World Bank Country Survey 2013

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

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

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank:
Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in Namibia, Bank staff preparedness to help Namibia solve its development challenges, the extent to which the Bank should seek to influence the global development agenda, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were also asked to indicate the sectoral areas on which it would be most productive for the Bank to focus its resources, the Bank's greatest values and greatest weaknesses in its work, the most effective instruments in helping to reduce poverty in Namibia, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more, 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 in Namibia, the extent to which the Bank meets Namibia's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across thirty-two development areas, such as economic growth.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge Work and Activities:
Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult Bank knowledge work and activities, the areas on which the Bank should focus its knowledge work and activities, 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 working with the World Bank increasing Namibia's institutional capacity.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Namibia:
Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in Namibia's development in the near future and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value in Namibia. Respondents were also given a list of priorities from the National Development Plan IV and asked to indicate which would benefit from the World Bank playing a leading role, which should receive little support from the Bank, and which should be left for the Government to manage.

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, their Internet access, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites and Development Information Centre. 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 and that the Bank is responsive to information requests.

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 Namibia, and their geographic location.