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Economists from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development investigate how changes in Middle Eastern countries since the Arab Spring have affected people's lives and their social, economic and political preferences.

Gallup's global Economic Confidence Index stood at +11 in 2013, essentially unchanged from 2012. However, the flat global figure masks dramatic declines in the Middle East and North Africa region, where the index dropped to -33.

Gallup Poll findings show that young people in 11 predominantly Arab countries have great hopes of a better life in the future despite the current economic conditions that prevail in most countries in the region.

Most people on the planet see the glass as half full, rather than half empty. That's according to a new analysis that my colleagues, Matt Gallagher and Sarah Pressman, and I put together based on 2009 Gallup World Poll data from 142 countries.

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.

With negotiations on Iran's nuclear program rapidly nearing a March deadline, 11% of Americans see Iran favorably and 84% unfavorably. Nearly eight in 10 say the development of Iranian nuclear weapons is a critical threat to the U.S.

Americans are split evenly over whether it is more important to secure the safe release of Americans held captive by terrorist groups or to discourage future prisoner-taking by refusing to negotiate with terrorist groups.

About one in three young Arab women participate in their country's labor force versus about eight in 10 young Arab men. Broad gender gaps persist despite strides toward gender equity in education, particularly in high-income countries.

You can now track U.S. leadership approval ratings, a key measure of how the image of the U.S. is faring abroad, across countries and over time in one place on Gallup.com. Our just-launched "Global Views of U.S. Leadership" interactive allows ...

Gallup surveys in 153 countries find that one-quarter of the world's adults -- or roughly 1.1 billion people -- are dissatisfied with the quality of air in their communities, ranging from a high of 70% in Hong Kong to a low of 3% in Singapore.