Foreign aid’s hidden benefit: Recipients are more likely to pay the generosity forward

A study found that South Koreans who received donated US vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic were more in favor of their government giving to other nations.

By: JB Bae, Colorado State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: May 5, 2026

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Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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By JB Bae, Colorado State University

Foreign aid may not improve how recipients view donor countries – but it can set off a chain of goodwill that spreads far beyond the original act of giving.

That is what a colleague and I found when we studied how South Koreans responded to COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States.

The South Korean government reserved donated Johnson & Johnson vaccines for military reservists and, for …

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