rwanda / http://backend.userland.com/rss ºÚÁÏÍø WebTeam ºÚÁÏÍø CEO Jon Clifton pens an open letter to Rwandan President Paul Kagame about his country's happiness. /opinion/gallup/467306/letter-rwandan-president-paul-kagame.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/467306/letter-rwandan-president-paul-kagame.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 21 Dec 2022 07:00:00 GMT Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a record two in three adults in sub-Saharan Africa reported not having enough money for food in the past year, marking the seventh consecutive year of increases on this measure. /poll/316226/covid-across-africa-lacked-money-food.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/316226/covid-across-africa-lacked-money-food.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:00:00 GMT Majorities in sub-Saharan Africa view corruption as widespread in government (75%) and business (72%); however, views have improved since 2008. Perceived government corruption is highest in Nigeria (95%) and lowest in Rwanda (7%). /poll/193679/africa-corruption-viewed-widespread-yet-declining.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/193679/africa-corruption-viewed-widespread-yet-declining.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 14 Jul 2016 06:00:00 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 ºÚÁÏÍø 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 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 ºÚÁÏÍø 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 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 Belief that all men should be circumcised and that male circumcision reduces the risk of being infected with HIV/AIDS is relatively high in several sub-Saharan African countries with low reported circumcision rates. Such awareness increases with education. /poll/143768/Belief-Male-Circumcision-Varies-Sub-Saharan-Africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/143768/Belief-Male-Circumcision-Varies-Sub-Saharan-Africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:00:00 GMT