sierra leone / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam Sierra Leoneans head to the election polls this weekend less satisfied with their living standards than they have been in over a decade. /poll/507677/malaise-grips-sierra-leone-ahead-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/507677/malaise-grips-sierra-leone-ahead-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 23 Jun 2023 06:00:00 GMT 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 People in West African countries affected by Ebola rated their healthcare among the world's worst before the outbreak. More than seven in 10 in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia were dissatisfied with the availability of quality care. /poll/176096/quality-healthcare-premium-ebola-affected-countries.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/176096/quality-healthcare-premium-ebola-affected-countries.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:45:00 GMT 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 New Â鶹´«Ã½AV global income data estimate the median household income across 131 countries at $9,733, and median per-capita income at $2,920. Incomes in the 10 wealthiest countries are more than 50 times those in the 10 poorest. /poll/166211/worldwide-median-household-income-000.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/166211/worldwide-median-household-income-000.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:00:00 GMT 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 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 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 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