World Bank Country Survey 2014

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

1. General Issues Facing Turkey: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Turkey 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 Turkey, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved in Turkey.

2. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group (WBG): Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG, the WBG's effectiveness in Turkey, WBG staff preparedness to help Turkey 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 also asked to indicate the WBG's greatest values and weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Turkey, with which stakeholder groups the WBG should collaborate more, and in which sectoral areas the WBG should focus most of its resources (financial and knowledge services).

3. 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 Turkey, the extent to which the WBG meets Turkey's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the importance of the WBG being involved in twenty-seven areas of development and the WBG's level of effectiveness across twenty-three development areas.

4. 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, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality.

5. 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.

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

7. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's websites and social media channels. 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.

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