World Bank Group Country Survey 2021
Kingdom of Eswatini, 2021
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SWZ_2021_WBCS_v01_M
World Bank Group Country Survey 2021
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Eswatini | SWZ |
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 Eswatini assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Eswatini 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 Eswatini on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Eswatini; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Eswatini; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Eswatini; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Eswatini.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Stakeholder
Version
2022-04-01
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 Eswatini
- Communication and Information Sharing
- Background Information
Coverage
- Hhohho Region
- Manzini Region
- Lubombo Region
- Shiselweni Region
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 March to July 2021, 350 stakeholders of the WBG in Eswatini 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 Prime Minister; offices of Ministers; offices of Parliamentarians; 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 was 65%.
The results in this year’s Country Survey were compared to those in the Country Survey conducted in FY’18 (response rate was 73%, N=160). 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. In FY’21 the increased outreach and subsequent number of survey respondents from a broader range of stakeholders outside of government institutions is to be commended; however, it makes the two respondent samples sufficiently different that weighting them for stakeholder equivalence across both years is not recommended. Hence, some differences in years comparisons analyses may be a result of differences in the stakeholder compositions, not just changes over time. The original respondent samples from the FY’18 and FY’21 Country Surveys used in the year comparisons analyses are presented in the FY’21 COS report.
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 Eswatini
G. Communication and Information Sharing
H. Background Information
The questionnaire was prepared in English
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2021-03 | 2021-07 |
- Other [oth]
| Name |
|---|
| INTERDEM Consulting |
Via post/courier, email, and online platform Qualtrics.
Data Access
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? |
|---|
| yes |
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_SWZ_2021_WBCS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the survey |
2023-01-05
Metadata version
Version 01 (January 2023)