The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey Program systematically measures and tracks the perceptions of the World Bank'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), 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), and 35 countries in FY2017 (July 2016-June 2017). In FY2018, surveys were conducted in 42 countries. Nearly all of the World Bank Group's client countries are surveyed in every three year cycle.
Abstract
The Country Opinion Survey in Georgia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Georgia 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 Georgia on:
1) their views regarding the general environment in Georgia;
2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Georgia;
3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Georgia; and
4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Georgia.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Georgia
Version
Version Description
- v01: edited and anonymous data for public distribution.
Scope
Notes
The scope of the study includes:
- General Issues Facing Georgia
- 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 Georgia
- Communication and Information Sharing
- Background Information
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Tbilisi and Outside Tbilisi
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 November to December 2017, 358 stakeholders of the WBG in Georgia 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/implementation agencies, Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects, consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs, local governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, private sector organizations, private foundations, the financial sector/private banks, NGOs and 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.
Response Rate
48%
Weighting
The results in this year’s Country Survey were compared to those in the Country Survey conducted in FY’16 (response rate was 54%, N=166). 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, 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’16 COS report and the non-weighted data presented in appendices A, B, C, and E. For the weighted stakeholder breakdown and year comparison results, please refer to Appendix D (page 84) in the Related Materials.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
Start
End
2017-11
2017-12
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
via courier, email/online
Data Collectors
Name
LTD ACT
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The questionnaire is in English and it is provided as related material.
Access policy
Contacts
Name
Affiliation
Email
Svetlana Markova
ECRCC
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). Georgia - World Bank Group Country Survey (WBCS) 2018, Ref. GEO_2017_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.