Asia http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Afghans surveyed in June see NATO, the United Nations, India, and Iran playing roles in reconstruction more than anything else -- in line with what Afghans say they should do. However, Afghans are as likely to see Pakistan’s role as supporting the Taliban as helping with reconstruction. http://www.gallup.com/poll/124445/Afghans-Assess-Roles-NATO-Regional-Actors.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/124445/Afghans-Assess-Roles-NATO-Regional-Actors.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT With newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai promising to fight corruption in his country, Gallup surveys underscore the extent of the challenge he faces. Before the marred election season, 81% of Afghans said corruption was widespread and 69% said their government wasn’t doing enough to fight it. http://www.gallup.com/poll/124205/Karzai-Faces-Steep-Climb-Curb-Perceptions-Corruption.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/124205/Karzai-Faces-Steep-Climb-Curb-Perceptions-Corruption.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT Across eight Asian countries Gallup surveyed, approval of U.S. leadership is down slightly in 2009 compared with 2008, in large part attributable to an increase in the percentage who did not have an opinion. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, approval of U.S. leadership remains steady. http://www.gallup.com/poll/123125/Asia-Wait-Rate-New-Administration.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/123125/Asia-Wait-Rate-New-Administration.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:15:00 GMT Despite Georgia’s recent withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), two-thirds of Georgians interviewed in May expressed the need for cooperation among some or all CIS member countries. However, few Georgians favored maintaining the CIS in its current form. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122495/Georgians-Favor-Ongoing-Cooperation-Among-CIS-Countries.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122495/Georgians-Favor-Ongoing-Cooperation-Among-CIS-Countries.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:30:00 GMT As Afghans head to the polls Thursday to vote in the second presidential election in the young democracy’s history, a Gallup Poll shows 50% of voting-age Afghans believe in elections, but fewer than one in four (24%) are confident that this one will be fair. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122360/Few-Voting-Age-Afghans-Confident-Election-Fair.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122360/Few-Voting-Age-Afghans-Confident-Election-Fair.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:30:00 GMT A Gallup survey conducted in June 2009 across 16 Chinese cities found economic optimism in the second quarter of 2009 returning to its third quarter 2008 level, before the economic collapse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122273/Chinese-Consumer-Confidence-Across-Cities.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122273/Chinese-Consumer-Confidence-Across-Cities.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup Polls suggest that the war last year in South Ossetia may have been a tipping point in recent Georgian-Russian relations. Less than half of Georgians (47%) now say that their country has to have good relations with Russia by all means -- down from 64% before the war. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122258/Georgians-Attitudes-Toward-Russia-Less-Friendly-War.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122258/Georgians-Attitudes-Toward-Russia-Less-Friendly-War.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT Despite a landslide victory by the secular Awami League in the December 2008 election, Bangladeshis remain strongly religious in their personal lives, showing a movement toward separation of religion and politics. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121937/Religion-Secularism-Working-Tandem-Bangladesh.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121937/Religion-Secularism-Working-Tandem-Bangladesh.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT In China, 20% of college-educated Chinese say they would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity. They are more likely than their less-educated counterparts to say they are underpaid for the work they do and less likely to say it is a good time to find a job in their area. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121892/One-Five-College-Educated-Chinese-Wants-Emigrate.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121892/One-Five-College-Educated-Chinese-Wants-Emigrate.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Indonesians surveyed only a few months before the bombings in Jakarta last week gave their government high marks on combating terrorism. More than two-thirds of Indonesians (68%) said their government was doing enough, which is up markedly from 51% two years ago. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121835/Attacks-Indonesians-Commended-Anti-Terror-Efforts.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121835/Attacks-Indonesians-Commended-Anti-Terror-Efforts.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT A recent Gallup survey conducted in 10 major Chinese cities found that despite growth in market value of Chinese banks, Chinese retail banking customers are less engaged with their banks than other retail banking customers when compared with average Asian and global engagement scores. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121811/Despite-Growth-China-Banks-Improve-Customers.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121811/Despite-Growth-China-Banks-Improve-Customers.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT As President Obama meets with Russian leaders in Moscow this week, 2009 Gallup data reveal that 53% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of Russia -- the highest in nine years. But the 34% of Russians who disapprove of U.S. leadership is down, with more saying they don't have an opinion of U.S. leadership. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121424/Americans-Sour-Russia-Russians-Unsure.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121424/Americans-Sour-Russia-Russians-Unsure.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:15:00 GMT A new Gallup Poll of Indonesia suggests that Wednesday’s presidential election is the incumbent’s to lose. Ninety-two percent of Indonesians approve of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s job performance. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121388/Indonesians-Approve-Incumbent-Ahead-Election.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121388/Indonesians-Approve-Incumbent-Ahead-Election.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Amid debate about the Obama administration’s reaction to Iran’s election dispute, Gallup polling reveals past skepticism among Iranians about the United States’ willingness to allow people in their region to fashion their own political future as they see fit. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121370/Iranians-Doubted-Commitment-Democracy.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121370/Iranians-Doubted-Commitment-Democracy.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT A Gallup Poll conducted in Nepal before the collapse of its first post-royal government last month showed residents were largely mixed on whether their coalition government would be able to work together, but they were still more hopeful than pessimistic. http://www.gallup.com/poll/120989/Nepalese-Set-High-Bar-Government-Crisis.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/120989/Nepalese-Set-High-Bar-Government-Crisis.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT A Gallup Poll conducted in Iran in 2008 found Iranians divided on the honesty of their elections before last week’s disputed presidential election, with 50% saying they were confident and 40% saying they were not. Rural Iranians (66%) were nearly twice as likely as urban Iranians (36%) to express trust. http://www.gallup.com/poll/120878/Even-Dispute-Iranians-Split-Honesty-Elections.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/120878/Even-Dispute-Iranians-Split-Honesty-Elections.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT Long before women’s rights emerged as one of many salient issues in Iran’s presidential election Friday, Gallup Polls found majorities of Iranians in favor of the government guaranteeing women certain rights. http://www.gallup.com/poll/120821/Iran-Election-Brings-Desire-Women-Rights-Focus.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/120821/Iran-Election-Brings-Desire-Women-Rights-Focus.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT New Gallup Polls conducted in 11 Arab countries ahead of President Barack Obama’s address to the Muslim world Thursday find approval of U.S. leadership in many cases is still generally low, but ratings in several countries have improved. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118940/Approval-Leadership-Arab-Countries.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118940/Approval-Leadership-Arab-Countries.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup assesses global approval ratings of Chinese and American leadership collected in more than 145 countries between 2006 and 2008. The results showed that the leadership in both nations must contend with relatively low approval ratings in several world regions. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118591/China-Competing-Political-Influence.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118591/China-Competing-Political-Influence.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT The proportion of Americans who think China is the world’s leading economic power quadrupled between 2000 and 2009. However, in China, relative economic prosperity is offset by a widening wealth gap between urban and rural residents. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118567/Chinese-Economy-Climbs-Struggles-Spread-Wealth.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118567/Chinese-Economy-Climbs-Struggles-Spread-Wealth.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 21 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT In a 2008 Gallup Poll, 53% of Sri Lankans believed peace between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam would be achieved and 76% expressed support for the peace process between the two groups. Despite the relative optimism, both measures decreased between 2006 and 2008. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118555/War-End-Sri-Lankans-Optimistic-Peace.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118555/War-End-Sri-Lankans-Optimistic-Peace.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 20 May 2009 15:30:00 GMT Prior to Pakistan’s recent offensive against the Taliban, a majority of Afghans (52%) perceived Pakistan to be supporting Taliban leadership, something 12% think it should do. In contrast, only 14% think Pakistan is helping with reconstruction in Afghanistan, while 43% think it should be. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118420/Afghans-Eager-Pakistan-Put-Ahead-Taliban.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118420/Afghans-Eager-Pakistan-Put-Ahead-Taliban.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Before Pakistan’s recent military operation to dislodge the Taliban from the country’s North West Frontier Province, a Gallup Poll found nearly half of Pakistanis (47%) believed the Taliban’s presence has a negative influence, while 14% said it has a positive influence and 39% had no opinion. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118348/Pakistanis-Generally-Taliban-Influence-Negative.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118348/Pakistanis-Generally-Taliban-Influence-Negative.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 12 May 2009 15:00:00 GMT Japan’s new economic stimulus package aims to reverse a deep recession in the world’s second-largest economy. Japanese citizens became increasingly negative about their economy during each quarter of 2008, ending with 94% saying economic conditions were not good and 90% seeing them getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117877/Japan-Stimulus-Aims-Reverse-Economic-Negativity.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117877/Japan-Stimulus-Aims-Reverse-Economic-Negativity.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT A Gallup Poll conducted before China unveiled its sweeping health reform plan finds more than two-thirds of Chinese (68%) worry about having enough money to pay medical costs. This is more than worry about having enough for retirement, their children’s education, or to maintain their living standards. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117475/Chinese-Likely-Welcome-Healthcare-Reforms.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117475/Chinese-Likely-Welcome-Healthcare-Reforms.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT