World http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam In every world region, people who say their employer is letting workers go are less likely to be "thriving" and report less favorable moods than those who say their employer is hiring. The effects are most dramatic in the Americas. http://www.gallup.com/poll/124334/Worldwide-Prospect-Job-Loss-Connected-Low.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/124334/Worldwide-Prospect-Job-Loss-Connected-Low.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT Venezuelans’ approval of President Hugo Chavez has declined in recent years, from 61% in 2006 to 47% in 2009. During that time, Venezuelans have also grown less likely to identify with the socialist ideology Chavez represents. http://www.gallup.com/poll/124232/Chavismo-Losing-Steam-Venezuela.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/124232/Chavismo-Losing-Steam-Venezuela.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup’s Potential Net Migration Index (PNMI) suggests many developed countries would be overwhelmed and many developing countries would suffer tremendous losses of human capital if those who would like to move to another country permanently actually went. http://www.gallup.com/poll/124193/Potential-Net-Migration-Change-Developed-Nations.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/124193/Potential-Net-Migration-Change-Developed-Nations.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT If they could, about 700 million adults worldwide -- more than the entire adult population of North America and South America combined -- would like to move to another country permanently. The United States tops the list of most desired destination countries. http://www.gallup.com/poll/124028/700-Million-Worldwide-Desire-Migrate-Permanently.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/124028/700-Million-Worldwide-Desire-Migrate-Permanently.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMT French President Nicolas Sarkozy is encouraging world leaders to consider ways to assess their society’s well-being beyond their gross domestic product (GDP). Gallup’s global surveys underscore the extent to which life quality relates to a range of factors beyond classical economic measures. http://www.gallup.com/poll/123371/Higher-Certain-Conditions-Beyond-GDP.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/123371/Higher-Certain-Conditions-Beyond-GDP.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup data collected worldwide and across all the major world religions reveal that religious attendance is associated with more generous behavior, even for those unaffiliated with a particular religion. The importance of religion in one’s life has much less of an effect on charitable behavior. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122807/Religious-Attendance-Relates-Generosity-Worldwide.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122807/Religious-Attendance-Relates-Generosity-Worldwide.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:00:00 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 Gallup reveals that among OECD nations, people in countries with universal healthcare systems are more likely to be satisfied with the availability of quality healthcare in their communities and to have confidence in their national healthcare or medical systems than those without universal healthcare systems. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122393/OECD-Countries-Universal-Healthcare-Gets-High-Marks.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122393/OECD-Countries-Universal-Healthcare-Gets-High-Marks.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:00:00 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 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 the country’s economic slowdown, 80% of South Africans continue to say their city or area is a good place for entrepreneurs forming a new business -- staying at the high level Gallup recorded in 2007 before the economic collapse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122219/South-Africans-Optimistic-Local-Entrepreneurship.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122219/South-Africans-Optimistic-Local-Entrepreneurship.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:30:00 GMT Underscoring the credibility deficit at hand, Gallup polling from April finds 27% of Kenyans confident in their judiciary. Kenya plans to reform its judiciary to handle offenders in last year’s post-election violence, but 52% of Kenyans say it would be fairer to try offenders in The Hague. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122051/Lacking-Faith-Judiciary-Kenyans-Lean-Toward-Hague.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122051/Lacking-Faith-Judiciary-Kenyans-Lean-Toward-Hague.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:00:00 GMT U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Kenya at a time of widespread pessimism toward the country’s Grand Coalition government. Kenyans’ confidence in their national government and the honesty of their elections has plummeted since 2007. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122030/Clinton-Visits-Kenya-Amid-Crisis-Faith-Government.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122030/Clinton-Visits-Kenya-Amid-Crisis-Faith-Government.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:45:00 GMT Findings from Gallup surveys conducted in more than 150 countries worldwide each year reveal the extent to which views of U.S. leadership have changed from 2008 to 2009. Additional countries and analyses are added regularly. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121991/World-Citizens-Views-Leadership-Pre-Post-Obama.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121991/World-Citizens-Views-Leadership-Pre-Post-Obama.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT Among seven sub-Saharan African nations Gallup surveyed since President Obama took office, approval of the job performance of U.S. leadership is up in all but Djibouti. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121994/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Approving-Leadership.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121994/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Approving-Leadership.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT Marking a worldwide low, 4% of Ukrainians approve of their country’s leadership, and the leadership of the country’s president and prime minister do not fare well separately. In contrast, 56% of Russians approve of their country’s leadership and are even more approving of the country’s president and prime minister. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121976/Approval-Ratings-Ukraine-Russia-Highlight-Differences.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121976/Approval-Ratings-Ukraine-Russia-Highlight-Differences.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 31 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 Recent Gallup Polls reveal the extent to which cell phones and home Internet connections are present throughout the Middle East and North Africa. In some areas, however, these tools remain less common among rural residents. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121652/Cell-Phones-Outpace-Internet-Access-Middle-East.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121652/Cell-Phones-Outpace-Internet-Access-Middle-East.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMT A Gallup Poll finds 39% of Romanians in 2009 believe that they can get ahead through hard work, down sharply from the 71% who said so in 2005. These attitudes appear to be driven more by respondents’ perceptions of their economic futures than by their perceptions of corruption. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121562/Fewer-Romanians-Say-Ahead-Hard-Work.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121562/Fewer-Romanians-Say-Ahead-Hard-Work.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT With climate change on the agenda at the Group of Eight summit and the Major Economies Forum this week, Gallup Polls reveal that residents in many of these top-polluting nations who are familiar with global warming or climate change believe it poses a serious threat. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121526/Major-Economies-Threat-Climate-Change.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121526/Major-Economies-Threat-Climate-Change.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:30:00 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 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 As political turmoil grips Honduras, a Gallup Poll survey reveals that 47% of Hondurans perceived their political situation as unstable in September 2008. About one in two respondents said government was most responsible for the country’s political tensions. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121316/Honduras-Saw-Political-Situation-Unstable.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121316/Honduras-Saw-Political-Situation-Unstable.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:30:00 GMT