ghana ghana / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam New Metric Shows Link Between Food Insecurity and Diet Results from Â鶹´«Ã½AV's new global measure of diet quality provide strong evidence linking food insecurity and nutrition. /opinion/gallup/317870/new-metric-shows-link-food-insecurity-diet.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/317870/new-metric-shows-link-food-insecurity-diet.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:00:00 GMT Training, Money Barriers to Starting a Business in Africa Access to training and money can help overcome barriers to starting or growing a business, but fewer than one in four Africans say they have access to either. /poll/174314/training-money-barriers-starting-business-africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/174314/training-money-barriers-starting-business-africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:00:00 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 More Than 100 Million Worldwide Dream of a Life in the U.S. About 138 million adults would like to move to the United States permanently -- more than want to move to any other country in the world. Ten million or more of these adults would come from China, Nigeria, and India. /poll/161435/100-million-worldwide-dream-life.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/161435/100-million-worldwide-dream-life.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT Nearly One in Four Worldwide Thriving Nearly one-quarter of adults worldwide rated their lives highly enough to be "thriving," according to Â鶹´«Ã½AV surveys in 146 countries in 2011. Thriving ranged from a high of 74% in Denmark to a low of 2% in Cambodia. /poll/153818/Nearly-One-Four-Worldwide-Thriving.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/153818/Nearly-One-Four-Worldwide-Thriving.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:30:00 GMT Clean Drinking Water Linked to Food Security in Africa Â鶹´«Ã½AV surveys in 17 sub-Saharan countries reveal that those who report having enough clean drinking water are far more likely to report having enough food to eat in the past year. A median of 66% say water is getting harder to find. /poll/153191/Clean-Drinking-Water-Linked-Food-Security-Africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/153191/Clean-Drinking-Water-Linked-Food-Security-Africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:00:00 GMT In Africa, Power Reliability Similar for All Business Sectors Workers in sub-Saharan Africa whose places of employment are on the power grid report on average about three days of blackouts. But power cuts range from one day or less in South Africa, Kenya, and Botswana to about five days in the Central African Republic and Nigeria. /poll/151973/Africa-Power-Reliability-Similar-Business-Sectors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/151973/Africa-Power-Reliability-Similar-Business-Sectors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT In Sub-Saharan Africa, Most Workers Are Without Electricity In 17 sub-Saharan African countries, a median of 69% of workers say they had no electricity at work in the last seven days, ranging from 92% in Mali and Niger to 12% in South Africa. Self-employed workers and farmers are the most likely to say they work off the electric grid. /poll/151889/Sub-Saharan-Africa-Workers-Without-Electricity.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/151889/Sub-Saharan-Africa-Workers-Without-Electricity.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT Many Africans Know How to Prevent HIV/AIDS While the vast majority of residents across 19 sub-Saharan African countries know how to prevent HIV/AIDS, their reported use of condoms is much lower, including in countries with high HIV rates. /poll/151016/Africans-Know-Prevent-HIV-AIDS.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/151016/Africans-Know-Prevent-HIV-AIDS.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT Many Africans Lack Confidence in Honesty of Elections 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