Government

ESG is driving intervention and nearly four-in-five Reputation Council members tell Ipsos that their business is more regulated now than it was five years ago.

Entrepreneurialism is the spawning ground for small businesses which we know help drive the health of most economies. Small businesses took the brunt of pandemic shut downs and are now only recovering. So, what does the spawning ground look like now?
A new 26-country Ipsos poll finds that entrepreneurial activity is alive and well in some countries but lacking in others.

“System Is Broken” Index highly correlated with outcomes-based metrics indicative of social progress

Nations’ reputations are largely related to that of their neighbors’; however, nations should never write off the effect that other countries around the globe can have on their image.

Only slim majority (53%, +1) confident in their country’s ability to deal with epidemic; fewer (45%, -1) confident in protection from hacking.

Emerging markets top of the list when it comes to call for action and threat to health.

People in Japan, hard-hit countries of Spain, France are unhappy with government response.

Supporters of a total ban are a minority in all 26 countries surveyed.

The Sri Lankan government shut down some social media access after a terrorist attack in April.