know the amount,
please answer based on your general
impression. QB2 Please say to what extent you
agree or disagree with the following statement
One of the main targets of the European Union's
support FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES should be
improving health so that people are fit to work
and thereby reduce poverty in the long term. Do
you strongly agree, tend to agree, tend to
disagree or strongly disagree with this
statement? QB3 Would you say that help for
developing countries is more efficient if it is
provided by each European government separately
or if it is combined and coordinated through the
European Union?
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• D. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS

A. SUMMARY
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Summary of the findings

• ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT MONEY
• Although overall the majority view is that
  governments allocate about the right amount of
  money to helping to improve health in developing
  countries (43), there is considerable support
  for more spending as 38 of respondents feel that
  their government allocates too little money.
• Public opinion in the five EU donor countries
  differs strongly. In Italy, which spends the
  smallest proportion of its gross national income
  on development aid, over half of the respondents
  feel their government allocates too little money
  (51). In Germany, only a quarter of respondents
  share this view.
• Young people (and those who are still studying)
  far more often than other socio-demographic
  groups hold the view that their government spends
  too little (53).
• IMPROVING HEALTH SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN
  TARGETS OF EU SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• In all the countries surveyed and among all the
  socio-demographic groups examined there is
  widespread agreement that improving health should
  be one of the main targets of EU support for
  developing countries. On average, 86 of
  respondents agree.
• ORGANISING HELP FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• Citizens in all five countries broadly support
  the opinion that help for developing countries is
  more efficient if it is combined and coordinated
  through the European Union (79). There is also
  widespread agreement with this opinion among the
  different socio-demographic groups that the
  survey identifies.

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• E. PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS

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Nearly 4 out of 10 citizens find that their
government allocates too little money to helping
improve health in developing countries
QB1 In your opinion, does the (NATIONALITY)
government allocate too much, too little or about
the right proportion of its money to helping to
improve health in developing countries? Even if
you do not know the amount, please answer based
on your general impression.
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In this regard, public opinion differs at country
level
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Opinions and reality

• Opinion Italian respondents most often feel
  that their government spends too little (51)
  Reality their government has the lowest
  allocation of development aid and further reduced
  its aid from 2006 to 2007.
• Opinion Close to half of Spanish respondents
  seem to want more spending (46) Reality their
  government has the highest of GNI spent on ODA
  and in fact increased its aid between 2006 and
  2007.
• Opinion German respondents are most critical
  about development aid Reality their government
  is not the biggest spender.

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Young people stand out

• Unlike the other socio-demographic groups
  examined, over half of the respondents aged 18 to
  24 and those who are still studying find that
  their government allocates too little money to
  helping to improve health in developing countries
  (both 53).

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The survey reveals widespread agreement that
improving health should be one of the main
targets of the EUs support for developing
countries
QB2 Please say to what extent you agree or
disagree with the following statement One of the
main targets of the European Union's support FOR
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES should be improving health
so that people are fit to work and thereby reduce
poverty in the long term. Do you strongly agree,
tend to agree, tend to disagree or strongly
disagree with this statement?
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Agreement that improving health should be one of
the main targets of the EUs support for
developing countries is widespread in all 5
countries

• Public opinion is particularly outspoken in
  Spain, where more than half of the respondents
  strongly agree (56).
• The strength of support is such that the lowest
  national agreement levels are 82 (for Germany)
  and 83 (for France).

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Equally, there is broad consensus about the main
targets among the socio-demographic groups
examined

• It is perhaps interesting to note that agreement
  is highest among the oldest age category and
  among citizens who ended their education before
  reaching age 16 (both 89).

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The survey reveals broad support for combining
and coordinating help for developing countries
through the European Union
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Notwithstanding some variation, support for
EU-coordinated aid is widespread in all the
countries and among all the socio-demographic
groups examined
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Vision, Public Opinion Reality
VISION Since November 2005, a common vision of
development by the Member States of the EU and
the EC has existed. The European Consensus on
Development provides a framework to support
developing countries in their poverty reduction
strategies, including building up health systems
and support for capacity-building programmes and
initiatives for democracy and good governance. It
also built upon an earlier agreement for a
timetable to increase European states aid.
(Source Action for Global Health, Report Two,
June 2008)
Public opinion The survey highlights that the
public supports this vision. The results of the
survey can be used to convince European Leaders
to change current reality

• REALITY
• EU Member States still prefer bilateral relations
  with developing countries, illustrated in many of
  the case studies in this report. They seem to
  prefer their own technical advisers, their own
  funding priorities and have a varied approach to
  the major global health partnerships, on the one
  hand, and sector and budget support on the other.
  This continued reliance on bilateral agreements
  presents the primary challenge for improving the
  effectiveness of European health aid. (Source
  Action for Global Health, Report Two, June 2008)