The Arab Democracy Barometer was established in 2005 by the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan in close collaboration with institutions and scholars in the Arab world.  It was also developed in consultation with Democracy Barometer projects in East Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. (http://www.afrobarometer.org) Like other regional Democracy Barometers, the objectives of the Arab Barometer are to produce scientifically reliable data on the politically-relevant attitudes of ordinary citizens, to disseminate and apply survey findings in order to contribute to political reform, and to strengthen institutional capacity for public opinion research. [More]

A number of cross-national and collaborative research initiatives in the Arab world and elsewhere are undertaking to assess citizen attitudes about public affairs, governance and social policy.  These projects, including the Global Barometer and the World Values Survey, are concerned not only with what ordinary men and women think about important issues, they also seek to identify the factors that shape attitudes and values and that help to explain why different people have different views and perceptions. [More]

Findings: Comparative findings of all Arab Barometer Surveys in Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Algeria and Kuwait. [More]

Palestine In May 2006, The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) conducted a poll to measure Palestinian public attitudes towards democracy..  [More (Arabic only)]

In the first systematic survey of the Arab Barometer project, carried out in 2006, citizens in five Arab countries were asked to identify their most pressing concerns.  Pooled data from the five countries (Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria and Kuwait) indicate that 54% of those surveyed consider economic problems to be most important. [More]