Special Eurobarometer 392: Solidarity that spans the globe: Europeans and development aid

The EU and its Member States continue to be the world's largest donor of development assistance. As the world is evolving, so, too, are the development challenges which the international community faces. This survey measures the attitudes of the European public towards development cooperation. It covers general perceptions of Europeans towards development aid, their views of the future of aid and on which areas and countries it should focus. The survey also analyses how private companies operating in developing countries are perceived and the willingness of individuals to take action to help people in those countries. The European Commission’s Directorate-General Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid commissioned this survey to measure the attitudes of the European public towards development cooperation. The main objectives of this survey were to: Measure the general perceptions of Europeans towards development aid and any changes in opinion since the survey was last run (in September 2011); Analyse Europeans’ views of the future of development aid and which areas and countries aid should focus on; Understand the perception of private companies operating in developing countries; Analyse the willingness of individuals to take action to help those in developing countries; Understand the level of knowledge about how local country and EU development aid is spent. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)