The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them. (From the World Bank DataBank website). It is one of the databases in the World Bank DataBank.

The World Development Indicators from the World Bank contain over a thousand annual indicators of economic development from hundreds of countries around the world.

Here's a list of the available indicators along with a list of the available countries.

For example, this data includes the life expectancy at birth from many countries around the world:

The dataset hosted here is a slightly transformed verion of the raw files available here to facilitate analytics.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Chad assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Chad perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Chad on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Chad; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Chad; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Chad; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Chad.

Geographic coverage

• Chari Baguirmi
• Mayo-Kebbi Est ou Ouest
• Mandoul
• Hadjar Lamis
• Logone Oriental
• Logone Occidental
• Ouaddai
• Tandjilé
• Moyen Chari
• Salamat
• N’Djamena

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Opinion leaders from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From December 2020 to February 2021, 415 stakeholders of the WBG in Chad 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, Prime Minister; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries/ministerial departments/implementation agencies; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; independent government institutions; the judicial system; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector/private banks; private foundations; NGOs and community based organizations; trade unions; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the media; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The questionnaire used to collect the survey data consisted of the following 8 sections: A. Overall Context B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group C. World Bank Group’s Work and Engagement on the Ground D. World Bank Group’s Support in Development Areas E. World Bank Group’s Knowledge Work and Activities F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Chad G. Communication and Information Sharing H. Background Information

The questionnaire was prepared in English and French.

Response rate

Response rate was 82%.

Context

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects. The World Bank's stated goal is the reduction of poverty. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank

Content

This dataset combines key education statistics from a variety of sources to provide a look at global literacy, spending, and access.

For more information, see the World Bank website.

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Acknowledgements

https://bigquery.cloud.google.com/dataset/bigquery-public-data:world_bank_health_population

http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/ed-stats

https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/world-bank-education

Citation: The World Bank: Education Statistics

Dataset Source: World Bank. This dataset is publicly available for anyone to use under the following terms provided by the Dataset Source - http://www.data.gov/privacy-policy#data_policy - and is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, express or implied, from Google. Google disclaims all liability for any damages, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the dataset.

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Inspiration

Of total government spending, what percentage is spent on education?

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Gabon assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Gabon perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Gabon on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Gabon; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Gabon; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Gabon; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Gabon.

Geographic coverage

Libreville and Other.

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Opinion leaders from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From January to July 2020, 200 stakeholders of the WBG in Gabon 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, Prime Minister; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries/ministerial departments/implementation agencies; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/ contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; independent government institutions; the judicial system; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector/private banks; private foundations; NGOs and community based organizations; trade unions; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the media; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The questionnaire used to collect the survey data consisted of the following 8 sections: A. Overall Context B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group C. World Bank Group’s Work and Engagement on the Ground D. World Bank Group’s Support in Development Areas E. World Bank Group’s Knowledge Work and Activities F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Gabon G. Communication and Information Sharing H. Background Information

The questionnaire was prepared in English.

Response rate

Response rate was 77%.

SERVIR is a Spanish acronym for 'Regional Visualization and Monitoring System.' The SERVIR project enables the use of Earth observations and predictive models for timely decision making through regional platforms in Mesoamerica, East Africa, and the Hindu-Kush Himalayas. The SERVIR project was initially developed by NASA, the US Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), and the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) in 2005. In 2008, the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) in Nairobi, Kenya, joined the SERVIR project, and in 2010, SERVIR inaugurated its third hub at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, Nepal. SERVIR also stands for the Spanish verb 'to serve,' which is what the project aims to do in terms of providing improved access to data and knowledge for decision-making.

In an environment where the Bank must demonstrate its impact and value, it is critical that the institution collects and tracks empirical data on how its work is perceived by clients, partners and other stakeholders in our client countries.In FY 2013, the Country Opinion Survey Program was scaled up in order to: - Annually assess perceptions of the World Bank among key stakeholders in a representative sample of client countries; - Track these opinions over time, representative of: regions, stakeholders, country lending levels, country income/size levels, etc. - Inform strategy and decision making: apply findings to challenges to ensure real time response at several levels: corporate, regional, country - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders regarding: - The general environment in their country; - Value of the World Bank in their country; - World Bank's presence (work, relationships, etc.); - World Bank's future role in their country. - Create a feedback loop that allows data to be shared with stakeholders.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Zambia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Zambia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Zambia on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Zambia; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Zambia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Zambia; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Zambia.

Geographic coverage

• Central Province
• Copperbelt Province
• Eastern Province
• Luapula Province
• Lusaka Province
• Muchinga Province
• North- Western Province
• Northern Province
• Southern Province
• Western Province

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Opinion leaders from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From May to June 2021, 1,331 stakeholders of the WBG in Zambia 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, Vice President; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; employees of ministries/ministerial departments/implementation agencies; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; independent government institutions; the judicial system; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector/private banks; private foundations; NGOs and community based organizations; trade unions; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the media; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The questionnaire used to collect the survey data consisted of the following 8 sections: A. Overall Context B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group C. World Bank Group’s Work and Engagement on the Ground D. World Bank Group’s Support in Development Areas E. World Bank Group’s Knowledge Work and Activities F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Zambia G. Communication and Information Sharing H. Background Information

The questionnaire was prepared in English.

Response rate

Response rate was 43%.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Indonesia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Indonesia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Indonesia on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Indonesia; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Indonesia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Indonesia; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Indonesia.

Geographic coverage

• Jakarta
• Java, Sumatera, Bali
• Kalimantan, Sulawesi
• East Indonesia
• Reside outside Indonesia

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Opinion leaders from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From February 2021 to March 2021, 761 stakeholders of the WBG in Indonesia 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/implementation agencies; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/ contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; independent government institutions; the judicial system; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector/private banks; private foundations; NGOs and community based organizations; trade unions; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the media; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The questionnaire used to collect the survey data consisted of the following 8 sections: A. Overall Context B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group C. World Bank Group’s Work and Engagement on the Ground D. World Bank Group’s Support in Development Areas E. World Bank Group’s Knowledge Work and Activities F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Indonesia G. Communication and Information Sharing H. Background Information

The questionnaire was prepared in English and Indonesian.

Response rate

Response rate was 39%

Context

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects. The World Bank's stated goal is the reduction of poverty. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank

Content

This dataset contains both national and regional debt statistics captured by over 200 economic indicators. Time series data is available for those indicators from 1970 to 2015 for reporting countries.

For more information, see the World Bank website.

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Acknowledgements

https://bigquery.cloud.google.com/dataset/bigquery-public-data:world_bank_intl_debt

https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/world-bank-international-debt

Citation: The World Bank: International Debt Statistics

Dataset Source: World Bank. This dataset is publicly available for anyone to use under the following terms provided by the Dataset Source - http://www.data.gov/privacy-policy#data_policy - and is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, express or implied, from Google. Google disclaims all liability for any damages, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the dataset.

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Inspiration

What countries have the largest outstanding debt?

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The Country Opinion Survey in Armenia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Armenia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Armenia on: 1) their views regarding the general environment in Armenia; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Armenia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Armenia; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Armenia.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Liberia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Liberia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Liberia on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Liberia; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Liberia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Liberia; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Liberia.

Geographic coverage

• Montserrado
• Bong
• Margibi
• Nimba
• Grand Bassa
• Bomi
• Lofa
• Grand Cape Mount
• Sinoe

Sampling procedure

From April 2021 to June 2021, 732 stakeholders of the WBG in Liberia 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, Prime Minister; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries/ministerial departments/implementation agencies; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/ contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; independent government institutions; the judicial system; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector/private banks; private foundations; NGOs and community based organizations; trade unions; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the media; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The questionnaire was prepared in English and is available for download.

Response rate

The response rate was 83%

Data cited at: The World Bank https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/ Topic: All The Ginis Dataset Publication: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/all-ginis-dataset License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This dataset includes combined and standardized Gini data from eight original sources: Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Socio-Economic Database for Latin America (SEDLAC), Survey of Living Conditions (SILC) by Eurostat, World Income Distribution (WYD; the full data set is available here), World Bank Europe and Central Asia dataset, World Institute for Development Research (WIDER), World Bank Povcal, and Ginis from individual long-term inequality studies (just introduced in this version).

Context

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects. The World Bank's stated goal is the reduction of poverty. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank

Content

This dataset combines key health statistics from a variety of sources to provide a look at global health and population trends. It includes information on nutrition, reproductive health, education, immunization, and diseases from over 200 countries.

Update Frequency: Biannual

For more information, see the World Bank website.

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Acknowledgements

https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/health-nutrition-and-population-statistics

https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/world-bank-hnp

Dataset Source: World Bank. This dataset is publicly available for anyone to use under the following terms provided by the Dataset Source - http://www.data.gov/privacy-policy#data_policy - and is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, express or implied, from Google. Google disclaims all liability for any damages, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the dataset.

Citation: The World Bank: Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Inspiration

What’s the average age of first marriages for females around the world?

Abstract

The Global Data Regulation Diagnostic provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality of the data governance environment. Diagnostic results show that countries have put in greater effort in adopting enabler regulatory practices than in safeguard regulatory practices. However, for public intent data, enablers for private intent data, safeguards for personal and nonpersonal data, cybersecurity and cybercrime, as well as cross-border data flows. Across all these dimensions, no income group demonstrates advanced regulatory frameworks across all dimensions, indicating significant room for the regulatory development of both enablers and safeguards remains at an intermediate stage: 47 percent of enabler good practices and 41 percent of good safeguard practices are adopted across countries. Under the enabler and safeguard pillars, the diagnostic covers dimensions of e-commerce/e-transactions, enablers further improvement on data governance environment.

The Global Data Regulation Diagnostic is the first comprehensive assessment of laws and regulations on data governance. It covers enabler and safeguard regulatory practices in 80 countries providing indicators to assess and compare their performance. This Global Data Regulation Diagnostic develops objective and standardized indicators to measure the regulatory environment for the data economy across countries. The indicators aim to serve as a diagnostic tool so countries can assess and compare their performance vis-á-vis other countries. Understanding the gap with global regulatory good practices is a necessary first step for governments when identifying and prioritizing reforms.

Geographic coverage

80 countries

Analysis unit

Country

Kind of data

Observation data/ratings [obs]

Sampling procedure

The diagnostic is based on a detailed assessment of domestic laws, regulations, and administrative requirements in 80 countries selected to ensure a balanced coverage across income groups, regions, and different levels of digital technology development. Data are further verified through a detailed desk research of legal texts, reflecting the regulatory status of each country as of June 1, 2020.

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The questionnaire comprises 37 questions designed to determine if a country has adopted good regulatory practice on data governance. The responses are then scored and assigned a normative interpretation. Related questions fall into seven clusters so that when the scores are averaged, each cluster provides an overall sense of how it performs in its corresponding regulatory and legal dimensions. These seven dimensions are: (1) E-commerce/e-transaction; (2) Enablers for public intent data; (3) Enablers for private intent data; (4) Safeguards for personal data; (5) Safeguards for nonpersonal data; (6) Cybersecurity and cybercrime; (7) Cross-border data transfers.

Response rate

100%

World Bank Indicators of Interest to the COVID-19 Outbreak. This link is to a collection in the World Bank data catalog that contains datasets that may be useful for analysis, response or modelling.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Tanzania assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Tanzania perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Tanzania on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Tanzania; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Tanzania; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Tanzania; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Tanzania.

Geographic coverage

Dar es Salaam region, Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba), and other urban and rural areas.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

A total of 528 stakeholders in Tanzania were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG’s work by participating in a Country Opinion Survey from May 2023 to July 2023. A list of potential participants was compiled by the WBG country team and the fielding agency. participants were drawn from the Office of the President, Prime Minister, office of a minister or parliamentarian; from government institutions, local governments, bilateral/multilateral agencies, the private sector, civil society, academia, and the media.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The survey was implemented in English and Kiswahili

Response rate

The response rate was 53%

The results of this year’s survey were compared to the FY20 Survey (75% response rate, N=250). Comparing responses across Country Surveys reflects changes in attitudes over time, but also changes in respondent samples, changes in methodology, and changes to the survey instrument itself. To reduce the influence of the latter factor, only those questions with similar response scales/options were analyzed. This year’s survey saw an increased outreach to and/or response from civil society and bilateral/multilateral agencies, but a decrease in government principals. These differences in stakeholder composition between the two years should be taken into consideration when interpreting the results of the past year's comparison analyses.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Cabo Verde assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Cabo Verde perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Cabo Verde on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Cabo Verde; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Cabo Verde; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Cabo Verde; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Cabo Verde.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Cabo Verde

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From May 2023 to August 2023, a total of 226 stakeholders of the WBG in Cabo Verde were invited to provide their opinions about the WBG’s work in the country by participating in a Country Opinion Survey (COS). Participants were drawn from the Office of the President, Prime Minister, Minister, Office of a Parliamentarian (National Assembly, Legislative body), Government Institutions, Local Governments, Bilateral/ Multilateral Agencies, Private Sector, Civil Society, Academia, and the Media. A total of 84 stakeholders participated in the survey.

Mode of data collection

Internet [int]

Research instrument

The survey was implemented in English and Portuguese languages. The English version is provided as related material.

Response rate

The results of this year’s survey were compared to the FY20 COS Survey with a response rate of 42% (N=141). Comparing responses across Country Surveys reflects changes in attitudes over time, but also changes in respondent samples, changes in methodology, and changes to the survey instrument itself. To reduce the influence of the latter factor, only those questions with similar response scales/options were analyzed. Additionally, this year, the COS project utilized the Pulse Survey format, which is a shorter version conducted online by the COS team. The list of respondents was identified and provided solely by the country team, which indicates a shift in the stakeholder composition compared to FY20. In the previous survey, up to 20% of the respondents were provided by a local fielding agency. These differences in stakeholder composition between the two years should be taken into consideration when interpreting the results of the past-year comparison analyses.

Abstract

The World Bank Group is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Papua New Guinea or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The following survey will give the World Bank Group's team that works in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea. A local independent consultant 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 Papua New Guinea (PNG) perceive the Bank Group; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Papua New Guinea regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Papua New Guinea; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group in Papua New Guinea; · Overall impressions of the World Bank Group's effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Papua New Guinea; · Perceptions of the World Bank Group's future role in Papua New Guinea. - Use data to help inform Papua New Guinea country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

• Port Moresby (National Capital District)
• Major Town or City (Lae, Madang, Hagen, Goroka, Rabaul/Kokopo, Alotau, Buka, or Wewak)
• Small town
• Rural area or village

Analysis unit

Stakeholders in Papua New Guinea

Universe

Stakeholders in Papua New Guinea

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From April to May 2014, 463 stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Papua New Guinea 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; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of following sections:

A. General Issues Facing Papua New Guinea: Respondents were asked to indicate whether PNG 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 PNG, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved in PNG.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG, the WBG's effectiveness in Papua New Guinea, WBG staff preparedness to help PNG 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 PNG, 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, whether they believe the WBG should have more or less local presence and more or effective collaboration with the UN.

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 PNG, the extent to which the WBG meets PNG's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the WBG's level of effectiveness across twenty three development areas, such as education, public sector governance/reform, transport, and job creation/employment.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge Work and Activities: Respondents were asked 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 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. They were also asked to indicate whether they think the WBG should take more risk in PNG and whether the WBG is adequately staffed in PNG.

F. The World Bank Group's Sectoral Focus in PNG: Respondents were asked to indicate which areas the WBG would be most valuable in related to sustainable development of mining sector, the oil and gas sector, and sustainable development of minerals revenues.

G. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in PNG: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in PNG, and which services the Bank should offer more of in the country, and what the WBG should do to improve its collaboration with the UN in the field. They were also asked to which areas the country will benefit most from WBG playing a leading role as compared to other donors.

H. 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.

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

Response rate

A total of 150 stakeholders participated in the survey (32% response rate).

The Gender Statistics database is a comprehensive source for the latest sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics covering demography, education, health, access to economic opportunities, public life and decision-making, and agency.

For further details, please refer to https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0037654/gender-statistics