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FY2018 Afghanistan Country Opinion Survey Report

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2019-11-25
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The country opinion survey in Chad assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Chad perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Chad on: (1) their views regarding the general environment in Chad; (2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Chad; (3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Chad; and (4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Chad.
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World Bank Group. 2018. FY2018 Afghanistan Country Opinion Survey Report. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32692 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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