World Bank Country Survey 2013

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

A. General Issues Facing Comoros:
Respondents were asked to indicate whether Comoros is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities in the country, and which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in Comoros.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank:
Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in Comoros, Bank staff preparedness to help Comoros solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the Bank's greatest values, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Comoros, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more, to what extent the Bank should influence the global development agenda, and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results:
Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results and build existing country systems, the extent to which the Bank meets Comoros's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across forty one development areas, such as public sector governance/reform, energy, poverty reduction and law and justice.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge:
Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult Bank knowledge work and activities, to rate the effectiveness and quality of the Bank's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality.

E. Working with the World Bank:
Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, increasing Comoros's institutional capacity, and providing effective implementation support.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Comoros:
Respondents were asked to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value, and which development areas Comoros would benefit most from the Bank playing a leading role among international partners and from other donors in Comoros.

G. Communication and Information Sharing:
Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the Bank, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the Bank, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank as a result of the Bank's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank, that the Bank's websites are easy to navigate and useful, and that the Bank is responsive to information requests. Respondents were also asked to indicate what connection they primarily use when visiting a Bank website and whether they primarily use the Bank's country website or the Bank's main website.

H. Background Information:
Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the World Bank, their exposure to the Bank in Comoros, and their geographic location.