World Bank Group Country Survey 2014

The Questionnaire consists of following sections:

A. General Issues Facing Côte d'Ivoire: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Côte d'Ivoire 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 Côte d'Ivoire, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved in Côte d'Ivoire.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group (WBG): Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG, the WBG's effectiveness in Côte d'Ivoire, WBG staff preparedness to help Côte d'Ivoire 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 asked to indicate the WBG's greatest values and weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Côte d'Ivoire, with which stakeholder groups the WBG should collaborate more, in which sectoral areas the WBG should focus most of its resources (financial and knowledge services), and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts. Respondents were also asked to respond to a few questions about capacity building and whether they believe the World Bank Group should have more or less local presence.

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 Côte d'Ivoire, the extent to which the WBG meets Côte d'Ivoire's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the importance for the WBG to be involved in thirty five development areas, and the WBG's level of effectiveness across these areas, such as security/stabilization/ reconstruction/reconciliation, public sector governance/reform, poverty reduction, and job creation/employment.

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

E. Working with the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate WBG's technical assistance/advisory work's contribution to solving development challenges and their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the WBG, such as the WBG's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, and disbursing funds promptly.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Côte d'Ivoire: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Côte d'Ivoire, and which services the Bank should offer more of in the country. They were also asked to which areas the country will benefit most from WBG playing a leading role as compared to other donors.

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, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's websites. 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.

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