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

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Inspiration

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

Databank (databank.worldbank.org) is an online web resource that provides simple and quick access to collections of time series data. It has advanced functions for selecting and displaying data, performing customized queries, downloading data, and creating charts and maps. Users can create dynamic custom reports based on their selection of countries, indicators and years. They offer a growing range of free, easy-to-access tools, research and knowledge to help people address the world's development challenges. For example, the Open Data website offers free access to comprehensive, downloadable indicators about development in countries around the globe.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Djibouti assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Djibouti 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 Djibouti on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Djibouti; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Djibouti; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Djibouti; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Djibouti.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Djibouti.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From March 2023 to April 2023, a total of 212 stakeholders of the WBG in Djibouti were invited to provide their opinions on 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, or Minister; government institutions; local governments; bilateral/multilateral agencies; private sector; civil society; academia, research institutes, and think tanks, and the media. A total of 70 stakeholders participated in the survey.

Mode of data collection

Internet [int]

Research instrument

The survey was implemented in English and French languages. The English version of the questionnaire is provided as related material.

Response rate

The response rate was 33%

The results of this year’s Country Survey were compared to those of the Country Survey conducted in FY18 (with a response rate of 68%, N=203). Comparing responses across Country Surveys reflects changes in attitudes over time, as well as changes in respondent samples and changes to the survey instrument itself. To reduce the influence of the latter factor, only those questions with similar response scales/options are analyzed.

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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Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Chile assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Chile 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 Chile on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Chile; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Chile; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Chile; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Chile.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Chile

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From November 2023 to February 2024, 870 stakeholders in Chile were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG’s work by participating in a Country Opinion Survey. A list of potential participants was compiled by the WBG country team and the fielding agency. Participants were drawn from the offices of the President, Prime Minister, and minister, the office of a parliamentarian, government institutions, local governments, bilateral/ multilateral agencies, the private sector, civil society organizations, academia, and the media. A total of 301 stakeholders participated in the survey.

Mode of data collection

Internet [int]

Research instrument

English and Spanish languages. The English version is provided as related material.

Response rate

The response rate was 35%

The results of this year’s survey were compared to the FY20 Survey, which had a response rate of 22% (N=166). 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 local government, but a decrease from government principals, media, and civil society. These differences in stakeholder composition between the two years should be taken into consideration when interpreting the results of the past-year comparison analyses.

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.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Jordan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Jordan 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 Jordan on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Jordan; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Jordan; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Jordan; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Jordan.

Geographic coverage

• Amman Governorate
• Irbid Governorate
• Zarqa Governorate
• Mafraq Governorate
• Ajloun Governorate
• Jerash Governorate
• Madaba Governorate
• Balqa Governorate
• Karak Governorate
• Tafila Governorate
• Ma'an Governorate
• Aqaba Governorate

Sampling procedure

From May to July 2022, 385 stakeholders of the WBG in Jordan 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 Royal Hashemite Court, office of the Prime Minister, office of a Minister, office of a member of Parliament/Legislative body, 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; professional/trade associations; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; and the media.

Mode of data collection

Data was collected via Internet [int]

Research instrument

The questionnaire was prepared in English and Arabic. The English version of the questionnaire is available for download.

Response rate

The response rate was 38%

The goal of the World Bank Group finances website is to make data related to the World Bank Group’s financials available to everybody in a social, interactive, visually compelling, and machine readable format. All the data on the website is available to everybody to slice and dice, visualize, and share with others. You can also download the data in multiple formats or, if you are a developer, connect to it through the APIs associated with all the datasets.

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 World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Panama or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Country Assessment Survey is meant to give the World Bank's team that works in Panama, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank uses to assess the views of its critical stakeholders. With this understanding, the World Bank hopes to develop more effective strategies, outreach and programs that support development in Panama. The World Bank commissioned an independent firm to oversee the logistics of this effort in Panama.

This survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Panama perceive the Bank;

• Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Panama regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Panama; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank in Panama; · Overall impressions of the World Bank's effectiveness and results, knowledge and research, and communication and information sharing in Panama; and · Perceptions of the World Bank's future role in Panama.

• Use data to help inform the Panama country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Panama

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From June to September 2013, 281 stakeholders of the World Bank in Panama were invited to provide their opinions on the Bank's work in the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in the survey were drawn from the office of the President/Minister, office of a parliamentarian, ministries, ministerial departments, or implementation agencies; consultants/ contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local governments; 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; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Internet [int]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

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

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Latin American Development Bank, and the International Finance Corporation and their perceived effectiveness of these organizations in Panama. They were asked to rate the Bank staff's preparedness to help Panama solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the Bank's greatest values, the most effective instruments in helping to reduce poverty in Panama, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results, the extent to which the Bank meets Panama's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across twenty-two development areas, such as quality of education/skills development, poverty reduction, anti-corruption, social inclusion, and water and sanitation.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult the World Bank knowledge work and activities, the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts and to rate the effectiveness and 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 their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, increasing Panama's institutional capacity, and providing effective implementation support.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Panama: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role international cooperation and the World Bank should play respectively in Panama in the near future and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value.

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 Bank, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, and whether they used/had used the World Bank website. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they use/consult World Bank data more often they did a few years ago, that they find the World Bank websites easy to navigate, that they know how to find information from the Bank, and that they find the information on the World Bank's websites useful.

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

Response rate

A total of 51 stakeholders participated in the survey (18% response rate).

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 Yemen, 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 Yemen.

The survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank Group in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Yemen perceive the World Bank Group; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Yemen regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Yemen; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group in Yemen; · 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 Yemen; and · Perceptions of the World Bank Group’s future role in Yemen. - Use data to help inform Yemen country team’s strategy.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From February to April 2014, stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Yemen were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey. Paper questionnaires were sent to 100 potential respondents and online questionnaires were sent to 500 potential respondents. Of those, 41 paper questionnaires were completed (41% response rate) and 255 online questionnaires were completed (51% response rate). Potential respondents were initially contacted via email and completed questionnaires either with a representative of the fielding agency (paper questionnaires) or online.

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 Yemen: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Yemen 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 Yemen.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG, its effectiveness in Yemen, 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 Yemen, 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 Yemen, the extent to which the WBG meets Yemen's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the extent to which the WBG helps strengthen existing country systems, 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 thirty-six development areas. Respondents were also asked to indicate if WBG decisions regarding its Yemen 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 technical assistance work contribute to solving Yemen's development challenges, the extent to which the WBG is adequately staffed in Yemen, 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 Yemen: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Yemen, which of its services the WBG should offer more of in Yemen, and which development areas would benefit most for the WBG playing a leading role versus other donors playing a leading role in Yemen.

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 with the WBG, with which WBG agencies they work, their exposure to the WBG in Yemen, and their geographic location.

The questionnaire was prepared in English and Arabic.

Response rate

A total of 469 questionnaires were completed (52% response rate).

Graph and download economic data for Internet users for Mexico (ITNETUSERP2MEX) from 1990 to 2023 about internet, Mexico, and persons.

Traffic analytics, rankings, and competitive metrics for worldbank.org as of May 2025

Graph and download economic data for Internet users for Peru (ITNETUSERP2PER) from 1990 to 2023 about Peru, internet, and persons.

Abstract

The World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Jordan or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Country Assessment Survey is meant to give the World Bank's team that works in Jordan, more in-depth insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank uses to assess the views of its critical stakeholders. With this understanding, the World Bank hopes to develop more effective strategies, outreach and programs that support development in Jordan.

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

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Jordan

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In June 2013, 254 stakeholders of the World Bank in Jordan 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 the office of the President/Prime Minister/Minister; office of parliamentarian, a ministry, ministerial department, or implementation agency; consultants/ contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials or staff; 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

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

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

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in Jordan, Bank staff preparedness to help Jordan solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the Bank's greatest values, greatest weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Jordan, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more, in which sectoral areas the Bank should focus most resources, to what extent the Bank should seek to influence the global development agenda, and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results, the extent to which the Bank meets Jordan's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across thirty-four development areas, such as public sector governance/reform, energy, job creation/employment, anti-corruption, and poverty reduction.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts and to rate the effectiveness and 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 their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, increasing Jordan's institutional capacity, and providing effective implementation support.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Jordan: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in Jordan in the near future and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value.

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 Bank, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the Bank, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank as a result of the Bank's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank, that the Bank's websites are easy to navigate and useful, and that the Bank is responsive to information requests. Respondents were also asked to indicate whether they primarily use the Bank's country website or the Bank's main website and whether they primarily use high speed or dial-up Internet connection when visiting a World Bank website.

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

Response rate

A total of 132 stakeholders participated in the survey (52% response rate).

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Guinea-Bissau assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Guinea-Bissau; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Guinea-Bissau; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Guinea-Bissau; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Guinea-Bissau.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Guinea-Bissau

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From November 2023 to March 2024, a total of 485 stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG’s work by participating in a Country Opinion Survey (COS). A list of potential participants was compiled by the WBG country team and the fielding agency. Participants were drawn from the Offices of the President, Prime Minister, Minister, and Parliament, government institutions, local governments, bilateral or multilateral agencies, the private sector, civil society, academia, and the media. Of these stakeholders, 260 participated in the survey.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

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

Response rate

The response rate was 54%

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 greater outreach to and/or response from government institutions but a decrease from civil society. These differences in stakeholder composition between the two years should be considered when interpreting the results of the past-year comparison analyses.

Abstract

The World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Lebanon or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Country Assessment Survey is meant to give the World Bank's team that works in Lebanon, more in-depth insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank uses to assess the views of its critical stakeholders. With this understanding, the World Bank hopes to develop more effective strategies, outreach and programs that support development in Lebanon.

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

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Lebanon

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In April-May 2013, 574 stakeholders of the World Bank in Lebanon 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 office of the President/Prime Minister/Minister, the office of a Parliamentarian; a ministry, ministerial department, or implementation agency; consultants/ contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials or staff; 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

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

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

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in Lebanon, Bank staff preparedness to help Lebanon solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the Bank's greatest values, greatest weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Lebanon, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more, in which sectoral areas the Bank should focus most resources, to what extent the Bank should seek to influence the global development agenda, and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results, the extent to which the Bank meets Lebanon's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the extent Lebanon received value for money from the Bank's fee-based products/services, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across thirty three development areas, such as public sector governance/reform, social protection, job creation/employment, anti-corruption, and transport.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult Bank knowledge work and activities, the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts and to rate the effectiveness and 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 their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, increasing Lebanon's institutional capacity, and providing effective implementation support.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Lebanon: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in Lebanon in the near future and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value.

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 Bank, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the Bank, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank as a result of the Bank's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank, that the Bank's websites are easy to navigate and useful, and that the Bank is responsive to information requests. Respondents were also asked to indicate whether they primarily use the Bank's country website or the Bank's main website and whether they primarily use high speed or dial-up Internet connection when visiting a World Bank website. Respondents were asked if they used/had used the Bank's Public information Centers (PICs) in Lebanon and to what extent the agree that PICs are a great source of information related to development in Lebanon.

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

Response rate

A total of 196 stakeholders participated in the survey (34% response rate).

Replication data, code, and codebook for "Corporate Influence in World Bank Lending" (Malik and Stone). These files contain code (in R, using .csv files) to replicate all the results found in the paper as well as the online appendix.

Water Data. In addition to the data available here and through the Climate Data API, the Climate Change Knowledge Portal has a web interface to a collection of water indicators that may be used to assess the impact of climate change across over 8,000 water basins worldwide. You may use the web interface to download the data for any of these basins.

Knoema provides access to the World Bank Commodity Price data through an online database tool. World Bank Commodity Prices are available through Knoema on an annual/monthly basis. Data are updated continuously.

Website: https://knoema.com/WBCPD2015Oct/world-bank-commodity-price-data-pink-sheet-monthly-update