World Bank Country Survey 2013

The Questionnaire consists of 9 Sections:

A. General Issues Facing Colombia:
Respondents were asked to indicate whether Colombia 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 in Colombia, and how to best achieve "shared prosperity".

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group (WBG):
Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG and the IFC, the WBG's effectiveness in Colombia, the effectiveness of the WBG's collaboration, the WBG's staff preparedness to help Colombia 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 and the WBG's services meet the national development needs of Colombia. 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 weaknesses in its work, with which stakeholder groups the WBG should collaborate more, and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts.

C. World Bank Group Effectiveness and Results:
Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the WBG's work helps achieve development results in Colombia, the extent to which the WBG meets Colombia's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the WBG's level of effectiveness across nine aspects of Colombia's national development plan.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge and Convening Services:
Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they interact with the WBG on knowledge and convening services and to rate the quality of the WBG's knowledge and convening services, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality. Respondents were also asked if they consulted the most recent LAC Flagship Report and if so, to evaluate it.

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 working with the World Bank Group increasing Colombia's institutional capacity.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Colombia:
Respondents were asked to rate to what extent the World Bank has moved in the right direction in the last three years, how significant a role the WBG and international development corporation should play in Colombia's development in the near future, and how significant a role the IFC should play in helping Colombia achieve its goals in the future. Respondents were also asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Colombia and which services the WBG should offer more of in Colombia.

G. Communication and Information Sharing:
Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the WBG, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's website. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the WBG's Access to Information policy, past information requests, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the WBG than a few years ago. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the WBG and that the WBG is responsive to information requests.

H. Development Organizations in the Region:
Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity and impressions of effectiveness with the Inter-American Development Bank and Latin American Development Bank.

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