Abstract

The World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Vietnam or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey will give the Bank's team that works in Vietnam, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank Group uses to assess the views of its stakeholders and to develop more effective strategies that support development in Vietnam.

The survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Vietnam perceive the World Bank; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Vietnam regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Vietnam; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank in Vietnam; · Overall impressions of the World Bank’s effectiveness and results, project/program related issues, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Vietnam; and · Perceptions of the World Bank’s future role in Vietnam. - Use data to help inform Vietnam country team’s strategy.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From March to April 2014, 1,032 stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Vietnam were invited to provide their opinions on the Bank's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in the survey were drawn from among the National Government; the National Assembly; project management units (PMUs); local government officials or staff; bilateral or multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; NGOs; the media; and academia/research institutes/think tanks.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

A. General Issues Facing Vietnam: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Vietnam is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the three most important development priorities, and what would best achieve "shared prosperity" in Vietnam.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG, its effectiveness in Vietnam, Bank staff preparedness, to what extent it should provide capacity building support to certain groups, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which it is an effective development partner. Respondents were also asked to indicate the Bank's greatest values and greatest weaknesses, and with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more.

C. World Bank Group's Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results in Vietnam, the extent to which the Bank meets Vietnam's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across twenty-four development areas.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge Work and Activities: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult Bank knowledge work and to rate the quality of the Bank's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality.

E. Working with the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which various aspects of the Bank's technical assistance/advisory work contributes to solving Vietnam's development challenges and their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank. Respondents were also asked to indicate if the Bank operates with too much risk.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Vietnam: Respondents were asked to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value in Vietnam.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, and their usage of the Bank's websites. Respondents were also asked to rate their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's communication and information sharing in Vietnam.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they currently collaborate with the WBG in Vietnam, their exposure to the Bank in Vietnam, and their geographic location.

The questionnaire was prepared in English and Vietnamese.

Response rate

A total of 501 questionnaires were completed (49% response rate).

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Abstract

Save the Children developed an early stimulation program that delivers actionable messages to mothers and other caregivers that show them how to interact and play with young children. The program also delivers a Child Development Card and two picture books, and instructions on how to use the card and the books to provide children with early learning opportunities. The program is low cost and potentially scalable because it builds on an existing delivery platform, and trains current community health care providers to deliver additional messages on early childhood stimulation practices.

Geographic coverage

Bangladesh is divided into seven major administrative regions called divisions, and the study takes place in three of Bangladesh’s seven divisions: Barisal (a southern district), Chittagong (a district in the southeast), and Sylhet (a district in the northeast). Within these three divisions, the study is located in three districts: Barisal (in the division of Barisal), Chittagong (in the division of Chittagong) and Moulvibazar (in the division of Sylhet). Districts are subdivided into subdistricts, or upazilas. Within these three districts, the study is located in three upazilas: Muladi (in the district of Barisal), Satkania (in the district of Chittagong), and Kalaura (in the district of Moulvibazar). Upazilas are subdivided into unions, and the study takes place in 30 unions: 4 unions in Muladi, 16 unions in Satkania, and 10 unions in Kalaura.

Analysis unit

Households Individuals

Universe

Households with children between 3 and 18 months of age residing in the catchment area of participating community clinics at the time of baseline data collection.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Sampling of Households The study sample frame was generated from community clinic health assistant records, which had the advantage of being the centralized government document of record containing the population frame for all households with children under five years of age. The health assistant dataset included data for all three upazilas of interest. Of a total of 41 unions located in the three upazilas, 11 unions were excluded from the sampling frame. Six of these had incomplete data, and five were excluded because they had only one community clinic and the study design required each union to have at least two clinics. The final sample included 78 community clinics, located in 30 unions.

Within the selected unions and community clinics, eligible households included those with children aged between 3 and 18 months who resided in selected community clinics' catchment areas during the baseline data collection period (November 2013-January 2014).We randomly sampled 33 households from each community clinic's catchment area to participate in the study. The sample was restricted to households with children aged three months or older because the main developmental assessment tool chosen for the evaluation (the Bayley-III; Bayley, 2006) had not been previously validated on children under the age of three months in Bangladesh. Furthermore, because the Bayley-III test is only valid for children up to the age of 42 months, we restricted the upper age limit of participating children to 18 months or younger at the time of baseline data collection in order to collect valid endline data 24 months later.

Replacement The community clinic health assistant records were not up to date, so the team developed rules for replacing households that were found to be ineligible or "out-of-scope," as well as households that refused to participate. We randomly selected 20 additional replacement households from within each community clinic and included them in a separate list, with each household randomly sorted from 1 to 20. If one of the 33 households originally selected was found to be ineligible or refused to participate, the field interviewer replaced it with the first household from the 20-household replacement list, and continued replacing households in order thereafter.

Overall, the majority of replacements were required because households were identified as ineligible, and only a few replacements were needed for households that refused to participate in the study (N = 39, or 1.5 percent of the sample). Households were ineligible if they did not fit the target sample description: "Households with children from 3-18 months of age that live in the selected community clinics' catchment areas during the period of the baseline data collection." This included: (a) households that had permanently left the catchment area (N = 300); (b) households with incorrect location information in the birth records (N = 291); (c) households with children who were ineligible due to inaccurate birth dates (N =173); and (d) households that were temporarily absent from the catchment area (N =159). For all 39 cases of refusal, the data collectors completed a non-complier questionnaire that captured some basic characteristics of this group to compare with the compliers.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Instruments AIR, ICDDR,B, and Data International Ltd. worked with Save the Children, the World Bank, and the evaluation advisory board to develop the study instruments. The team developed the data collection instruments by drawing from existing national and international tools aligned with the evaluation's outcomes of interest. The core indicators included child development outcomes, anthropometric measures, and parenting stimulation questions, although the final instrument contained many more relevant indicators. Where possible, indicators were measured using questions and approaches that had already been field tested in Bangladesh to ensure that they were appropriate for the local context and the target populations. We also designed the instruments to be of a manageable length in order to avoid interviewer or respondent fatigue and ensure high-quality data. On average, the final survey instruments took 30 minutes to complete.

Endline data collection tools resembled the instruments used at baseline. As discussed above, some instruments were modified slightly based on lessons learned during baseline data collection and monitoring data collection. The non-compliance survey was not administered at endline. Two new measures were added during endline: the Wolke Behavioral Rating Scale, which measures children's behavior during the Bayley-III; and a focus group protocol, with fathers and mothers grouped separately.

Abstract

The World Bank Group is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Costa Rica or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The following survey will give the World Bank Group's team that works in Costa Rica, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank Group uses to assess the views of its stakeholders, and to develop more effective strategies that support development in Costa Rica. A local independent firm was hired to oversee the logistics of this survey.

This survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank Group in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Costa Rica perceive the Bank Group; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Costa Rica regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Costa Rica; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group in Costa Rica; · Overall impressions of the World Bank Group's effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Costa Rica; · Perceptions of the World Bank Group's future role in Costa Rica. - Use data to help inform Costa Rica country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

Greater Metropolitan Area North South

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Costa Rica

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In April - June 2014, 310 stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Costa Rica were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG's work in the country by participating in a country opinion survey. Participants were drawn from the office of the President; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries, ministerial departments, or implementation agencies; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community based organizations; the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 sections:

A. General Issues Facing Costa Rica: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Costa Rica is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities in the country, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in Costa Rica, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group (WBG): Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG and other regional development banks, their effectiveness in Costa Rica, WBG staff preparedness to help Costa Rica solve its development challenges, WBG's local presence, WBG's capacity building in Costa Rica, their agreement with various statements regarding the WBG's work, and the extent to which the WBG is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the WBG's greatest values and weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Costa Rica, in which sectoral areas the WBG should focus most of its resources (financial and knowledge services), and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts. Respondents were also asked to respond to a few questions about capacity building and whether they believe the World Bank Group should have more or less local presence.

C. World Bank Group's Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the WBG's work helps achieve development results in Costa Rica, the extent to which the WBG meets Costa Rica's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the importance for the WBG to be involved in twenty nine development areas, and the WBG's level of effectiveness across twenty one of these areas, such as transport, economic growth, public sector governance/reform, poverty reduction, and trade and exports.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge Work and Activities: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult WBG's knowledge work and activities and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the WBG's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality. Respondents were also asked about the WBG reports, including which of them are the most useful, whether they raised substantive new information, and whether they provided them with useful information in terms of work they do.

E. Working with the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate WBG's technical assistance/advisory work's contribution to solving development challenges and their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the WBG, such as the WBG's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the WBG's speed in disbursing funds, and whether the WBG is risk-averse.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Costa Rica: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Costa Rica, and which services the Bank should offer more of in the country. They were asked whether WBG has moved to the right direction, and the future role international development cooperation should play in Costa Rica.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the WBG, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's websites. Respondents were also asked about their awareness of the WBG's Access to Information policy, were asked to rate WBG's responsiveness to information requests, value of its social media channels, and levels of easiness to find information they needed.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the WBG, their exposure to the WBG in Costa Rica, which WBG agencies they work with, whether IFC and the Bank work well together, and their geographic location.

Questionnaires were in English and Spanish.

Response rate

A total of 127 stakeholders participated in the survey (41% response rate).

Nigeria NG: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA): Building Human Resources Rating: 1=Low To 6=High data was reported at 3.500 NA in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.500 NA for 2016. Nigeria NG: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA): Building Human Resources Rating: 1=Low To 6=High data is updated yearly, averaging 3.000 NA from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.500 NA in 2017 and a record low of 3.000 NA in 2011. Nigeria NG: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA): Building Human Resources Rating: 1=Low To 6=High data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank: Policy and Institutions. Building human resources assesses the national policies and public and private sector service delivery that affect the access to and quality of health and education services, including prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.; ; World Bank Group, CPIA database (http://www.worldbank.org/ida).; Unweighted average;

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Abstract

The World Bank Group is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Peru or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The following survey will give the World Bank Group's team that works in Peru, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank Group uses to assess the views of its stakeholders, and to develop more effective strategies that support development in Peru. A local independent firm was hired to oversee the logistics of this survey.

This survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank Group in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Peru perceive the Bank Group; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Peru regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Peru; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group in Peru; · Overall impressions of the World Bank Group's effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Peru; · Perceptions of the World Bank Group's future role in Peru. - Use data to help inform Peru country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

Metropolitan Lima Area, Outside of Metropolitan Lima Area

Analysis unit

Stakeholders in Peru

Universe

Stakeholders in Peru

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In February-April 2014, 465 stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Peru were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG's work in the country by participating in a country opinion survey. Participants were drawn from the office of the President; the office of the Prime Minister; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries, ministerial departments, or implementation agencies; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community based organizations; the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of following sections:

A. General Issues Facing Peru: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Peru is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities in the country, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in Peru, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group (WBG): Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG and other regional development banks, their effectiveness in Peru, WBG staff preparedness to help Peru solve its development challenges, WBG's local presence, WBG's capacity building in Peru, their agreement with various statements regarding the WBG's work, and the extent to which the WBG is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the WBG's greatest values and weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Peru, in which sectoral areas the WBG should focus most of its resources (financial and knowledge services), and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts. Respondents were also asked to respond to a few questions about capacity building and whether they believe the World Bank Group should have more or less local presence.

C. World Bank Group's Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the WBG's work helps achieve development results in Peru, the extent to which the WBG meets Peru's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the importance for the WBG to be involved in thirty one development areas, and the WBG's level of effectiveness across these areas, such as education, public sector governance/reform, water and sanitation, and transport.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge Work and Activities: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult WBG's knowledge work and activities and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the WBG's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality. Respondents were also asked about the WBG reports, including which of them are the most useful, whether they raised substantive new information, and whether they provided them with useful information in terms of work they do.

E. Working with the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate WBG's technical assistance/advisory work's contribution to solving development challenges and their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the WBG, such as the WBG's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, and disbursing funds promptly.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Peru: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Peru, and which services the Bank should offer more of in the country. They were asked whether WBG has moved to the right direction, and the future role international development cooperation should play in Peru.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the WBG, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's websites. Respondents were also asked about their awareness of the WBG's Access to Information policy, were asked to rate WBG's responsiveness to information requests, value of its social media channels, and levels of easiness to find information they needed.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the WBG, their exposure to the WBG in Peru, which WBG agencies they work with, whether IFC and the Bank work well together, and their geographic location.

Response rate

A total of 197 stakeholders participated in the survey (42% response rate).

CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high) in Marshall Islands was reported at 3.5 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Marshall Islands - CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

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CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high) in Uzbekistan was reported at 4 in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uzbekistan - CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Abstract

The World Bank Group is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Côte d'Ivoire or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The following survey will give the World Bank Group's team that works in Côte d'Ivoire, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank Group uses to assess the views of its stakeholders, and to develop more effective strategies that support development in Côte d'Ivoire. A local independent firm was hired to oversee the logistics of this survey.

This survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank Group in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Côte d'Ivoire perceive the Bank Group; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Côte d'Ivoire regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Côte d'Ivoire; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group in Côte d'Ivoire; · Overall impressions of the World Bank Group's effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Côte d'Ivoire; · Perceptions of the World Bank Group's future role in Côte d'Ivoire. - Use data to help inform Côte d'Ivoire country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

Urban and rural

Analysis unit

Stakeholders in Côte d'Ivoire

Universe

Stakeholders in Côte d'Ivoire

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From December 2013 to January 2014, 500 stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Côte d'Ivoire were invited to provide their opinions on the World Bank Group's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in the survey were drawn from the office of the President; the office of the Prime Minister; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries, ministerial departments, or implementation agencies; consultants/contractors working on World Bank Group-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community based organizations; the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; youth organizations; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of following sections:

A. General Issues Facing Côte d'Ivoire: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Côte d'Ivoire is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities in the country, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in Côte d'Ivoire, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved in Côte d'Ivoire.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group (WBG): Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG, the WBG's effectiveness in Côte d'Ivoire, WBG staff preparedness to help Côte d'Ivoire solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the WBG's work, and the extent to which the WBG is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the WBG's greatest values and weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Côte d'Ivoire, with which stakeholder groups the WBG should collaborate more, in which sectoral areas the WBG should focus most of its resources (financial and knowledge services), and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts. Respondents were also asked to respond to a few questions about capacity building and whether they believe the World Bank Group should have more or less local presence.

C. World Bank Group's Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the WBG's work helps achieve development results in Côte d'Ivoire, the extent to which the WBG meets Côte d'Ivoire's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the importance for the WBG to be involved in thirty five development areas, and the WBG's level of effectiveness across these areas, such as security/stabilization/ reconstruction/reconciliation, public sector governance/reform, poverty reduction, and job creation/employment.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge Work and Activities: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult WBG's knowledge work and activities and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the WBG's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality.

E. Working with the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate WBG's technical assistance/advisory work's contribution to solving development challenges and their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the WBG, such as the WBG's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, and disbursing funds promptly.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Côte d'Ivoire: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Côte d'Ivoire, and which services the Bank should offer more of in the country. They were also asked to which areas the country will benefit most from WBG playing a leading role as compared to other donors.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the WBG, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's websites. Respondents were also asked about their awareness of the WBG's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the WBG, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the WBG as a result of the WBG's Open Data policy.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the WBG, their exposure to the WBG in Côte d'Ivoire, which WBG agencies they work with, and their geographic location.

Response rate

A total of 288 stakeholders participated in the survey (58% response rate).

Abstract

An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy's private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics including access to finance, corruption, infrastructure, crime, competition, and performance measures. The objective of the Enterprise Survey is to gain an understanding of what firms experience in the private sector.

As part of its strategic goal of building a climate for investment, job creation, and sustainable growth, the World Bank has promoted improving the business environment as a key strategy for development, which has led to a systematic effort in collecting enterprise data across countries. The Enterprise Surveys (ES) are an ongoing World Bank project in collecting both objective data based on firms’ experiences and enterprises’ perception of the environment in which they operate.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

The primary sampling unit of the study is the establishment. An establishment is a physical location where business is carried out and where industrial operations take place or services are provided. A firm may be composed of one or more establishments. For example, a brewery may have several bottling plants and several establishments for distribution. For the purposes of this survey an establishment must make its own financial decisions and have its own financial statements separate from those of the firm. An establishment must also have its own management and control over its payroll.

Universe

The whole population, or universe of the study, is the non-agricultural economy. It comprises: all manufacturing sectors according to the group classification of ISIC Revision 3.1: (group D), construction sector (group F), services sector (groups G and H), and transport, storage, and communications sector (group I). Note that this definition excludes the following sectors: financial intermediation (group J), real estate and renting activities (group K, except sub-sector 72, IT, which was added to the population under study), and all public or utilities-sectors.

Kind of data

Sample survey data[ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample for 2017 Colombia ES was selected using stratified random sampling, following the methodology explained in the Sampling Note.

Three levels of stratification were used in this country: industry, establishment size, and region.

Industry stratification was designed as follows: the universe was stratified into three manufacturing industries and two services industries- Food and Beverages (ISIC Rev. 3.1 code 15), Textiles and Garments (ISIC codes 17,18), Other Manufacturing (ISIC codes 16, 19-37), Retail (ISIC code 52) and Other Services (ISIC codes 45, 50, 51, 55, 60-64, and 72).

For the Colombia ES, size stratification was defined as follows: small (5 to 19 employees), medium (20 to 99 employees), and large (100 or more employees).

Regional stratification was done across five regions: Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla and Cartagena

Note: See Sections II and III of "The Colombia 2017 Enterprise Surveys Data Set" report for additional details on the sampling procedure.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-Face[f2f]

Research instrument

Two questionnaires - Manufacturing and Services were used to collect the survey data.The questionnaires have common questions (core module) and respectfully additional manufacturing and services specific questions. The eligible manufacturing industries have been surveyed using the Manufacturing questionnaire (includes the core module, plus manufacturing specific questions). Retail firms have been interviewed using the Services questionnaire (includes the core module plus retail specific questions) and the residual eligible services have been covered using the Services questionnaire (includes the core module). Each variation of the questionnaire is identified by the index variable, a0.

Response rate

Survey non-response was addressed by maximizing efforts to contact establishments that were initially selected for interview. Attempts were made to contact the establishment for interview at different times/days of the week before a replacement establishment (with similar strata characteristics) was suggested for interview. Survey non-response did occur but substitutions were made in order to potentially achieve strata-specific goals; whenever this was done, strict rules were followed to ensure replacements were randomly selected within the same stratum. Further research is needed on survey non-response in the Enterprise Surveys regarding potential introduction of bias.

The share of interviews per contacted establishments was 0.18. This number is the result of two factors: explicit refusals to participate in the survey, as reflected by the rate of rejection (which includes rejections of the screener and the main survey) and the quality of the sample frame, as represented by the presence of ineligible units. The share of rejections per contact was 0.44.

Central African Republic CF: CPIA: Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity Cluster Average: 1=Low To 6=High data was reported at 2.300 NA in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.300 NA for 2022. Central African Republic CF: CPIA: Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity Cluster Average: 1=Low To 6=High data is updated yearly, averaging 2.300 NA from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2023, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.600 NA in 2012 and a record low of 2.200 NA in 2014. Central African Republic CF: CPIA: Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity Cluster Average: 1=Low To 6=High data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Central African Republic – Table CF.World Bank.WDI: Governance: Policy and Institutions. The policies for social inclusion and equity cluster includes gender equality, equity of public resource use, building human resources, social protection and labor, and policies and institutions for environmental sustainability.;World Bank Group, CPIA database (http://www.worldbank.org/ida).;Unweighted average;

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Abstract

The World Bank Group is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Serbia or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The following survey will give the World Bank Group's team that works in Serbia, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank Group uses to assess the views of its stakeholders, and to develop more effective strategies that support development in Serbia. A local independent firm has been hired to oversee the logistics of this survey.

This survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank Group in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Serbia perceive the World Bank Group; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Serbia regarding: - Their views regarding the general environment in Serbia; - Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group in Serbia; - Overall impressions of the World Bank Group's effectiveness and results, project/program related issues, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Serbia; and - Perceptions of the World Bank Group's future role in Serbia. - Use data to help inform Serbia country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

Belgrade, Vojvodina, Central Serbia, South Serbia.

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Serbia.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From November 2013 to January 2014, stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Serbia were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey.

Participants in the survey were drawn from among the office of the President or Prime Minister; the office of a Minister; the office of a Parliamentarian; employees of a ministry, ministerial department, or implementation agency; consultants/contractors working on World Bank Group-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials or staff; bilateral agencies; multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community-based organizations (CBOs); the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; and the judiciary branch.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 sections:

A. General Issues Facing Serbia: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Serbia is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty, which areas would contribute most to generating economic growth, and what would best achieve "shared prosperity" in Serbia.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG, its effectiveness in Serbia, WBG staff preparedness, the effectiveness of its activities, to what extent it should provide capacity building support to certain groups, the importance and effectiveness of the WBG's current capacity building work, their agreement with various statements regarding the WBG's work, and the extent to which it is an effective development partner. Respondents were also asked to indicate the sectoral areas on which it would be most productive for the WBG to focus its resources, the WBG's greatest values and greatest weaknesses, its most effective instruments, with which stakeholder groups the WBG should collaborate more, if the WBG should have more or less of a local presence in Serbia, and to what they attributed slowed or failed reform efforts.

C. World Bank Group's Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the WBG's work helps achieve development results in Serbia, the extent to which the WBG meets Serbia's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the extent to which the WBG's internal evaluation mechanisms hold it accountable for achieving results, and the importance of the WBG's involvement and the WBG's level of effectiveness across twenty-seven development areas. Respondents were also asked to indicate if WBG decisions regarding its Serbia program were made primarily in country or at Headquarters.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge Work and Activities: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult WBG knowledge work and to rate the quality of the WBG's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality.

E. Working with the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which various aspects of the WBG's delivery work contributes to solving Serbia's development challenges and their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the WBG. Respondents were also asked to indicate if the WBG operates with too much risk.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Serbia: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Serbia and which of its services the WBG should offer more of in Serbia.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the WBG, their Internet access, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the WBG's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the WBG, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank Group as a result of the WBG's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked to evaluate the WBG's information accessibility and responsiveness to information requests.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they currently collaborate or have ever collaborated with the WBG in Serbia, what their position was when they did work with the WBG, with which WBG agencies they work, their exposure to the WBG in Serbia, and their geographic location.

Questionnaires were in English and Serbian.

Response rate

Paper questionnaires were sent to 34 potential respondents via courier or post. Of those, 6 were completed and returned via courier or post (18% response rate). Online questionnaires were sent to 608 potential respondents via email. Of those, 247 were completed (41% response rate).

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