Public opinion

Growing confidence despite a disruptive start to the year.

South Africa braces for its next general election.

2023 proves a calmer year than many recent ones, but there are signs the peace may not continue.

The latest wave of the Ipsos Global Inflation Monitor finds people across 33 countries will have more money to spend in the next year as red-hot prices cool off slightly in many places; and almost half of the global public are seeing red over products getting smaller but prices staying the same.

Ipsos survey for Halifax International Security Forum finds 70% of people, on average, across 30 countries expect in the next 25 years we could see another world conflict involving superpowers similar to World Wars I & II

Ipsos survey for the Halifax International Security Forum finds natural disasters are increasingly believed by global citizens to be a leading threat

Yet, only 43% of respondents are confident in their government’s ability to respond to such a threat.

Ipsos survey for Halifax International Security Forum finds Iran, Pakistan and Russia are considered the least likely to have a positive impact on world affairs over the next decade

A new global Ipsos study conducted on behalf of World Vision International in 16 countries reveals almost four in ten (37%) parents/guardians say their children are not getting the proper nutrients they need on a daily basis, and 21% say their children have gone to bed hungry in the last 30 days. Moreover, almost half (46%) of adults globally say they have worried about finding the money to buy food in the last 30 days, rising to 77% in low-income countries.