What are the current trends and biggest social challenges according to people living in Armenia today? What kind of opportunities and future plans do regular citizens have, and what is their attitude towards public governance bodies and international development organisations? To what extent are people living in Armenia happy? According to the survey results, the average self-assessment of happiness in 2017 was 6.8 (out of 10).The Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC)-Armenia has released the results of the latest wave of the Caucasus Barometer survey. The collected information draws on public opinion regarding a wide range of socio-economic, demographic and political developments in the country.

We invite you to the presentation of the survey on 25th January, 16:00-18:00 at UN House (P.Adamyan 14). The presentation will be in English. Please register for the event here.

The latest survey presents some interesting findings on the recent developments in the country. For instance, half of respondents now believe that the inflow of Syrian Armenians to Armenia contributes to country’s economic development and activation of the cultural life.

The survey also shows that unemployment and poverty continue to be the most pressing issues facing the public in Armenia. Unemployment was the most important issue according to 36 percent of respondents in Armenia, while the poverty was listed by 17 percent of respondents.

The presentation will include information on both local and regional socio-political development, public perception of state, church, army and neighboring countries, and more.

This talk is part of the #Inno4dev project, funded by the European Union.

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The “Caucasus Barometer” (CB) is a cross-country survey running in the three countries of the South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The survey aims at studying the public opinion of the social, political and economic developments in the region. The first wave of the survey was administered in the capital cities of the three republics in 2004. In 2006, the scope of the survey was extended and since then, the CRRC centers have started to carry out countrywide surveys representative of the whole population . The 2015 and 2017 waves of the survey were conducted in Armenia and Georgia only.