Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 137

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Multi country poll- EAC Countries Divided on Creating a Common Currency (Click for Details)

The East African Community's next goal after launching a common market in July -- creating a common currency by 2012 -- gets mixed support in the economic union's five partner states. Gallup surveys last year showed most Ugandans, Burundians, and Rwandans think a single currency is a good idea, but Tanzanians are divided, and the majority of Kenyans think it is a bad idea.

September 14, 2010

Economy » Financial systems & Institutions

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 136

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Employed or Not, Many Young People Desire to Migrate (Click for Details)

Millions of young people worldwide would move away from their countries permanently if they had the opportunity, regardless of whether they have jobs at home. In most places, except the Middle East and North Africa, Gallup finds adults younger than 30 who are employed, underemployed, or not in the workforce are equally likely to desire to migrate.

September 8, 2010

Society » Immigration/Refugees

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 135

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

(Multi-country survey) Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nations (Click for Details)

Gallup surveys in 114 countries in 2009 show that religion continues to play an important role in many people's lives worldwide. The global median proportion of adults who say religion is an important part of their daily lives is 84%, unchanged from what Gallup has found in other years. The data shows a strong relationship between socio-economic conditions and religiosity in a country.

August 31, 2010

Society » Religion

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 134

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Witchcraft Believers in Sub-Saharan Africa Rate Lives Worse (Multi-country survey) (Click for Details)

Belief in witchcraft is widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, according to recent Gallup surveys, and potentially affects how those who believe see their lives. Studies in 18 countries show belief varies, but on average, 55% of residents personally believe in witchcraft.

August 25, 2010

Economy » Perceptions on Performance/ Well-Being

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 133

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Multi Country Poll: Migration Could Triple Populations in Some Wealthy Nations (Click for Details)

Gallup's Potential Net Migration Index finds Singapore, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, and Kuwait atop the list of countries that could see the highest net adult population growth from international migration. If all adults worldwide who desire to migrate permanently to other countries actually moved where they wanted today, each country would see their adult populations double or even triple.

August 20, 2010

Society » Immigration/Refugees

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 132

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Multi Country Poll: Many Africans Say Foreigners Traffic Drugs in Their Countries (Click for Details)

As the United Nations observes the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illegal Trafficking on June 26, Gallup surveys in eight sub-Saharan African countries in 2009 and 2010 show that a median of 54% of respondents say foreigners are using their country as a place to move illegal drugs and 66% say this increases corruption.

June 25, 2010

Society » Social Problems

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 130

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Multi Country poll- Few Sub-Saharan Africans Aware of Local Microfinance Options (Click for Details)

Residents in sub-Saharan African countries report a wide range of awareness about the availability of microfinance lending in their communities, suggesting these institutions remain locally inaccessible to many who would benefit most from using them. Gallup USA

July 30, 2010

Economy » Enterprise/ Investments

Cyber poll- Countries with High Home Internet Access Span Regions Access drops sharply with per-capita income (Click for Details)

Among 116 countries and areas Gallup surveyed last year, a median proportion of 2 in 10 adults reported that they have Internet access at home, but the proportion was greater than 3 in 4 adults in 15 countries. These populations in the most connected countries span several global regions, including Europe, Asia, Northern America, and the Middle East. Gallup USA

July 28, 2010

Society » Media/ New Media

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 126

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

GLOBAL/MULTI-COUNTRY POLLS

Gender Equality Universally Embraced, but Inequalities Acknowledged (Click for Details)

Fifteen years after the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women's Beijing Platform for Action proclaimed that "shared power and responsibility should be established between women and men at home, in the workplace and in the wider national and international communities," people around the globe embrace the document's key principles. Almost everywhere, solid majorities express support for gender equality and agree that women should be able to work outside the home. Pew Research Center

July 01, 2010

Society » Gender Issues

East African Community Citizens Favor Freer Labor Flow (Click for Details)

Services, capital, and labor should move more freely when the East African Community (EAC) common market opens Thursday, but people will still need permits to work in most of the five partner states. Although only Rwanda has eliminated work permits and Kenya looks to follow suit, Gallup surveys last year show the idea of moving freely for work within the EAC is popular in all countries.

July 1, 2010

Economy » Employment Issues

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 125

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Multi-Country poll- Global Economic Crisis Was Personal in Countries Far and Wide (Click for Details)

Gallup's Personal Economy Index before and after the global economic meltdown in 2008 shows the crisis touched everyday lives around the world. In 61 out of 96 countries, scores fell significantly, documenting a decline in economic situations at the personal and community level. Ireland led the declines, followed by other major economies such as Singapore, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

June 22, 2010

Economy » Economic Globalization

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 124

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Multi-Country poll- Obama More Popular Abroad than at Home, Global Image of U.S. Continues to Benefit (Click for Details)

Foreign Affairs & Security » US image

Multi-Country poll- Polling the World (Cup): Who Will Win in South Africa? (Click for Details)

Society » Media/ New Media

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 123

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

Museveni Faces a New Challenge in Uganda (Click for Details)

Yoweri Museveni will seek to extend his long tenure as Uganda’s president next year, but the public is currently not as eager to back the incumbent head of state as in years past. Angus Reid Global Monitor

June 07, 2010

Regional poll- Sub-Saharan Africans Bank on Family for Business Loans (Click for Details)

Sub-Saharan Africans would most likely turn to their families if they needed money to start a business, according to Gallup surveys of 18 countries in the region. Forty-two % of respondents spontaneously named "family" as their primary source for funds, while banks (16%) and friends (15%) were a distant second. Despite the emphasis on microfinance in recent years in sub-Saharan Africa, 4% mentioned these institutions.

June 11, 2010

Multi Country poll- Top desired Destinations for Potential Migrants: (Click for Details)

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 122

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Nigerians want Mr. President to Solve Power Problems(Click for Details)

A recent survey of Nigerians conducted by NOI Polls shows that the President Goodluck Jonathan’s targets are in line with the key concerns of the citizenry. A majority of the respondents (45%) said he should focus on power. 20% of Nigerians believe that the president should concentrate on jobs/employment, 12% listed electoral reform as priority while infrastructural development was mentioned by 9% of the respondents.

May 2010

Politics » Governance

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 121

Dated 23-29 May, 2010
PAN AFRICA POLL

Sub-Saharan Africa Leads World in U.S. Approval (Click for Details)

Across 110 countries Gallup surveyed in 2009, median approval of U.S. leadership was 51%, up from 34% in 2008. Approval during President Barack Obama's first year in office topped 75% in 20 sub-Saharan African countries, with Kosovo, Ireland, and Albania joining them as the countries or areas most approving.

May 25, 2010

Security/IR » Global Views

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 120

Dated May 16-22, 2010

GLOBAL/MULTI-COUNTRY SURVEY

Country's Leadership Matters to Potential Migrants (Click for Details)

Gallup survey of 148 countries shows that the potential migrants give positive ratings to the leadership of those countries where they want to go to. his is true among migrants who would like to move to the United States -- the No. 1 desired destination worldwide -- and six other top destination countries that Gallup asked adults to rate the leadership of, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, France, and Germany.

May 21, 2010

Politics » Immigration

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 119

Dated May 09-15, 2010

Zone 2- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

Politics » Approval Ratings

South Africans Split on Zuma’s Performance

Public support for Jacob Zuma has dropped this year in South Africa, according to a poll by TNS Research Surveys. 43 % of respondents approve of their president’s performance, down 15 points since November.

May 12, 2010

MULTI-COUNTRY SURVEY

Society » Economic Perceptions

Few in Sub-Saharan Africa Have Money in a Bank

Gallup surveys in 18 sub-Saharan African countries show few residents put money in the bank: 19% overall say they have personal bank accounts. South Africans (49%) are the most likely to say they have a bank account, while 1% of respondents in Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo say the same.

May 11, 2010

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 117

Dated 25 April- 1 May, 2010

Multi Country poll- Educating Boys and Girls in the Muslim World

In all eight predominantly Muslim nations surveyed in 2009 a strong majority say it is equally important to educate girls and boys. This opinion is shared by more than eight-in-ten in Lebanon (96%), Indonesia (93%), Turkey (89%), Pakistan (87%) and the Palestinian territories (85%).

Angus Reid

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 116

Dated 11-17, 2010

Global Views of United States Improve While Other Countries Decline

Global views of the United States have improved markedly over the last year while views of many countries have become more negative, according to the latest BBC World Service poll across 28 countries. For the first time since the BBC started tracking in 2005, views of the United States' influence in the world are now more positive than negative on average.

April 18, 2010

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 115

Dated 11-17, 2010

MULTI-COUNTRY POLLS

Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

As compared with other parts of the world, sub-Saharan Africa is the most religious zone in the world. The vast majority of people in many sub-Saharan African nations are deeply committed to the practices and major tenets of one or the other of the world's two largest religions, Christianity and Islam, though traditional African religious beliefs and practices have not disappeared. Rather, they coexist with Islam and Christianity.

April 15, 2010

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 113

SUBSAHARAN AFRICA
Race relations on the improve in South Africa
Ipsos found that the majority of South Africans recently polled felt that relationships between the various race groups in South Africa are improving. This trend has continuously improved over the last few years and that the percentage of South Africans with a positive feeling far outweighs the prophets of gloom on this topic.
March 20, 2010
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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 112

MULTI-COUNTRY POLLS

The Behavioral Economics of GDP Growth: Gallup Global Wellbeing
Gallup reveals its data of 155 countries on wellbeing. Gallup categorized the respondents into ‘thriving’, ‘struggling’ and ‘suffering’. It shows that majority of population from across the world are either struggling or suffering.
Gallup asks ordinary individuals for their thoughts and opinions on several topics, including economics, religion, migration, and wellbeing. Gallup’s data provide sound evidence on many issues that more than 98% of the world’s adult population faces.
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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 109

WEST AFRICA
Nigerians Condemn Detroit Attack Attempt and Are Also Concerned About Their President
Nigerians categorically condemned Umar Faruq for his alleged attempt to blow plane at Detroit. They also show high level of concern for the absence of President from the country for such a long period and perceive this will have dire consequences for the administration in the country.
January 2010
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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 102

Dated January 10-16, 2010

AFRICA

Sexist Attitudes Pervasive in South Africa
A fifth of South African men think women belong in the house, according to a poll by Ipsos Markinor. 20 per cent of male respondents, and 14 per cent of women, share this point of view.
January 11, 2010

GLOBAL POLL
Widespread Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Italy
According to Pew Research Center survey, Italians have a very negative view of immigrants. They believe that immigrants are having bad impact on the social and economic life of Italy.
January 12, 2010

Arab League Countries' Views of U.S. Leadership Up in 2009
Approval ratings of U.S. leadership increased in 10 of 12 Arab League countries that Gallup surveyed twice in 2009. Between the first survey period from February to March and the second survey period from July to October, U.S. leadership enjoyed the highest approval jump in Bahrain (33 percentage points), Mauritania (22 points), Kuwait (19 points), and Comoros (15 points).
January 13, 2010

Poverty Most Serious World Problem, Says Global Poll
Extreme poverty is a more serious problem for the world than climate change, terrorism, or the state of the global economy, according to a new annual global poll across 23 countries conducted by Globescan for BBC World Service.
January 17, 2010
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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 101

January 03-09, 2010
AFRICA

South Africans Condone Zuma’s Performance
Most people in South Africa are satisfied with the leadership of Jacob Zuma, according to a poll by TNS Research Surveys. 58 per cent of respondents approve of their president’s performance, up five points since September.
January 08, 2010

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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 100

AFRICA

Trust, Confidence Key Issues for Zimbabwe Government
When Gallup asked Zimbabweans in July 2009 what they believed was the biggest obstacle for their power-sharing government to overcome, nearly 4 in 10 (39%) spontaneously mentioned a lack of trust and confidence. More than one in five (22%) cited a lack of political will to implement reforms, and a similar proportion (19%) cited refusals by the president and prime minister to work together. It is that last problem, however, that best characterizes Zimbabwe's political situation since the coalition government formed in February.
December 31, 2009
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Zone 2- Africa Summary, week # 99

Dated Dec.20-26, 2009

AFRICA

Women In South Africa Standing Up For Gender Equality
Presently, women in South Africa are maintaining their optimism about the future of their families, children and the country. However, when women look at their own lives, they are less optimistic now than a year ago. Furthermore, most of the women in South Africa are intolerant of gender inequality, especially with regard to the right to education.
17 December 2009

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