Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations

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Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations

dc.contributor.author	Ravallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-13T18:19:27Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-13T18:19:27Z
dc.date.issued	2013-03-08
dc.description.abstract	Development impact calls for knowledgeable development practitioners. How then do the operational staff of the largest development agency value and use its own research? Is there an incentive to learn and does it translate into useful knowledge? A new survey reveals that the bulk of the World Bank's senior staff value the Bank's research for their work, and most come to know it well, although a sizable minority have difficulty accessing research to serve their needs. Another group sees little value to research for their work and does not bother to find out about it. Higher perceived value is reflected in greater knowledge about research, though there are frictions in this process. Staff working on poverty, human development and economic policy tend to value and use Bank research more than staff in the more traditional sectors of Bank lending – agriculture and rural development, Energy and Mining (EM), transport and urban development; the latter sectors account for 45% of lending but only 15% of staff are highly familiar with Bank research. Without stronger incentives for learning and more relevant and accessible research products, it appears likely that this lag in demand for research by the traditional sectors will persist.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Development Effectiveness
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/13393
dc.identifier.issn	1943-9342
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13393
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of Development Effectiveness;5(1)
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	incentive to learn
dc.subject	absorptive capacity
dc.subject	development aid
dc.subject	World Bank research
dc.title	Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2013-04-02
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T10:58:14.874716Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.journal.nbpages	1-29
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19439342.2013.763283
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3674
okr.topic	Education::Knowledge for Development
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.volume	5(1)
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