caribbean / http://backend.userland.com/rss ºÚÁÏÍø WebTeam Latin American and Caribbean residents are the least likely in the world to say they feel safe walking alone at night. Residents in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northern America are the mostly likely to feel safe. /poll/156236/Latin-Americans-Least-Likely-Worldwide-Feel-Safe.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/156236/Latin-Americans-Least-Likely-Worldwide-Feel-Safe.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:00:00 GMT Fewer than two in five residents in Latin America and the Caribbean report having an account at a formal financial institution. Roughly one in 10 report having saved or taken a loan from a formal financial institution in the past year. /poll/155753/Banking-Trails-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155753/Banking-Trails-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:15:00 GMT Chile's economic strength and institutional stability may give its residents an advantage in recovering from last Saturday's major earthquake. Chileans express more confidence in national government than residents of Latin America and the Caribbean on average and far more confidence than Haitians. /poll/126380/Resilient-Chile-Poised-Recover-Quake.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/126380/Resilient-Chile-Poised-Recover-Quake.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:30:00 GMT ºÚÁÏÍø polling in Haiti finds the Haitian people to be highly resilient, resourceful, and community-minded. Widespread belief in their own talents and high levels of community engagement may be key assets in the country's recovery and rebuilding. /poll/126233/Haitians-Express-High-Resolve-Community-Mindedness.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/126233/Haitians-Express-High-Resolve-Community-Mindedness.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT Fewer than one in four Haitians in December 2008 were confident in the country's national government (24%), judiciary (20%), or elections (19%). That lack of confidence may promote social unrest; one-third of Haitians (33%) said they had been assaulted or mugged in the past year. /poll/125657/Quake-Sets-Back-Government-Already-Weak-Haitians-Eyes.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/125657/Quake-Sets-Back-Government-Already-Weak-Haitians-Eyes.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT Tuesday's earthquake devastated a Haitian population that was in many ways already the most vulnerable in the Western Hemisphere. A December 2008 ºÚÁÏÍø study shed light on Haitians' lack of access to basic needs such as food, shelter, and healthcare, even relative to neighboring Dominicans. /poll/125075/Survey-Highlights-Haitians-Vulnerability.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/125075/Survey-Highlights-Haitians-Vulnerability.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:45:00 GMT The countries with the lowest subjective well-being span many regions of the world but have one thing in common -- low per-capita GDP. /poll/102286/Low-WellBeing-Linked-Low-PerCapita-GDP.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/102286/Low-WellBeing-Linked-Low-PerCapita-GDP.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT