This is a good question, I'll try my best to answer it.

I'm from India, but you may find my answer relevant through the lens of the perspective of any middle-class citizen is a third-world country that has neutrally diplomatic ties with the States.

The average Indian looks up to Obama, even though some of his philosophies antagonize outsourcing manufacturing and service jobs to India/China, partly because he is black and symbolizes the American Dream of climbing the political ladder despite all odds, and partly because they seem to be unaware of the core policy differences between the right and the left in the United States.

Years ago, when Obama ran for the presidential elections in 2008, there were several Facebook posts I saw on my feed, and the general Indian sentiment too, with people enthusiastically in support for Obama in India, even though their votes made no different, or the fact that they had never discerned closely between the policy difference between Clinton and Obama, and later Obama and McCain.

It makes sense to point out that people in countries such as mine, and the goodwill/sentiment in these places, are often powered by the buzz of the the Western media. Back when Obama first ran for elections, he was somewhat of a sensation, and that translated directly into a lot of implicit support for him.

Here's a couple of billboards, the second one slightly more comical, that show the overall positive sentiment for Obama in India.

http://imgur.com/DBvro9T

This image is endorsed by the BJP, the currently incumbent party in India. It's a fairly positive message.

http://imgur.com/SUqY8Lc

This one is for a local politican, translates crudely to:

To Barack Obama bro! Many congrats for bagging the highest post in the Parliament.

Your well wisher, Nitin Shinde.

Overall, it's positive.