Publication: OECS Countries: The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey FY 2014
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2013-12
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2015-05-20
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The Country Opinion Survey in OECS assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in OECS 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 OECS on 1) their views regarding the general environment in OECS; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in OECS; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in OECS; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in OECS.
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“World Bank Group. 2013. OECS Countries: The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey FY 2014. Country Opinion Survey Program (COS);. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21960 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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