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World Bank Group Country Survey 2015

Gambia, 2015
The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey Program (COS)
Public Opinion Research Group
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Identification

Survey ID Number
GMB_2015_WBCS_v01_M
Title
World Bank Group Country Survey 2015
Country
Name Country code
Gambia, The GMB
Series Information
The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey Program systematically measures and tracks the perceptions of the World Bank Group's clients, partners, and other stakeholders across the globe in client countries. The Public Opinion Research Group (PORG) surveyed 29 countries in FY2012 (July 2011-June 2012) and 41 countries in FY2013 (July 2012-June 2013). In FY2014, surveys were conducted in 42 countries and in FY2015 - in 35 countries. Nearly all of the World Bank Group's client countries are surveyed in 3-year cycles.
Abstract
The Country Opinion Survey in Gambia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Gambia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Gambia on:
1) their views regarding the general environment in Gambia;
2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Gambia;
3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Gambia;
4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Gambia.
Unit of Analysis
Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Gambia

Version

Version Description
v01, edited anonymous dataset for public distribution

Coding schemes of output data:
- Single-choice questions: Response options are coded according to corresponding numbers in the questionnaire.
- Multiple-choice questions: When a response option is checked, it is coded as "1," when a response option is not checked, it is coded as "0."
- 10-point scale questions: "1" corresponds to the lowest value, "10" corresponds to the highest value. "Don't know" is coded as "11."
- Yes/No questions: "Yes" is coded as "1," "No" is coded as "2."
Version Date
2015-12-01

Scope

Notes
The scope of the study includes:
- General issues facing the Gambia
- Overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group
- World Bank Group's effectiveness and results
- The World Bank Group's knowledge work and activities
- Working with the World Bank Group
- The future role of the World Bank Group in the Gambia
- Communication and information sharing
- Background information

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Banjul, Lower River, Central River, North Bank, Upper River and West Coast.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Public Opinion Research Group The World Bank Group
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name
The World Bank Group

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
From June to September 2015, 657 stakeholders of the WBG in The Gambia were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG's work in the country by participating in a country opinion survey.

Participants were drawn from the Office of the President/Prime Minister; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries/ministerial departments; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; bilateral/multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; non-profit organizations/community based organizations; the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

A total of 274 stakeholders participated in the survey (42% response rate).
Response Rate
42%
Weighting
The results of 2015 Country Survey were compared to those in the Country Survey conducted in FY2012 (response rate is 60%, N=150). Data were weighted to reach the same stakeholder composition in two years, which allows for year comparisons. Stakeholder groups which were not present in both fiscal years were not included in the comparison. Respondents who belonged to the "other" stakeholder category were not included either. As a result, means of the FY2015 data and the total number of respondents in both years are slightly different from those of the original data reported in appendices A, B, C, D, and F in the report. For the weighted stakeholder breakdown and year comparison results, please see appendix E (page 103) in the attached report.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2015-02 2015-05
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
Face-to-face and email.
Data Collectors
Name
Gabriel Gomez (consultant)

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
English

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Jing Guo ECRGP, The World Bank Group jguo1@worldbankgroup.org
Svetlana Markova ECRGP, The World Bank Group smarkova@worldbankgroup.org
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Example,

Public Opinion Research Group (The World Bank Group). The Gambia World Bank Group Country Survey (WBCS) 2015, Ref. GMB_2015_WBCS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_GMB_2015_WBCS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Group Study documentation
GP External Comms. ECRGP The World Bank Group Study documentation
Date of Metadata Production
2016-06-08
DDI Document version
v01 (June 2016)