World Bank Group Country Survey 2021
Croatia, 2021
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World Bank Group Country Survey 2021
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Croatia | HRV |
Country Opinion Survey
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.
The Country Opinion Survey in Croatia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Croatia 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 Croatia on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Croatia; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Croatia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Croatia; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Croatia.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Stakeholder
Version
Version 01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
2022-03-01
Scope
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 Croatia
- Communication and Information Sharing
- Background Information
Coverage
- Zagreb region
- Other urban region
- Rural areas
Opinion leaders from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Public Opinion Research Group | World Bank Group |
| Name |
|---|
| World Bank Group |
Sampling
From April to July 2021, 697 stakeholders of the WBG in Croatia 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; independent government institutions; the judicial system; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs and community based organizations; trade unions; the European Commission, youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the media; and other organizations.
Response rate was 22%.
The results in this year’s Country Survey were compared to those in the Country Survey conducted in FY’18 (response rate was 28%, N=143). Comparing responses across Country Surveys reflect changes in attitudes over time, but also changes in respondent samples and changes to the survey instrument itself. To reduce the influence of the latter factor, only those questions with similar response scales/options were analyzed. To reduce the influence of the former, the samples are usually weighted to have equivalent stakeholder groupings, allowing for more statistically reliable comparisons. However, in Croatia, the two samples had somewhat different stakeholder compositions: in FY’18, there was a higher number of respondents from the private sector (12.3%) and the media (6.9%), while in FY’21 – from the local government (8.6%) and civil society (15.8%). Weighting such a discrepant sample can create statistically unreliable samples, so for this reason, the year comparisons included in the FY’21 COS report are based on unweighted data. One should keep in mind these differences when interpreting the results.
Survey instrument
The questionnaire used to collect the survey data consisted of the following 8 sections:
A. Overall Context
B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group
C. World Bank Group’s Work and Engagement on the Ground
D. World Bank Group’s Support in Development Areas
E. World Bank Group’s Knowledge Work and Activities
F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Croatia
G. Communication and Information Sharing
H. Background Information
The questionnaire was prepared in English and Croatian.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2021-04 | 2021-07 |
- Internet [int]
| Name |
|---|
| Ipsos d.o.o. |
Online Qualtrics platform.
Data Access
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Yulia Danilina | ECRCC | ydanilina@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_HRV_2021_WBCS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the survey |
2022-10-05
Metadata version
Version 01 (October 2022)
2022-10-05