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FY 2019 Panama Country Opinion Survey Report

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The Country Opinion Survey in Panama assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Panama 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 Panama on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Panama; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Panama; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Panama; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Panama.
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“World Bank Group. 2020. FY 2019 Panama Country Opinion Survey Report. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34234 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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