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Sesame Workshop Debuts New Muppet for Afghanistan »

...ings. Zari debuted on Season Five of Baghch-e-Simsim shortly after ACSOR completed its testing and presented its report. Zari has received coverage in numerous international media outlets, including the New York Times, PBS News Hour, the BBC, and ABC News. [1] “Population, Ages 0-15, (% of Total),” World Bank Databank. Online: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS....

The Asia Foundation Releases 2014 Survey of the Afghan People »

...ve been the subject of news articles and editorials in Foreign Policy, The New York Times, Voice of America, and many other news outlets. The Survey of the Afghan People is the longest-running annual survey of Afghan opinions, representing the views of more than 65,000 Afghans, and is widely cited in international news media. Full results and raw data are free and publicly available on The Asia Foundation’s website. The editorial in Foreign Poli...

Afghans Broadly Support New Government, Setting Aside Suspicions of Electoral Fraud »

...ent approve of the deal in which Ashraf Ghani assumed the presidency while runner-up Abdullah Abdullah took on the newly-created role of chief executive. Other results in the national survey mark the country’s difficulties with issues like security and increased acceptance of poppy cultivation, but also find improvements in living conditions in the last few years and substantial optimism for the future. One potential reason is that, unlike other r...

The Asia Foundation Releases Afghan Opinion Poll Data Collected by ACSOR-Surveys »

...minus 2.4%. An important contribution to the discourse on conditions in Afghanistan, the results are widely covered by the international press. Results have been reported by the World Politics Review, AFP,Los Angeles Times, The Times of London, Arab Times, The Hindustan Times, The Baltimore Sun, The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, CTV,Globe and Mail, The Christian Science Monitor and The Pakistan Times....

Gallup International Association Releases 42nd Annual End of Year Survey »

...Kancho Stoychev: Traditionally in previous decades more people around the World expect a peaceful New Year rather than a troubled one with a permanent exemption: The Middle East. But now for the first time in this century a growing number of West Europeans expect fear a less peaceful next year. The global political order established by the winning parties after the Second World War is rapidly falling apart and the West European nations are concer...

ABC News Afghanistan Broadcast Based on ACSOR Data »

...t in installments over several segments. The research was sponsored by ABC News , the BBC and the ARD German TV. Coverage of the survey results has also been reported in the Associated Press, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Canadian Press and Die Welt, among others. As ABC reports, this year’s results find that hopes for a better future have soared in Afghanistan, bolstered by a broad rally in support for the country’s re-elected p...

Asia Foundation Releases 2019 Survey of the Afghan People »

...he survey has received coverage in international news media, including The New York Times, Reuters, and The Miami Herald, as well as in Afghan media such as Tolo News. Conversation about the survey findings has been taking place across Twitter and other social media platforms, marked with the hashtag #AfghanSurvey. The Survey was fielded during a period of uncertainty in Afghanistan: peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban, as well as the lea...

Asia Foundation Research Conducted by ACSOR Surveys Cited for Various Purposes Worldwide »

...merous places recently. The 2008 Asia Foundation survey and the recent ABC News survey released in February 2009, were cited in an Economist article on America and Afghanistan. The RAND Corporation’s Seth Jones also used the Asia Foundation data on the PBS NewsHour in a discussion about Afghanistan security issues covered at the recent Munich Security Summit as well as in an article in the Washington Post. Dr. Jones also cited the ABC News poll on...

World Justice Project Releases Rule of Law Index 2019 »

...istan’s rule of law score ranks 123 out of 126 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. The WJP Rule of Law Index measures countries’ rule of law performance across eight factors: Constraints on Government Powers, Absence of Corruption, Open Government, Fundamental Rights, Order and Security, Regulatory Enforcement, Civil Justice, and Criminal Justice. The survey in Afghanistan was conducted with 3,006 respondents from September 18-27, 2018. The sam...

Gallup International Association (GIA) COVID-19 Snap Poll Finds Vast, Scared Majority around the World »

...give up some of their human rights if it helps prevent the spread of the virus, comparable to the global figure of 76%. Meanwhile, respondents are taking individual action to help prevent the spread of the virus: the most common precautions are washing hands more frequently, wearing medical masks, and using hand sanitizer, with fewer staying in their house or self-quarantining. Only 12% report not having taken any additional safeguards. The press...