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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Improved security and a more stable political environment mean economic activity has "picked up" on the back of increased oil production and exports.
Tetzchner does not think IE has significantly improved in five years, apart from in the area of security.
Secretary Richardson has just allowed the same thing to be done to another champion of improved security practices, the Associate Director for National Security Programs at Los Alamos, Dr. Stephen Younger .
It looks after policing and internal security, and has in the past been heavily-infiltrated by Shia militias, although it has improved over the past two years.
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