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Overall Ratings for Indicator Questions by Stakeholder Groups
Stakeholder groups: Respondents from the Office of PresidentCEOMinister had the
highest ratings for the twenty six indicator questions, whereas respondents from media and CSO had significantly lower ratings.
Collaboration: Respondents across levels of collaboration had statistically similar
ratings for the indicator questions. Responses to individual indicator questions by stakeholder groups can be found in
Appendix H page 153.
6.7 7.5
7.3 7.0
7.0 6.8
6.6 6.4
5.9
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
All Stakeholder Groups Office of PresidentCEOMinister
Private Sector Financial Sector Private Bank Office of parliamentarian
Employee of a Ministry Consultant PMU Local governments
Other CSO
Media Mean Ratings
Mean Ratings for All Indicator Questions by Stakeholder Groups on a Scale from 1 to 10
Responses to all twenty six indicator questions can be found in Appendices G and H.
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Greatest Value
35 18
14 13
6
3 12
19 19
10 12
13 5
5
4 1
Financial resources Capacity development
Mobilizing third party financial resources Strategy formulation
Technical assistance Donor coordination
Linkage to non-Bank expertise Policy advice, studies, analyses
Data and statistics ConveningFacilitating
Other Percentage of Respondents N=241
Greatest value Second greatest value
Whe thi ki g a out the Wo ld Ba k G oup’s ole, hi h a ti it do ou elie e is of g eatest VALUE and which activity is of second greatest value in Afghanistan?
Respondents chose from a list. 8
37
8 6
47
33
15 23
18
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Effectiveness of WBG’s Capacity Building Work
Stakeholder groups: Respondents from the office of parliamentarian gave the highest
ratings for the WBG’s effectiveness in “citizen engagement,” whereas respondents from the media gave significantly lower ratings. In the meantime, respondents from CSOs gave
the highest ratings for the WBG’s effectiveness in “policy design,” whereas respondents from the media gave significantly lower ratings.
Geographic locations: Respondents across geographic locations gave statistically similar
ratings for the WBG’s effectiveness in all three areas of capacity building work.
7.6
7.3
7.2
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
Citizen engagement incorporating citizens voices into development
Project implementation or other organizational strengthening
Policy design for clarity and better incentives to achieve development goals
Mean Effectiveness Rating
How EFFECTIVE do you believe the World Bank Group is in terms of the capacity building work it does in each of the following areas in Afghanistan?
1 - Not effective at all, 10 - Very effective
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I po ta e of WBG’s Capa it Buildi g Wo k
Stakeholder groups: Respondents from the office of parliamentarian gave the highest
ratings for the importance of all three aspects of capacity building work, whereas respondents from the Office of PresidentCEOMinister gave significantly lower ratings
for the importance of “project implementation,” and respondents from the media gave significantly lower ratings for the importance of “citizen engagement” and “policy
design. ”
Geographic locations: Respondents across geographic locations had statistically similar
ratings for the importance of the WBG being involved in all three aspects of capacity building.
8.4
8.2
8.2
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
Citizen engagement incorporating citizens voices into development
Project implementation or other organizational strengthening
Policy design for clarity and better incentives to achieve development goals
Mean Rating
When thinking about how to improve capacity building in Afghanistan to help ensure better development results, looking forward, how IMPORTANT is it for the World Bank Group to be
involved in the following aspects of capacity building? 1 - Not important at all, 10 - Very important
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Greatest Weakness
Year comparison:
Respondents in the FY’12 Country Survey indicated that the Bank’s greatest weakness in its work in Afghanistan was being
“not aligned with country priorities
” 29, whereas over half of all respondents in the FY ’08 Survey indicated that the Bank’s greatest weakness in its work in Afghanistan was being “too influenced
by the US ” 52.
18 18
17 15
15 11
10 10
9 9
9 9
9 7
6 4
4 2
2 Not adequately sensitive to politicalsocial realities
in Afghanistan Staff too inaccessible
Not enough public disclosure of its work Wo ld Ba k G oup’s p o esses too o ple
Not client focused Not focused enough on issues that are unique to
Afghanistan situation Not collaborating enough with stakeholders outside
the Government Arrogant in its approach
Too influenced by developed countries Do ’t k o
The credibility of its knowledgedata Not exploring alternative policy options
Its advice and strategies do not lend themselves to practical problem solving
Wo ld Ba k G oup’s p o esses too slo Not aligned with country priorities
Not alig ed ith othe do o s’ o k Imposing technocratic solutions without regard to
political realities Not willing to honestly criticize policies and reform
efforts in the country Other
Percentage of Respondents N=374
Whi h of the follo i g do ou ide tif as the Wo ld Ba k G oup’s g eatest WEAKNE““E“ i its work in Afghanistan? Choose no more than TWO
Respondents chose from a list. Responses combined.
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Attributing FailedSlow Reform Efforts
Year comparison:
Respondents in the FY’12 Country Survey indicated that they most often attributed failures of World Bank-assisted reform efforts
to “government working inefficiently
” 53.
Stakeholder groups: Among this year
’s respondents, consultants working on WBG projects and respondents from ministriesPMUs were significantly more likely to indicate
that slow WBG- assisted reforms should be attributed to “the WBG being not sensitive
enough to politicalsocial realities on the ground, ” compared to respondents from other
stakeholder groups.
Geographic locations: Respondents located in Kabul were significantly more likely to
indicate that slow WBG- assisted reforms should be attributed to “the WBG being not
sensitive enough to politicalsocial realities on the ground ,” compared to respondents
from outside Kabul.
48 47
36 31
27 26
21 18
13 8
7 1
Ongoing conflict and instability Lack ofinadequate levels of capacity in
Government The World Bank Group is not sensitive enough to
politicalsocial realities on the ground Poor donor coordination
Political pressures and obstacles The Government works inefficiently
The World Bank Group does not do adequate follow throughfollow-up
There is not an adequate level of citizencivil society participation
Inadequate funding Reforms are not well thought out in light of
country challenges The World Bank Group works too slowly
Other Percentage of Respondents N=390
When World Bank Group assisted reform efforts fail or are slow to take place, which THREE of the following would you attribute this to? Choose no more than TWO
Respondents chose from a list. Responses combined.
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Importance of Sectoral Areas
9.2 8.9
