Special Eurobarometer 352: Europeans, development aid and the Millennium Development Goals

European citizens continue to show resolute support to aid provided to developing countries. One week before the UN High Level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, the survey shows that 89% of respondents consider development aid is important or very important. Two in three Europeans believe that the EU should honor, or even improve, on its promises to increase development aid to 0.7% of GNI by 2015, the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goal. This support, shared by a vast majority of citizens regardless of the nationality, has remained consistently high despite the financial crisis and the economic situation in Europe. In this context, three quarters (76%) of Europeans believe that there is added value in EU countries working together which contributes to avoid duplication and ensure aid effectiveness #####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)欧洲民众始终坚定支持对发展中国家提供的援助。在联合国千年发展目标高级别会议召开一周前开展的本次调查显示，89%的受访者认为发展援助具有重要或极重要意义。三分之二的欧洲民众认为，欧盟应当兑现甚至加码其承诺，即在2015年（千年发展目标的既定截止时限）前将发展援助占国民总收入（Gross National Income，GNI）的比例提升至0.7%。尽管欧洲深陷金融危机与经济困局，绝大多数民众——无论国籍归属——仍持续保持这一高支持度。在此背景下，七成四（76%）的欧洲民众认为，欧盟各国协同开展援助工作具有附加价值，有助于避免资源重复投入并保障援助实施实效。 ##### 按卷次划分的结果分布如下： * 卷A：单一国家维度 * 卷AA：国家集团维度 * 卷A'（AP）：趋势维度 * 卷AA'（AAP）：国家集团趋势维度 * 卷B：欧盟/社会人口学维度 * 卷B'（BP）：欧盟/社会人口学趋势维度 * 卷C：单国/社会人口学维度 ---- 研究人员亦可联系莱布尼茨社会科学研究所（GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences）：[https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)