...s also cited the ABC News poll on Afghanistan during an interview with the BBC. ACSOR-Surveys data were also discussed in Foreign Policy magazine, where the data was cited in a discussion of relevant Washington politics, while the LA Times used ACSOR-Surveys data to compare Afghanistan today to Iraq of yesterday. The data has been put to other uses as well. ACSOR-Surveys research was cited by the Associated Press on a story about television covera...
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...d in urban and rural settings in five provinces of Afghanistan. Due to the complex and sensitive nature of the research, ACSOR and its partner organizations faced many challenges. Lack of geographic information such as house numbers meant that a best-practice, culturally sensitive approach for tracking and locating respondents had to be followed over the duration of the study: this included collecting information about multiple friends and family...
...untry fielded in November 2014 in cooperation with D3 Systems and Langer Research. Afghans broadly support the new government and appear to have set aside suspicions of election fraud in order to move forward. While only 44 percent believe the election was mostly fair and transparent, 87 percent 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. Othe...
...erimental and/or random control trial impact evaluations of USAID stabilization initiatives; To provide data for a dynamic treatment regime analysis so that different types of assistance can be evaluated over time, allowing implementing partners to determine which combinations of assistance are most likely to achieve desired outcomes; To provide data to measure stabilization in key program areas and fulfill reporting requirements. Download the fin...
...s have been in the news, the survey found that Afghans express support for freedom of movement. Majorities agree that people should be free to visit any country they wish as a tourist, to buy and sell goods and services, to work temporarily in another country, or to settle or start living in another country. The survey also found that most Afghans see the importance of vaccination, perhaps indicating the success of public education campaigns on th...
...ections, the economy, and human rights. The breadth of topics reflects the complexity of issues and challenges facing Afghans today. While a narrow majority of Afghans (57%) feel the country is going in the right direction, Afghans list serious concerns about safety, unemployment, provision of public services and corruption. Approval of the national government is high (75%), but drops with each sub-national level (provincial, district, and municip...
...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 Policy by former Ambassador and Retired Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry draws comparisons between the findings of the 2014 Survey of the Afghan People and D3 Systems’s May 2014 poll on the Crisis in Iraq, which was featured on BBC World News. The Survey of the Afghan People covers a range of top...
...People, conducted by ACSOR-Surveys, Afghanistan’s largest survey research company, founded with the assistance of D3 Systems, Inc. Events to mark the release and present key findings were held both in Kabul and in Washington, DC at the U.S. Institute of Peace on November 14. Full video of the release event presentation, discussion, and question & answer session can be viewed online. The Asia Foundation held a follow-up event at the Carnegie Endow...
...this year’s survey findings, as well as the survey data, are available for free on the foundation’s website. The Asia Foundation also produced a short video highlighting key findings and explaining the importance of the survey in the current context of Afghanistan. A total of 15,012 interviews were conducted with respondents aged 18 and older in all 34 provinces, the largest sample in the series so far. The sample was 50.3% male and 49.7% female,...
