mauritania mauritania / http://backend.userland.com/rss ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½WebTeam Mauritanians' Confidence Crisis Before Election As Mauritania's presidential election approaches, 58% of Mauritanians lack confidence in their national government and 64% are not confident in the honesty of elections. /poll/259055/mauritanians-confidence-crisis-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/259055/mauritanians-confidence-crisis-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 21 Jun 2019 06:30:00 GMT Powering Africa a Challenge, but Could Charge Well-Being About 50% of all households in 26 sub-Saharan African countries mainly get their light from power lines, underscoring how difficult Barack Obama's new initiative to double access to electric power in Africa will likely be to implement. /poll/163739/powering-africa-challenge-charge-wellbeing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/163739/powering-africa-challenge-charge-wellbeing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:15:00 GMT Two-Thirds of Young Arab Women Remain Out of Workforce About one in three young Arab women participate in their country's labor force versus about eight in 10 young Arab men. Broad gender gaps persist despite strides toward gender equity in education, particularly in high-income countries. /poll/153659/Two-Thirds-Young-Arab-Women-Remain-Workforce.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/153659/Two-Thirds-Young-Arab-Women-Remain-Workforce.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT African, Gulf States Most Positive About Muslim-West Relations Countries in Africa rank highest on Gallup's inaugural Muslim-West Perceptions Index, which measures how positively people in majority-Muslim and Western countries view relations between these two societies. Countries in the Arab Gulf are not far behind. /poll/151352/African-Gulf-States-Positive-Muslim-West-Relations.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/151352/African-Gulf-States-Positive-Muslim-West-Relations.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT Many Africans Lack Confidence in Honesty of Elections A median of 41% across 19 sub-Saharan African countries ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½surveyed in 2011 express confidence in the honesty of elections in their countries. Trust in the electoral system varies greatly across countries, with Ghanaians the most confident year after year among those surveyed. /poll/150842/Africans-Lack-Confidence-Honesty-Elections.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/150842/Africans-Lack-Confidence-Honesty-Elections.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT People Perceive Media Freedom Differently Worldwide People worldwide are more likely to perceive the media in their countries as having a lot of freedom than not. A median of 67% say their media have this much freedom, but this view ranges from as low as 27% in Chad to as high as 95% in the Netherlands. /poll/150515/People-Perceive-Media-Freedom-Differently-Worldwide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/150515/People-Perceive-Media-Freedom-Differently-Worldwide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT Housing Shortage Stands Out Among Bahrain's Woes As anti-government protests continue in Bahrain, recent surveys reveal the country's housing shortage is among the public's most pressing economic concerns. In October 2010, 41% of adults surveyed in Bahrain said there were times in the past year when they did not have enough money to pay for adequate shelter. /poll/146912/Housing-Shortage-Stands-Among-Bahrain-Woes.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/146912/Housing-Shortage-Stands-Among-Bahrain-Woes.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:45:00 GMT Young Egyptians Increasingly See Their Potential Untapped Young people in several Arab countries became less likely in 2010 to believe their leadership fully uses their human capital. Young Egyptians' perceptions experienced one of the largest declines: fewer than 3 in 10 say Egypt's leadership maximizes youth potential, down from almost 4 in 10 in 2009. /poll/146018/Young-Egyptians-Increasingly-Potential-Untapped.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/146018/Young-Egyptians-Increasingly-Potential-Untapped.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT More Than One in Seven Young Arabs Plan to Start a Business Young people in the Arab League are nearly four times as likely as those in North America or Europe to plan to start businesses in the next year, according to 2010 findings from The Silatech Index: Voices of Young Arabs. /poll/144689/One-Seven-Young-Arabs-Plan-Start-Business.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/144689/One-Seven-Young-Arabs-Plan-Start-Business.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:00:00 GMT U.S. Leadership Approval Still High in 10 African Nations Approval of U.S. leadership in 10 sub-Saharan African countries or regions remains high in 2010. Although five countries or regions saw significant declines between 2009 and 2010, residents in all countries surveyed so far this year give strong majority approval. /poll/143189/Leadership-Approval-High-African-Nations.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/143189/Leadership-Approval-High-African-Nations.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:00:00 GMT