By IANS
Davos : Indian CEOs are the most optimistic in the world on revenue growth and the country’s populace among the more optimistic on prosperity for the next generation, according to two Gallup polls conducted in connection with the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Ninety percent of Indian chief executives – the highest from all countries – said they expect strong revenue growth in the next 12 months. In comparison, only about 73 percent of their Chinese counterparts think so and a low 36 percent in the US, the survey of 1,150 CEOs around the world showed.
In the other survey, conducted among over 60,000 people the world over, 47 percent of the general public in India said they expect the next generation to be prosperous while 25 percent said it would be less prosperous.
The Nigerian public was the most optimistic with 78 percent saying the next generation will be more prosperous and only about three percent saying less prosperous. Only 27 percent Americans expect the next generation to be more prosperous, and a high 43 percent expect less prosperity.
Overall, the survey findings have shown that the developing world is much more optimistic than the developed world.
The survey was conducted in the last quarter of 2007.