World Bank Country Survey 2013

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

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

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank:
Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with and the effectiveness of various organizations working in Jamaica, including the World Bank. Respondents were asked to rate Bank staff preparedness to help Jamaica 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, the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner, and the Bank's services meet the national development needs of Jamaica. 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 Jamaica, 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 Jamaica, the extent to which the Bank meets Jamaica's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across twenty-five development areas, such as social protection.

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. 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:
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 Jamaica's institutional capacity.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Jamaica:
Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in Jamaica's development in the near future and to what extent they believe the Bank has moved in the right direction. Respondents were also asked to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value in Jamaica and which services the Bank should offer more of in Jamaica.

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 website and PICs. 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 Jamaica, and geographic location.