Thirty-one-year-old Ahmed Mohammed, a trader in black market gasoline, says security has improved.
Security has improved outside Port-au-Prince, even allowing pre-election campaign rallies, though these were brief affairs with many bodyguards attending.
Security has improved in Mogadishu since al-Shabab withdrew from the city in August 2011, but its fighters still launch attacks.
Nonetheless, says Philip Reeker, the spokesman for the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, security has improved enough to open a window of opportunity.
Now, they are selling them their services and security has improved.
"There's still more to do be done in terms of services and infrastructure but the economy has grown and security has improved a lot in the past few years, " says a Ramallah resident, Hussein.
But the recent failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on board a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit, Michigan, raises new questions on whether security has improved, considering the suspect in that case tried to ignite a liquid explosive hidden in his underwear.
"The security situation has improved so dramatically, and the Iraqi security forces have improved so dramatically, that we are confident that if things continue to trend as they have been, our services will not be needed in Iraq come 2012, " Morrell said.
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Progress has been slow but, in contrast with Iraq, the security outlook has improved a little.
"Those threats are still there, but they have reduced as the security situation has improved, " says Brig Jones.
Wherever American troop numbers have been increased in Iraq, security has been improved, at least for a while.
"The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation" through steps such as January's provincial elections.
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But this has been challenged by the local police, who insist the security situation in the state has improved over the past few years.
Colombian business leaders say the improved security has instilled confidence in consumers and businesses.
Americans do acknowledge the security situation in Iraq has improved since Bush sent 30, 000 additional U.S. troops.
Although the security situation in Ramadi has improved dramatically, appearances can be deceiving.
Security in Bor itself has improved, but the roads immediately to the north and south are plagued by bandits.
Another possible reason for the improved security has been the growth of the "Awakening" movement, in which Sunni tribes decided to take a stand against al Qaeda in Iraq in Anbar province.
But however much this change of guard may be welcomed by ordinary Iraqis, it has not improved security.
As co-operation on security and counter-terrorism has improved, American naval ships have, since 2003, been visiting Vietnam's ports.
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And despite the fact that electricity is in short supply and that there is fear because of the security situation, our material situation has improved a lot.
People's confidence in the security forces, they say, has improved.
The British Library has since improved its security as a result of this case, with a "massive" increase in its CCTV cameras, and in the number of staff who walk around the library's reading room floor.
On the domestic front, the continuing malaise as a result of uncontrolled government spending has not improved our domestic security.
After that, under Fazluddin Agha, a formidable local governor, security improved, and foreign money has been poured into opening schools and clinics.
The International Maritime Bureau has said that better policing and improved security have reduced successful hijackings by Somali pirates this year.
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