World Bank Group Country Survey 2021

Sri Lanka, 2021

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Reference ID

LKA_2021_WBCS_v01_M

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

Jan 20, 2022

Last modified

Jan 20, 2022

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Identification

Survey ID Number

LKA_2021_WBCS_v01_M

Title

World Bank Group Country Survey 2021

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Sri Lanka	LKA

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 Strategic Insights Group surveyed 29 countries in FY2012 (July 2011-June 2012), 41 countries in FY2013 (July 2012-June 2013), 42 countries in FY2014 (July 2013-June 2014), 35 countries in FY2015 (July 2014-June 2015), 45 countries in FY2016 (July 2015-June 2016), 35 countries in FY2017 (July 2016-June 2017), 39 countries in FY2018 (July 2017-June 2018), 42 countries in FY2019 (July 2018-June 2019), and 21 countries in FY2020 (July 2019-June 2020). In FY2021, surveys were conducted in 36 countries. Nearly all of the World Bank Group’s client countries are surveyed in every three year cycle.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Sri Lanka assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Sri Lanka; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Sri Lanka; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Sri Lanka; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Sri Lanka.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Stakeholder

Scope

Notes

The scope of the study includes:
- Overall Context
- Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group
- World Bank Group’s Work and Engagement on the Ground
- World Bank Group’s Support in Development Areas
- World Bank Group’s Knowledge Work and Activities
- The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Sri Lanka
- Communication and Information Sharing
- Background Information

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

- Western Province
- Eastern Province
- Northern Province
- Southern Province
- North Western Province
- Central Province
- Uva Province
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- North Central Province

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	World Bank Group

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
World Bank Group

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

From June to August 2021, 541 stakeholders of the WBG in Sri Lanka 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; employees of ministries/ministerial departments/implementation agencies; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; independent government institutions; the judiciary; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector and private banks; private foundations; NGOs and community-based organizations; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; and the media.

Response Rate

47%

Weighting

The results in this year’s Country Survey were compared to those in the Country Survey conducted in FY’19 (response rate was 31%, N=191). The data were weighted to reach similar stakeholder compositions across both survey years, allowing for more statistically reliable comparisons. Note, stakeholders who identified themselves as “Other” in the stakeholder category options were not included in these comparisons. Due to this weighting, mean ratings, percentages of respondents, and the total number of respondents in both years are slightly different from those of the original data reported in the FY’19 COS report and the non-weighted data presented in this report. For the weighted stakeholder breakdown and year comparison results, please refer to Appendix D (see page 70).

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2021-06	2021-08

Data Collection Mode

Other [oth]

Data Collection Notes

Via courier, email and online Qualtrics platform.

Data Collectors

Name
PepperCube

Questionnaires

English, Sinhala and Tamil.

Access policy

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Public Opinion Research Group	World Bank	countrysurveys@worldbankgroup.com

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

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.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_LKA_2021_WBCS_v01_M_WB

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Development Economics Data Group	DECDG	The World Bank	Documentation of the DDI

Date of Metadata Production

2022-01-19

DDI Document version

Version 01 (January 2022)

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