Publication: FY16 Costa Rica Country Opinion Survey Report
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2016-06
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2016-10-25
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The Country Opinion Survey in Costa Rica assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Costa Rica; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Costa Rica; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Costa Rica; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Costa Rica.
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“World Bank Group. 2016. FY16 Costa Rica Country Opinion Survey Report. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25251 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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