In a new poll of over 35,000 adults across the world, the Rockefeller Foundation found that there’s strong support for international cooperation despite cuts to development aid, but that faith in the institutions responsible for this cooperation is lagging.
The poll showed an overwhelming belief that global cooperation is important for jobs, economic development, food and water security, global health, climate, and poverty and inequality. It spanned the United States, China, Germany, Japan, India, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Brazil, and 23 countries in Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America.
Some 58% of respondents said that they trust the United Nations, 60% trust the World Health Organization, and 50% or less trust the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, and the International Criminal Court.
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Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Jesse Chase-Lubitz covers climate change and multilateral development banks for Devex. She previously worked at Nature Magazine, where she received a Pulitzer grant for an investigation into land reclamation. She has written for outlets such as Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and The Japan Times, among others. Jesse holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics.
