Identification
Survey ID Number
ZWE_2017_WBCS_v01_M
Title
World Bank Group Country Survey 2017
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
Study type
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Series Information
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), and 45 countries in FY2016 (July 2015-June 2016). In FY2017, surveys were conducted in 35 countries. Nearly all of the World Bank Group's client countries are surveyed in every three year cycle.
Abstract
The Country Opinion Survey in Zimbabwe assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe on :
1) their views regarding the general environment in Zimbabwe;
2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Zimbabwe;
3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Zimbabwe; and
4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Zimbabwe.
1) their views regarding the general environment in Zimbabwe;
2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Zimbabwe;
3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Zimbabwe; and
4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Zimbabwe.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Zimbabwe
Version
Version Date
2018-06-26
Scope
Notes
The scope of the study includes:
- General Issues Facing Zimbabwe
- 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 Zimbabwe
- Communication and Information Sharing
- Background Information
- General Issues Facing Zimbabwe
- 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 Zimbabwe
- Communication and Information Sharing
- Background Information
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Harare and Outside Harare.
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 April to June 2017, 300 stakeholders of the WBG in Zimbabwe 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/ multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/ private banks; NGOs/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
93%
Weighting
The results in this year’s Country Survey were compared to those in the Country Survey conducted in FY’14 (response rate was 74%, N=183). 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’14 COS report and the non-weighted data presented in appendices A, B, C, D, and F. For the weighted stakeholder breakdown and year comparison results, please refer to Appendix E (page 96).
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2017-04 | 2017-06 |
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
Via face to face and email.
Data Collectors
| Name |
|---|
| Mass Public Opinion Institute |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
English.
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Microdata Library | World Bank | microdata.worldbank.org |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Svetlana Markova | ECRCC | smarkova@worldbankgroup.org |
Citation requirements
Public Opinion Research Group (The World Bank Group). Zimbabwe, World Bank Group Country Survey (WBCS) 2017, Ref. ZWE_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.