Afrobarometer

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The Afrobarometer is a research project that measures public attitudes on economic, political, and social matters in sub-Saharan Africa. It is carried out through a partnership of The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), and the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University.

[edit] Survey countries

Round 1 surveys were conducted from July 1999 through June 2001 in 12 countries:

Botswana Ghana Lesotho Malawi Mali Namibia

Nigeria South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Round 2 surveys were carried out from May 2002 through October 2003 in 16 countries: the 12 Round 1 countries and Cape Verde, Kenya, Mozambique, and Senegal.

Round 3 surveys were conducted from March 2005 through February 2006 in 18 countries: the 16 Round 2 countries and Benin and Madagascar.

[edit] See also

• Economy of Africa
• Eurobarometer

[edit] External links

• Afrobarometer homepage
• Ghana CDD homepage
• IDASA homepage
• MSU Department of Political Science homepage