Ipsos Limited and Farsight Africa Research recently conducted a Confidence Index Survey on Somali Citizens. The survey covered 6 regions and sought to assess the economic and security perceptions of the Federal Government of Somalia and its institutions.
According the survey findings, 42% of the citizens feel that the general economic conditions have been static over the last one year. Another 48% feel that the country is headed in the right direction. However, there are regional variations such as is the case of Banadir region, which houses the capital city of Mogadishu. Here, 34% of the citizens feel that the country is headed in the wrong direction. Identifiable factors in Banadir attribute this to perceived insecurity, corruption, misuse of funds as well as slow economic growth.
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