congo / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam 3 Billion Still Looking for Great Jobs /reports/233375/gallup-global-great-jobs-report-2018.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /reports/233375/gallup-global-great-jobs-report-2018.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 01 May 2018 04:01:00 GMT 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 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 remittances. /poll/155213/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Receive-Domestic-Remittances.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155213/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Receive-Domestic-Remittances.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:00:00 GMT 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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. /poll/155126/Transactions-Sub-Saharan-Africa-Cash.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155126/Transactions-Sub-Saharan-Africa-Cash.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:00:00 GMT A median of 41% across 19 sub-Saharan African countries Â鶹´«Ã½AV surveyed 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 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 consider loans from banks and microfinance institutions. /poll/139874/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Bank-Family-Business-Loans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/139874/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Bank-Family-Business-Loans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:00:00 GMT 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 rural residents, while jobs are most important to urban residents. /poll/127355/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Gov-Focus-Agriculture-Jobs.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/127355/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Gov-Focus-Agriculture-Jobs.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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 communities ranges from a high of 78% in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to less than 1% in Singapore. /poll/127187/Billion-Adults-Worldwide-Unhappy-Water-Quality.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/127187/Billion-Adults-Worldwide-Unhappy-Water-Quality.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT