Publication: FY 2023 Jamaica Country Opinion Survey Report
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2024-01-17
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2024-01-17
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The Country Opinion Survey in Jamaica assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Jamaica 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 Jamaica on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Jamaica; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Jamaica; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Jamaica; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Jamaica.
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“World Bank Group. 2024. FY 2023 Jamaica Country Opinion Survey Report. County Opinion Survey Program series. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40905 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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