World Bank Group Country Survey 2015

Bahrain, 2015

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Reference ID

BHR_2015_WBCS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/say8-m024

Producer(s)

Public Opinion Research Group

Collection(s)

The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey Program (COS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Jun 20, 2016

Last modified

Jun 20, 2016

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Identification

Survey ID number

BHR_2015_WBCS_v01_M

Title

World Bank Group Country Survey 2015

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Bahrain	BHR

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 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

This survey was designed to assist the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in four Gulf Cooperation Council countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates - perceive the WBG. The survey provided the WBG with feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates on:

1) their views regarding the general environment in their country;
2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in their country;
3) overall impressions of the WBG's effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in their country;
4) their perceptions of the WBG's future role in their country.

The dataset documented here covers Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

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."

Scope

Notes

The scope of the study includes:

General issues facing Bahrain
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 Bahrain
Communication and information sharing
Background information

Coverage

Universe

Opinion leaders from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society.

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 August 2015, 796 stakeholders of the WBG in four Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (139 in Bahrain; 231 in Kuwait; 206 in Oman, and 220 in UAE) 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 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/regional 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; chambers of commerce, academia/research institutes/think tanks; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

A total of 231 stakeholders participated in the survey (29% response rate) in the four surveyed countries. In Bahrain, 40 respondents were interviewed.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

English and Arabic

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2015-06	2015-08

Data Collectors

Name
ARA Research and Consultancy

Depositor information

Depositor

Name	Affiliation
Dania Mendoza	The World Bank Group

Data Access

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). Bahrain World Bank Group Country Survey (WBCS) 2015, Ref. BHR_2015_WBCS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Svetlana Markova	ECRGP, The World Bank Group	smarkova@worldbankgroup.org
Jing Guo	ECRGP, The World Bank Group	jguo1@worldbankgroup.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_BHR_2015_WBCS_v01_M_WB

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Development Data Group	The World Bank Group	Study documentation
GP External Comms.	The World Bank Group	Study documentation

Date of Metadata Production

2016-06-17

Metadata version

DDI Document version

v01 (June 2016)

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