...found that offering community-based education (CBE) in remote villages significantly increases educational access, and improves their performance in learning assessments. However, despite improvements in educational access, there is persistent non-attendance among 19.3% of boys and 22% of girls in Afghan villages despite the presence of CBE. Importantly, adults living in communities with CBE show substantial increases in trust and sense of legitim...
...conducted in the summer and fall of 2014. The report concludes that availability of schools, and not any lack of interest in education on the part of parents, is the most important factor in explaining school attendance rates in the provinces surveyed in the evaluation. The most important factor identified in determining school attendance is having a school located within reasonable walking distance of the home. These findings suggest that what is...
...und that the three institutions set up as part of the Afghan government’s Citizen’s Charter National Priority Program, Community Development Councils (CDCs), Education Subcommittees (ESs), and School Management Shuras (SMSs), continue to function, though opportunities for improvement exist. Fieldwork for the evaluation was conducted by ACSOR-Surveys in partnership with D3 Systems, Inc. The research brief is available in English, Dari, and Pashto....
...ta are free and publicly available on The Asia Foundation’s website. In addition, a conversation about the survey’s findings has been occurring on Twitter, marked with #AfghanSurvey. The past year has been a challenging one for Afghanistan, and this is reflected in this year’s findings. 2015 has seen economic decline, heightened Taliban activity, and the emergence of Da’esh (ISIS) following the withdrawal of most U.S. and NATO forces at the end of...
...fghanistan has faced in the past year, the Afghan people continue to be optimistic about the future of the country. The percentage of respondents who believe next year will be better than this year has seen a notable increase: 71% of respondents interviewed for the 2014 Survey feel that 2015 will be better than 2014, up from 49% in the 2013 Survey who felt that 2014 would be better. It is important to remember that the survey was fielded shortly a...
...ren around the world. A localized version for Afghan children called Baghch-e-Simsim, or Sesame Garden, has been running since November 2011. Afghanistan has a particular need for the services provided by Sesame Street due to its very young population and the fact that many children still do not have access to schools. Forty-five percent of the population is under the age of 14 according to World Bank estimates.[1] In order to provide a positive a...
...on the WIN/GIA website. Results by country can be found there as well. Optimism has declined sharply since last year: only 30% of respondents in Afghanistan expect 2016 to be better than 2015, down sharply from the 71% who expected 2015 to be better than 2014. Just over twice as many respondents expect the coming year to be one of economic difficulty (47%) as economic prosperity (23%). Although positive feelings have seen an overall decline world...
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 15, 2014 — Ethnic and regional divisions drove first-round ballot choices in Afghanistan’s presidential election and point now to a dead heat in a runoff between the top two finishers, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. Yet large majorities of Afghans also say they can set aside their tribal preferences and accept the ultimate winner – a hopeful sign for the country’s future. A national survey in the Afghan Futures series...
...2009- The Asia Foundation released data from its annual national public opinion survey of Afghanistan, Afghanistan in 2009: A Survey of the Afghan People. The survey was conducted by ACSOR-Surveys. Conducted annually by ACSOR for The Asia Foundation, the survey provides insight into the Afghan public’s perceptions of reconstruction, security and governance— as well as attitudes towards government and information institutions, the role of women an...
...with D3 Systems, Inc. and Research Control Solutions (RCS). A team of 49 male and female local interviewers collected data on smartphones using the Research Control Solutions software. Interviews were conducted in Dari and Pashto with 470 male and female Kabulis over the age of 18. This exciting development means that urban surveys in Afghanistan can now be conducted on mobile devices as well as with pen and paper. RCS surveys can also be adminis...
