1.3 Billion Adults Worldwide Unhappy With Water Quality
Gallup surveys in 151 countries and areas reveal local water quality is a problem for as many as 1.3 billion of the world's adults. People's dissatisfaction with the quality of water in their...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africans Want Gov't Focus on Agriculture, Jobs
Sub-Saharan Africans are most likely to identify agriculture (20%) and jobs (19%) as the most important issues their governments should address in the next 12 months. Agriculture is the key issue for...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africans Bank on Family for Business Loans
Sub-Saharan Africans are more likely to turn to family members for money to start a business than they are to banks, microfinance institutions, or other sources. More than one-third say they would...
View ArticleMany Africans Lack Confidence in Honesty of Elections
A median of 41% across 19 sub-Saharan African countries Gallup surveyed in 2011 express confidence in the honesty of elections in their countries. Trust in the electoral system varies greatly across...
View ArticleMany Transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa Still in Cash
Many adults in sub-Saharan Africa send or receive payments from distant counterparties with cash as the dominant form of payment, according to a new Gallup study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates...
View ArticleMany Sub-Saharan Africans Receive Domestic Remittances
Thirty-two percent of adults in 11 sub-Saharan African countries interviewed in 2011 received domestic remittances in the 30 days before being surveyed, compared with 4% who received international...
View ArticlePowering Africa a Challenge, but Could Charge Wellbeing
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...
View Article1.3 Billion Adults Worldwide Unhappy With Water Quality
Gallup surveys in 151 countries and areas reveal local water quality is a problem for as many as 1.3 billion of the world's adults. People's dissatisfaction with the quality of water in their...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africans Want Gov't Focus on Agriculture, Jobs
Sub-Saharan Africans are most likely to identify agriculture (20%) and jobs (19%) as the most important issues their governments should address in the next 12 months. Agriculture is the key issue for...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africans Bank on Family for Business Loans
Sub-Saharan Africans are more likely to turn to family members for money to start a business than they are to banks, microfinance institutions, or other sources. More than one-third say they would...
View ArticleMany Africans Lack Confidence in Honesty of Elections
A median of 41% across 19 sub-Saharan African countries Gallup surveyed in 2011 express confidence in the honesty of elections in their countries. Trust in the electoral system varies greatly across...
View ArticleMany Transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa Still in Cash
Many adults in sub-Saharan Africa send or receive payments from distant counterparties with cash as the dominant form of payment, according to a new Gallup study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates...
View ArticleMany Sub-Saharan Africans Receive Domestic Remittances
Thirty-two percent of adults in 11 sub-Saharan African countries interviewed in 2011 received domestic remittances in the 30 days before being surveyed, compared with 4% who received international...
View ArticlePowering 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...
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