World Bank Country Survey 2013

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

A. Background Information:
Respondents were asked to describe their current organization and identify their specialization, with which agency within the World Bank Group they primarily work, their exposure to the Bank in the Philippines, and their geographic location.

B. General Issues facing the Philippines:
Respondents were asked to indicate whether the Philippines was headed in the right or wrong direction, the most important development priorities, and which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in the Philippines.

C. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank:
Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank (IBRD/IDA) and IFC, the World Bank and IFC’s effectiveness in the Philippines, World Bank and IFC staff preparedness, agreement with various statements regarding the Bank’s work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were also asked to indicate the sectoral areas on which it would be most productive for the Bank to focus its resources, the Bank’s greatest values and greatest weaknesses in its work, the most effective instruments in helping to reduce poverty in the Philippines, and how they attribute slow or failed reform efforts.

D. World Bank Effectiveness and Results:
Respondents were asked to rate the Bank’s level of effectiveness across twelve key development areas in the Philippines, the extent to which the Bank’s work helps achieve sustainable development results in the Philippines, and the extent to which the World Bank Group meets the Philippines’ need for financial instruments, knowledge services, and financial products.

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

F. 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 and the Bank disbursing funds promptly.

G. The Future Role of the World Bank in the Philippines:
Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in the Philippines’ development in the near future and how effectively the different agencies within the World Bank Group collaborate. Respondents were also asked to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value in the Philippines.

H. 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, their access to the Internet, their usage and evaluation of the Bank’s websites, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank’s KDCs and online resource centers. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank’s and IFC’s Access to Information policies, 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 to indicate their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank and that the Bank is responsive to information requests.