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% % % % % % % % %
Very big problem
Crime 86 59 84 71 83 87 79 80 69
Energy shortages, such as electricity blackouts or fuel scarcity 64 71 94 33 77 67 72 72 70
Food shortages 88 50 60 53 69 85 56 64 63
Government corruption 70 n/a 88 74 86 71 78 92 82
Lack of access to clean toilets 46 51 65 33 57 62 54 65 62
Lack of clean drinking water 90 65 76 45 69 90 55 77 77
Lack of employment opportunities 88 66 92 75 83 92 79 92 89
Too few citizens participating in politics 32 37 41 25 54 39 50 52 34
Pollution and other forms of environmental damage 50 40 64 36 65 62 55 61 44
Poor health care 89 54 90 51 81 89 57 88 82
Poor infrastructure, such as roads and bridges 65 48 78 46 72 66 57 73 65
Poor quality schools 77 49 87 63 87 87 61 87 81
Most important priority for our country
Education 11 15 23 28 23 14 29 29 19
Supply of energy, such as electricity or petrol 0 14 21 4 15 3 18 2 3
Agriculture and the supply of food 18 10 11 15 13 25 12 9 11
Government effectiveness, such as reducing corruption 0 15 6 13 15 1 17 8 15
Health care 66 38 34 33 31 56 16 45 44
Infrastructure, such as roads and bridges 3 7 5 7 3 1 8 7 8
Confident that __ will help solve major problems in our country
Domestic companies 60 65 65 66 73 71 69 79 63
Foreign companies doing business in our country 52 58 70 67 68 58 58 67 60
Foreign aid organizations, such as the United Nations 65 66 76 74 70 68 59 76 81
Naitonal government 69 n/a 60 80 86 81 68 83 76
Government is run for the benefit of all or for the benefit of a few groups
Benefit of a few 31 n/a 67 53 61 58 59 60 58
Benefit of all 65 n/a 32 46 36 39 30 38 42
Rather have lower taxes even with fewer government services or higher taxes so the government can provide more services
Lower taxes, even with fewer government services 46 19 42 54 38 34 30 43 52
Higher taxes so the government can provide more services 39 77 53 42 47 60 41 49 45
Impression of foreign aid received
A lot of aid 37 36 40 32 39 41 22 41 36
Some aid 29 36 30 37 27 28 32 32 26
Very little aid 25 9 20 24 15 16 17 17 28
Perception of amount of aid needed
More aid 85 49 68 73 59 89 26 67 85
About the same amount of aid as now 6 16 7 8 10 2 18 8 6
Less aid 5 17 18 16 15 3 26 17 6
__ describes programs funded by foreign aid organizations well
Effective 57 69 74 77 76 62 58 68 66
Benefit people in need 26 75 68 70 60 41 49 53 60
Corrupt 58 40 43 60 53 33 40 70 60
Inefficient 37 47 38 52 51 29 41 54 45
Foreign companies in the [mining/oil and petrol] industry have a __ impact on the country
Negative 32 11 36 20 13 22 29 33 23
Positive 63 66 59 77 74 62 53 58 71
__ describes foreign companies in the [mining/oil and petrol] industry well
Ruin the environment 69 36 76 67 71 45 58 61 59
Mines/oil rigs are unsafe for workers 62 34 61 53 54 34 48 51 51
Don’t pay their share of taxes 22 33 50 48 50 19 45 37 48
Contribute to country’s economic growth 59 73 58 82 68 58 57 59 80
Provide jobs for local workers 67 72 68 83 67 56 59 59 74